ch. xxiv. 5, 12: iv. 14. q Luke xxiv. 27. ch. xvii. 3: xix. 8. r see on ch. xxvi. 6, 22. 8 ch. xiv. 4: xvii. 4: xix. 9. t ISA. vi. 9. Jer. v. 21. Ex, Matt. xiii. 14, 15. 12. 8 p Luke 1.34. every where Pit is spoken against. 23 And when they had Pet.. appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. 24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. 25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, 26 saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: John xii. 40. 27 for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 28 Be it known thereu Matt. xxi. 41, fore unto you, that i the salvation of God is sent "unto the 46, 47 xviii. Gentiles, and that they will hear it. [291 And when he had Rom. xi. 11. said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.] 30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto hvi. him, 31 x preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching viii. 10. Rom. xi. 8. 43. ch. xiii. 6: xxii. 21: xxvi. 17, 18. x ch. iv. 31. Eph. 19. h literally, turn again. krender, they will also hear it. 1 omitted by all our oldest authorities: but see note. -the year and a half (ch. xviii. 11), and i read, this. application of the prophecy. These words 29.] A those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. expressions here; he received all who came in to him, but we do not hear of his preaching in the synagogues or elsewhere: he preached and taught with all boldness, and unhindered, both being mentioned as remarkable circumstances, and implying that there were reasons why this could hardly have been expected: and (2) from his constantly speaking of himself in the Epistles written during it, as a prisoner, see Eph. vi. 19, 20; Col. iv. 3, 4; Philem. 9; Philipp. frequently. On the whole question regarding the chronology of his imprisonment, and the reason of this abrupt ending of the history, see Introduction to Acts, § iv. 3-7:-and on its probable termination and the close of St. Paul's life, see the Introduction to the Pastoral Epistles, § ii. 17 ff. END OF VOL. I. GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS, ST. JOHN'S SQUARE, LONDON. |