Acts 22:1--28:31
Brothers <80> [brethren.]
my <3450> [my. Greek all.]
Aramaic <1446> [in.]
a Jew <2453> [Jew.]
in Tarsus ....... in <1722 5019> [in Tarsus.]
Cilicia <2791> [a city.]
under <3844> [at.]
Gamaliel <1059> [Gamaliel.]
educated <3811> [taught.]
was <5225> [was.]
I persecuted <1377 3739> [I persecuted.]
<5026> [this.]
both ..... and .............. also <2532> [also.]
both ..... and ... whole ............ also <2532 3956> [and all.]
brothers <80> [the brethren.]
As ... was en route <4198> [that.]
It is evident that the apostle considered his extraordinary conversion as a most complete demonstration of the truth of Christianity; and when all the particulars of his education, his previous religious principles, his zeal, his enmity against Christians, and his prospects of secular honours and preferments by persecuting them, are compared with the subsequent part of his life, and the sudden transition from a furious persecutor to a zealous preacher of the gospel, in which he laboured and suffered to the end of his life, and for which he died a martyr, it must convince every candid and impartial person that no rational account can be given of this change, except what he himself assigns; and consequently, if that be true, that Christianity is Divine.
As ... was en route <4198> [that.]
Damascus <1154> [Damascus.]
about ........... around <4012> [about.]
Saul Saul <4549> [Saul.]
why <5101> [why.]
I .... are you ....... I am <1473 1510> [I am.]
whom <3739> [whom.]
saw <2300> [saw.]
Those ......... but <1161> [but.]
What <5101> [What.]
there <2546> [there.]
Since <5613> [when.]
led by the hand <5496> [being.]
man <5100> [one.]
<2152> [a devout.]
well spoken <3140> [having.]
Brother <80> [Brother.]
God <2316> [The God.]
has already chosen <4400> [hath.]
Then ................. to see ..... and <1161 2532 1492> [and see.]
to know ....... Righteous One <1097 1342> [that.]
to hear <191> [hear.]
<2071> [thou shalt.]
of what <3739> [of.]
what <5101> [why.]
Get up <450> [arise.]
calling on <1941> [calling.]
I <3427> [when.]
<3450> [while.]
saw <1492> [saw.]
Hurry <4692> [Make.]
because <1360> [for.]
they ... know <1987> [know.]
beat <1194> [beat.]
witness <3144> [martyr.]
Stephen <4736> [Stephen.]
approving <4909> [consenting.]
Go <4198> [Depart.]
because <3754> [for.]
Away <142> [Away.]
For <1063> [for.]
throwing off <4495> [cast.]
commanding officer <5506> [The chief.]
As the chief captain did not understand Hebrew, he was ignorant of the charge against Paul, and also of the defence which the apostle had made; but as he saw that they grew more and more outrageous, he supposed that Paul must have given them the highest provocation, and therefore, according to the barbarous and irrational practice which has existed in all countries, he determined to put him to the torture, in order to make him confess his crime.
Paul ............ to interrogate ..... him ..... so that ............ at Paul <846 2443 426> [that he should.]
centurion <1543> [the centurion.]
<1487> [Is it.]
By the Roman law, no magistrate was allowed to punish a Roman citizen capitally, or by inflicting stripes, or even binding him; and the single expression, I am a Roman citizen, arrested their severest decrees, and obtained, if not an escape, at least a delay of his punishment.
<3708> [Take.]
But <1161> [But.]
It is extremely probable that the inhabitants of Tarsus, born in that city, had the same rights and privileges as Roman citizens, in consequence of a grant or charter from Julius C‘sar, from whom it was called Juliopolis. But if this were not the case, St. Paul's father, or some of his ancestors, might have been rewarded with the freedom of the city of Rome, for his fidelity and bravery in some military service, as Josephus says several of the Jews were; or his father might have obtained it by purchase, as in the instance of the chief captain.
[examined him. or, tortured him.]
commanding officer <5506> [the chief.]
wanted <1014> [because.]
ordered <2753> [commanded.]
looked directly <816> [earnestly.]
Brothers <435> [Men.]
I have lived <1473 4176> [I have.]
Ananias <367> [Ananias.]
strike <5180> [to smite.]
God <2316> [God.]
God did smite him in a remarkable manner; for about five years after this, after his house had been reduced to ashes, in a tumult raised by his own son, he was besieged and taken in the royal palace; where having attempted in vain to hide himself, he was dragged out and slain.
whitewashed <2867> [thou whited.]
and <2532> [for.]
to strike ......................... to be struck <5180> [smitten.]
I did ... realize <1492> [I wist.]
Soon after the holding of the first council at Jerusalem, Ananias, son of Nebedenus, was deprived of the high priest's office, for certain acts of violence, and sent to Rome, whence he was afterwards released, and returned to Jerusalem. Between the death of Jonathan, who succeeded him and was murdered by Felix, and the high priesthood of Ismael, who was invested with that office by Agrippa, an interval elapsed in which this dignity was vacant. This was the precise time when Paul was apprehended; and the Sanhedrin being destitute of a president, Ananias undertook to discharge the office. It is probable that Paul was ignorant of this circumstance.
must ... speak <2046> [Thou.]
Paul <3972> [Paul.]
were .............. I am ........ I am on trial <1473 1510 2919> [I am.]
concerning ... hope <4012 1680> [of the hope.]
began <1096> [there.]
We find <2147> [We.]
if <1487> [if.]
<2313> [let.]
<2125> [fearing.]
take ... away .... by force <726> [to take.]
Lord <2962> [the Lord.]
Have courage <2293> [Be.]
for <1063> [for.]
must <1163> [must.]
<5100> [certain.]
bound ... with an oath <332> [bound.]
bound ... with an oath <332> [under a curse. or, with an oath of execration.]
to eat <5315> [that.]
Such execrable vows as these were not unusual among the Jews, who, from their perverted traditions, challenged to themselves a right of punishing without any legal process, those whom they considered transgressors of the law; and in some cases, as in the case of one who had forsaken the law of Moses, they thought they were justified in killing them. They therefore made no scruple of acquainting the chief priests and elders with their conspiracy against the life of Paul, and applying for their connivance and support; who, being chiefly of the sect of the Sadducees, and the apostle's bitterest enemies, were so far from blaming them for it, that they gladly aided and abetted them in this mode of dispatching him, and on its failure they soon afterwards determined upon making a similar attempt. (ch. 25:2, 3.) If these were, in their bad way, conscientious men, they were under no necessity of perishing for hunger, when the providence of God had hindered them from accomplishing their vow; for their vows of abstinence from eating and drinking were as easy to loose as to bind, any of their wise men or Rabbis having power to absolve them, as Dr. Lightfoot has shown from the Talmud.
<3588> [which.]
to bring him down ........... his <3704 846 2609> [that he.]
Paul's ............... Paul <3972> [when.]
came <3854> [he went.]
one <1520> [one.]
Paul <3972> [Paul.]
something <5100> [something.]
took <1949> [took.]
What <5101> [What.]
Jews <2453> [The Jews.]
as <5613> [as.]
not .... persuade <3982 3361> [do not.]
lying in ambush ........................... waiting <1063 1748 4327> [for.]
bound ... with an oath <332> [an oath.]
two .... centurions <1417 1543> [two centurions.]
by <575> [at.]
About nine o'clock in the evening, for the greater secrecy, and to elude the cunning, active malice of the Jews.
[beast.]
Felix <5344> [Felix.]
governor <2232> [the governor.]
Excellency <2903> [the most.]
greetings <5463> [greeting.]
was seized <4815> [was taken.]
had learned <3129> [having.]
controversial questions <2213> [questions.]
but <1161> [but.]
When ... was informed <3377> [it was.]
ordering <3853> [and gave.]
<4517> [Farewell.]
in accordance with <2596> [as.]
delivered <325> [delivered.]
they ... presented <3936> [presented.]
asked <1905> [he asked.]
Cilicia <2791> [Cilicia.]
when <3752> [when.]
in <1722> [in.]
palace <4232> [judgment.]
five <4002> [five.]
Ananias <367> [Ananias.]
an attorney <4489> [orator.]
brought formal charges <1718> [informed.]
through ............ through <1223> [Seeing.]
Felix, bad as he was, had certainly rendered some services to Judaea. He had entirely subdued a very formidable banditti which had infested the country, and sent their captain, Eliezar, to Rome; had suppressed the sedition raised by the Egyptian impostor (ch. 21:38); and had quelled a very afflictive disturbance which took place between the Syrians and Jews of C‘sarea. But, though Tertullus might truly say, "by thee we enjoy great quietness," yet it is evident that he was guilty of the grossest flattery, as we have seen both from his own historians and Josephus, that he was both a bad man and a bad governor.
Most excellent <2903> [most.]
have found <2147> [we have.]
who stirs up .......... and <2795 5037 2532> [and a mover.]
sect <139> [the sect.]
Nazarenes <3480> [Nazarenes.]
He ... tried <3985> [gone.]
<3739> [whom.]
even ....... so <2532> [and.]
<5506> [the chief.]
<4183> [great.]
<2753> [Commanding.]
When ... examine <350> [by.]
gestured <3506> [had.]
many <4183> [many.]
"Felix, made procurator over Judea, A.D. 53."
a judge <2923> [a judge.]
I ... make ... defense <626> [I do.]
<2228> [but.]
to worship <4352> [to worship.]
I confess <3670> [I confess.]
according to ............. according <2596> [after.]
a sect <139> [heresy.]
<3779> [so.]
God <2316> [the God.]
believing <4100> [believing.]
according to ............. according .... law ...... in <2596 3551 1722> [in the law.]
have <2192> [have.]
going <3195> [that.]
<4160> [to bring.]
offerings <4376> [offerings.]
<3754> [Touching.]
<197> [having.]
Felix ............... When <5344 3752> [When.]
have .... and <5037 2532 2192> [and to.]
him ........... his ..... his <846> [his.]
he sent for <3343> [he sent.]
faith <4102> [the faith.]
<846> [he.]
righteousness <1343> [righteousness.]
and <2532> [temperance.]
judgment <2917> [judgment.]
Felix <5344> [Felix.]
Go away <4198> [Go.]
<1161> [when.]
hoping <1679> [hoped.]
for this reason <1352> [wherefore.]
two years <1333> [two.]
Porcius Festus <4201 5347> [Porcius Festus.]
Porcius Festus was put into the government of Judea in the sixth or seventh year of Nero. He died about two years afterwards, and was succeeded by Albinus.
wanted <2309> [willing.]
province <1885> [into.]
province <1885> [the province.]
By the province, Judea is meant; for after the death of Herod Agrippa, Claudius thought it imprudent to trust the government in the hands of his son Agrippa, who was then but seventeen years of age; and therefore, Cuspius Fadus was sent to be procurator. And when afterwards Claudius had given to Agrippa the tetrarchy of Philip, he nevertheless kept the province of Judea in his own hands, and governed it by procurators sent from Rome.
he went up <305> [he.]
Requesting <154> [desired.]
to do <4160> [laying.]
So <3767> [them.]
<1536> [if.]
more than ... or ten days <4119 2228 1176 2250> [more than ten days. or, as some copies read no more than eight or ten days. sitting.]
no ....... or ..... or <3754 3777> [Neither.]
wanting .......... Are you willing <2309> [willing.]
I <1510> [I stand.]
Every procurator represented the emperor in the province over which he presided; and as the seat of government was at Cesarea, St. Paul was before the tribunal where, as a Roman citizen, he ought to be judged.
If ... I am in the wrong ................. if <1487 91> [if I.]
not one ......... no one <3762> [no man.]
I appeal <1941> [I appeal.]
An appeal to the emperor was the right of a Roman citizen, and was highly respected. The Julian law condemned those magistrates, and others, as violaters of the public peace, who had put to death, tortured, scourged, imprisoned, or condemned any Roman citizen who had appealed to Cesar. This law was so sacred and imperative, that, in the persecution under Trajan, Pliny would not attempt to put to death Roman citizens, who were proved to have turned Christians, but determined to send them to Rome, probably because they had appealed.
You have appealed .... to <1909 1941> [unto Cesar shalt.]
King <935> [king.]
pay ... respects <782> [to.]
was <1096> [when.]
<2983> [and have.]
<4160> [without.]
a man <5100> [certain.]
religion <1175> [superstition.]
who was dead <2348> [which.]
was at a loss ..... investigate ............ to ....... on <639 1519 5127 4012 2214> [doubted of such manner of questions. or, was doubtful how to enquire hereof, etc. I asked.]
when ... appealed <1941> [had.]
decision <1233> [hearing. or, judgment. Augustus.]
I ordered <2753> [I commanded.]
with .......... with <3326 4862> [with.]
and ....... and ............ and <2532> [at.]
King Agrippa <935 67> [King Agrippa.]
King Agrippa was the son of Herod Agrippa; who upon the death of his uncle Herod, king of Chalcis, A.D. 28, succeeded to his dominions, by the favour of the emperor Claudius. Four years afterwards, Claudius removed him from that kingdom to a larger one; giving him the tetrarchy of Philip, that of Lysanias, and the province which Varus governed. Nero afterwards added Julias in Peraea, Tarichaea, and Tiberias. Claudius gave him the power of appointing the high priest among the Jews; and instances of his exercising this power may be seen in Josephus. He was strongly attached to the Romans, and did every thing in his power to prevent the Jews from rebelling; and when he could not prevail, he united his troops to those of Titus, and assisted at the siege of Jerusalem. After the ruin of his country, he retired with his sister Berenice to Rome where he died, aged 70, about A.D. 90.
about <4012> [about.]
ought <1163> [that he.]
had done <4238> [committed.]
Emperor <4575> [Augustus.]
The honourable title of [Sebastos <\\See definition 4575\\>,] or Augustus, that is venerable or august, which was first conferred by the senate on Octavius Caesar, was afterwards assumed by succeeding Roman emperors.
especially <3122> [specially.]
You <4671> [Thou.]
held out <1614> [stretched.]
defense <626> [answered.]
<1492> [because.]
to listen <191> [to hear.]
<3303> [manner.]
<3588> [which.]
if <1437> [if.]
that <3754> [that.]
party <139> [sect.]
on trial <2919> [am.]
promise <1860> [the promise.]
our <2257> [our.]
<1722> [instantly.]
[day and night. Gr. night and day. hope.]
Concerning <4012> [For.]
<1163> [that.]
name <3686> [the name.]
And ..... I did ....... I <4160 2532 1473> [I also.]
saints <40> [the saints.]
received <2983> [having.]
punished <5097> [I punished.]
tried to force <315> [compelled.]
was .... enraged <1693> [mad.]
was going <4198> [as.]
with <3326> [with.]
noon <2250> [mid-day.]
than <5228> [above.]
Aramaic <1446> [in.]
Saul Saul <4549> [Saul.]
<4642> [hard.]
I .... are you ....... I am <1473 1510> [I am.]
get up <450> [rise.]
to designate <4400> [to make.]
a servant <5257> [a minister.]
<3739> [in the.]
will rescue <1807> [Delivering.]
Gentiles <1484> [the Gentiles.]
to open <455> [open.]
turn <1994> [and to.]
and .... power .............. and <2532 1849> [and from.]
their ..................... they <846> [that they.]
a share <2819> [inheritance.]
are sanctified <37> [sanctified.]
by faith <4102> [faith.]
King <935> [O king.]
I was not <1096 3756> [I was not.]
first <4412> [first.]
and ...... Jerusalem ...... and ......... and <2532 5037 2414> [and at.]
and ........... and .... Gentiles ...... and <2532 5037 1484> [and then.]
repent <3340> [repent.]
turn <1994> [turn.]
performing <4238> [and do.]
Jews <2453> [the Jews.]
have experienced <5177> [obtained.]
<3140> [witnessing.]
nothing <3762> [none.]
prophets <4396> [the prophets.]
Christ <5547> [Christ.]
first <4413> [the first.]
<3195> [and should.]
defense <626> [spake.]
Festus <5347> [Festus.]
Paul <3972> [Paul.]
I have not lost ... mind <3105 3756> [I am not.]
most excellent <2903> [most.]
words <4487> [words.]
king <935> [the king.]
<5124> [this thing.]
Do you believe ......... you believe <4100> [believest.]
In <1722> [Almost.]
whether <302> [I would.]
not <3756> [that not.]
except <3924> [except.]
king <935> [the king.]
This man <3778 444> [This man.]
he had ... appealed <1941> [appealed.]
When <5613> [when.]
Italy <2482> [Italy.]
Italy is a well-known country of Europe, bounded by the Adriatic or Venetian Gulf on the east, the Tyrrhene or Tuscan Sea on the west, and by the Alps on the north.
centurion <1543> [a centurion.]
[Augustus'.]
from Adramyttium <98> [Adramyttium.]
Adramyttium, now Adramyti, was a maritime city of Mysia in Asia Minor, seated at the foot of Mount Ida, on a gulf of the same name, opposite the island of Lesbos.
put out to sea <321> [we.]
to sail <4126> [to sail.]
Aristarchus <708> [Aristarchus.]
accompanied <4862 2254> [with us.]
Sidon <4605> [Sidon.]
Julius <2457> [Julius.]
Cyprus <2954> [Cyprus.]
winds <417> [the winds.]
Cilicia <2791> [Cilicia.]
Pamphylia <3828> [Pamphylia.]
Myra <3460> [Myra.]
Myra was a city of Lycia, situated on a hill, twenty stadia from the sea.
centurion <1543> [the centurion.]
from Alexandria <222> [Alexandria.]
Alexandria, now Scanderoon, was a celebrated city and port of Egypt, built by Alexander the Great, situated on the Mediterranean and the lake Moeris, opposite the island of Pharos, and about twelve miles from the western branch of the Nile.
Cnidus <2834> [Cnidus.]
Cnidus was a town and promontory of Caria in Asia Minor, opposite Crete, now Cape Krio.
we sailed under the lee <5284> [we sailed.]
we sailed under the lee <5284> [under.]
Crete <2914> [Crete, or, Candy.]
Crete, now Candy, is a large island in the Mediterranean, 250 miles in length, 50 in breadth, and 600 in circumference, lying at the entrance of the Aegean sea.
Salmone <4534> [Salmone.]
Salmone, now Salamina, was a city and cape on the east of the island of Crete.
<2570 2568> [The fair havens.]
The Fair Havens, still known by the same name, was a port on the south-eastern part of Crete, near Lasea, of which nothing now remains.
fast <3521> [the fast.]
"The fast was on the tenth day of the seventh month."
I can see <2334> [I perceive.]
loss <2209> [damage, or, injury.]
was ... convinced <3982> [believed.]
harbor ............................ a harbor <3040> [the haven.]
Phoenix <5405> [Phenice.]
Phenice, was a sea-port on the western side of Crete; probably defended from the fury of the winds by a high and winding shore, forming a semicircle, and perhaps by some small island in front; leaving two openings, one towards the south-west, and the other towards the north-west.
Crete <2914> [Crete.]
south wind <3558> [the south.]
weighed anchor <142> [loosing.]
Not <3756> [not.]
[arose, or beat. a tempestuous.]
northeaster <2148> [Euroclydon.]
Probably, as Dr. Shaw supposes, one of those tempestuous winds called levanters, which blow in all directions, from N. E. round by E. to S. E.
gave way <1929> [we.]
Cauda <2802> [Clauda.]
Clauda, called Cauda and Gaudos by Mela and Pliny, and Claudos by Ptolemy, and now Gozo, according to Dr. Shaw, is a small island, situated at the south-western extremity of the island of Crete.
Fearing <5399> [fearing.]
violently <4971> [being.]
next day <1836> [the next.]
they threw ..... overboard <4496> [we.]
neither ... nor <3383> [neither.]
and <1161 5037 3756> [and no.]
all <3956> [all.]
had <5225> [after.]
should <1163> [ye should.]
not <3361> [not.]
I advise <3867> [I exhort.]
for <1063> [for.]
came <3936> [there.]
to whom ..... whom <3739> [whose.]
and <2532> [and.]
Do not be afraid <5399 3361> [Fear not.]
You <4571> [thou.]
<2400> [lo.]
I have faith <4100> [I believe.]
some <5100> [a certain.]
fourteenth <5065> [the fourteenth.]
Adriatic Sea <99> [Adria.]
Adria strictly speaking, was the name of the Adriatic gulf, now the Gulf of Venice, an arm of the Mediterranean, about 400 miles long and 140 broad, stretching along the eastern shores of Italy on one side, and Dalmatia, Sclavonia, and Macedonia on the other. But the term Adria was extended far beyond the limits of this gulf, and appears to have been given to an indeterminate extent of sea, as we say, generally, the Levant. It is observable, that the sacred historian does not say "in the Adriatic gulf," but "in Adria," (that is, the Adriatic sea, [Adrias <\\See definition 99\\>] being understood;) which, says Hesychius, was the same as the Ionian sea; and Strabo says that the Ionian gulf "is a part of that now called the Adriatic." But not only the Ionian, but even the Sicilian sea, and part of that which washes Crete, were called the Adriatic. Thus the scholiast on Dionysius Periegetis says, "they call this Sicilian sea Adria." And Ptolemy says that Sicily was bounded on the east by the Adriatic, [hupo <\\See definition 5259\\> Adrias <\\See definition 99\\>,] and that Crete was bounded on the west by the Adriatic sea, [hupo <\\See definition 5259\\> tou <\\See definition 5120\\> Adriatikos pelagos <\\See definition 3989\\>.]
sailors <3492> [the shipmen.]
we would run aground <1601> [fallen.]
anchors <45> [anchors.]
wished <2172> [and wished.]
ship's boat <4627> [the boat.]
bow <4408> [foreship.]
said <2036> [said.]
<3362> [Except.]
<891> [while.]
Today <4594> [This.]
for this .... for .... For <1063 5124 4314> [for this.]
for .... For <1063 4314 4098> [for there.]
gave thanks <2168> [and gave.]
in front of <1799> [in.]
all ... them <846 3956> [they all.]
<1250> [two.]
persons <5590> [souls.]
they lightened <2893> [they lightened.]
wheat <4621> [The wheat.]
The Romans imported corn from Egypt, by way of Alexandria, to which this ship belonged; for a curious account of which see Bryant's treatise on the Euroclydon.
slipped <4014> [taken up, etc. or, cut the anchors, they left them in the sea, etc.]
linkage ..... steering oars <4079 2202> [the rudder bands.]
Or, "the bands of the rudders;" for large vessels in ancient times had two or more rudders, which were fastened to the ship by means of bands, or chains, by which they were hoisted out of the water when incapable of being used. These bands being loosed, the rudders would fall into their proper places, and serve to steer the vessel into the creek, which they had in view, and hoisted.
ran .... aground <2027> [they ran.]
was being broken up <3089> [broken.]
wanting <1014> [willing.]
brought safely <1295> [that.]
land <1093> [land.]
Melita, now Malta, the island on which Paul and his companions were cast, is situate in the Mediterranean sea, about fifty miles from the coast of Sicily, towards Africa; and is one immense rock of soft white free-stone, twenty miles long, twelve in its greatest breadth, and sixty in circumference. Some, however, with the learned Jacob Bryant, are of opinion that this island was Melita in the Adriatic gulf, near Illyricum; but it may be sufficient to observe, that the course of the Alexandrian ship, first to Syracuse and then to Rhegium, proves that it was the present Malta, as the proper course from the Illyrian Melita would have been first to Rhegium, before it reached Syracuse, to which indeed it need not have gone at all.
island <3520> [the island.]
local inhabitants <915> [barbarous.]
showed <3930> [shewed.]
because <1223> [because.]
came out <1831> [came.]
fastened ... on <2510> [fastened.]
local people <915> [barbarians.]
creature <2342> [beast.]
No doubt <3843> [No doubt.]
a murderer <5406> [a murderer.]
suffered <3958> [felt.]
said <3004> [said.]
chief official <4413> [the chief.]
who <3739> [who.]
father <3962> [the father.]
after praying <4336> [prayed.]
placed <2007> [laid.]
healed <2390> [and healed.]
many of the people <3062> [others.]
honors <5092> [honoured.]
they gave <2007> [laded.]
[Cir. A.M. 4067. A.D. 63.]
ship <4143> [a ship.]
figurehead <3902> [whose.]
Syracuse <4946> [Syracuse.]
Syracuse was the capital of Sicily, situated on the eastern side of the island, 72 miles S. by E. of Messina, and about 112 of Palermo. In its ancient state of splendour it was 22« in extent, according to Strabo; and such was its opulence, that when the Romans took it, they found more riches than they did at Carthage.
Rhegium <4484> [Rhegium.]
Rhegium, now Reggio, was a maritime city and promontory in Italy, opposite Messina.
a south wind <3558> [the south.]
Puteoli <4223> [Puteoli.]
Puteoli, now Puzzuoli, is an ancient sea-port of Campania, in the kingdom of Naples, about eight miles S. W. of that city, standing upon a hill in a creek opposite to Baiae.
found <2147> [we found.]
were invited <3870> [and were.]
brothers ........................... Paul <80 3972> [when.]
Forum of Appius <675 5410> [Appii forum.]
Appii Forum, now Borgo Longo, was an ancient city of the Volsci, fifty miles S. of Rome.
Three Taverns <5140 4999> [The three taverns.]
The Three Taverns was a place in the Appian Way, thirty miles from Rome.
thanked <2168> [he thanked.]
Rome <4516> [Rome.]
Rome, the capital of Italy, and once of the whole world, is situated on the banks of the Tiber, about sixteen miles from the sea; 410 miles S. S .E. of Vienna, 600 S. E. of Paris, 730 E. by N. of Madrid, 760 W. of Constantinople, and 780 S. E. of London.
<1543> [the centurion.]
<4759> [captain.]
<1161> [but.]
I <1473> [though.]
I was handed over <3860> [was.]
I was forced <315> [I was.]
not <3756> [not.]
for ..................... because of ... hope <1223 1063 1680> [for the.]
chain <5026 254> [this chain.]
That is, the chain with which he was bound to the "soldier that kept him;" (ver. 16;) a mode of custody which Dr. Lardner has shown was in use among the Romans. It is in exact conformity, therefore, with the truth of St. Paul's situation at this time, that he declares himself to be "an ambassador in a chain," [en <\\See definition 1722\\> halusis <\\See definition 254\\>,] (Eph 6:20;) and the exactness is the more remarkable, as [halusis <\\See definition 254\\>,] a chain is no where used in the singular number to express any other kind of custody.
We <2249> [We.]
for <1063> [for.]
sect <139> [sect.]
<2240> [there came.]
he explained <1620> [he expounded.]
both <5037> [both.]
From ....................... from <575> [from.]
unable <800> [agreed.]
rightly <2573> [well.]
Go <4198> [Go.]
keep on hearing <189> [Hearing.]
advised <1110 846 2077> [it known.]
salvation <4992> [the salvation.]
has been sent <649> [sent.]
<4183 4803> [great reasoning.]
<3972> [Paul.]
St. Paul, after his release, is supposed to have visited Jud‘a, in the way to which he left Titus at Crete, (Tit 1:5,) and then returned through Syria, Cilicia, Asia Minor, and Greece, to Rome; where, according to primitive tradition, he was beheaded by order of Nero, A.D. 66, at Aquae Saiviae, three miles from Rome, and interred in the Via Ostensis, two miles from the city, where Constantine erected a church.
<3306> [dwelt.]
proclaiming <2784> [Cir. A.M. 4069. A.D. 65. Preaching.]
and teaching <2532 1321> [and teaching.]
with <3326> [with.]
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. The Acts of the Apostles is a most valuable portion of Divine revelation; and, independently of its universal reception in the Christian church, as an authentic and inspired production, it bears the most satisfactory internal evidence of its authenticity and truth. St. Luke's long attendance upon St. Paul, and his having been an eyewitness of many of the facts which he has recorded, independently of his Divine inspiration, render him a most suitable and credible historian; and his medical knowledge, for he is allowed to have been a physician, enabled him both to form a proper judgment of the miraculous cures which were performed by St. Paul, and to give an authentic and circumstantial detail of them. The plainness and simplicity of the narrative are also strong circumstances in its favour. The history of the Acts is one of the most important parts of the Sacred History, for without it neither the Gospels nor Epistles could have been so clearly understood; but by the aid of it the whole scheme of the Christian revelation is set before us in a clear and easy view.
