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Ask a Questionwhosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved--This points to the permanent establishment of the economy of salvation, which followed on the breaking up of the Jewish state.
buried her by her husband--The later Jews buried before sunset of the day of death.
all the words of this life--beautiful expression for that Life in the Risen One which was the burden of their preaching!
in every house--in private. (See on Ac 2:46). ceased not to preach Jesus Christ--that is, Jesus (to be the) Christ.
great joy in that city--over the change wrought on it by the Gospel, as well as the cures which attested its divine character.
the apostles...sent Peter and John--showing that they regarded Peter as no more than their own equal.
in the gall of bitterness and...bond of iniquity--expressing both the awfulness of his condition and the captivity to it in which he was held.
all manner of four-footed beasts, &c.--that is, the clean and the unclean (ceremonially) all mixed together.
Four days ago--the messengers being despatched on the first; on the second reaching Joppa (Ac 10:9); starting for Caesarea on the third; and on the fourth arriving.
I have found David, &c.--This quotation is the substance of Ps89:20; 1Sa 13:14; and perhaps also of Ps 78:70-72.
sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended--(See on Ac 13:3).
came down to Troas--a city on the northeast coast of the Aegean Sea, the boundary of Asia Minor on the west; the region of which was the scene of the great Trojan war.
For we--the public authorities. are in danger of being called in question--by our superiors.
they glorified the Lord, &c.--constrained to justify his course, notwithstanding the Jewish complexion of the Christianity of Jerusalem.
to signify--that is, announce to the priest. the accomplishment of the days of purification, &c.--(See on Nu6:14-21).
answered that Paul should be kept--rather, "is in custody." at Caesarea, and...himself would depart shortly thither.
when he had thus spoken, the king rose--not over-easy, we may be sure.
Joseph took them both--The very act of pronouncing the blessing was remarkable, showing that Jacob's bosom was animated by the spirit of prophecy.
appointed the Levites...to set forward the work--that is, to act as overseers of the workmen, and to direct and animate the laborers in the various departments.
wash mine hands--expressive symbol of freedom from sinful acts (compare Mt 27:24).
He avows his sincere purpose, by God's aid, to act uprightly (Ge17:1; Ps 18:30).
weary themselves--are at laborious pains to act perversely [Maurer]. Sin is a hard bondage (Hab 2:13).
assembled--as in Da 6:6, "assembled" or "ran hastily," so as to come upon Daniel suddenly and detect him in the act.
I will show wonders, &c.--referring to the signs which were to precede the destruction of Jerusalem (see on Lu 21:25-28).
Then, filled with the Holy Ghost, said--(See Mr 13:11; Lu 21:15).
without violence, for they feared, &c.--hardened ecclesiastics, all unawed by the miraculous tokens of God's presence with the apostles, and the fear of the mob only before their eyes!
a trance--differing from the "vision" of Cornelius, in so far as the things seen had not the same objective reality, though both were supernatural.
which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we--and are thus, in all that is essential to salvation, on a level with ourselves.
Beware, therefore, &c.--By this awful warning of the Old Testament the apostle would fain "shut them up unto the faith."
they feared when they heard they were Romans--their authority being thus imperilled; for they were liable to an action for what they had done.