使徒行伝 28:26-31 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:17-28

The Christian and the Jew. Here we have the Christian and the Jew brought into close contact; and there seems to have been as fair an opportunity for the latter to understand and appreciate the former as could ever have been granted. With calmness, with the wisdom and fullness of long study and mature experience, the most enlightened Christian apologist presented the case of Christianity to these men of the Jewish faith. We may look at— I. THE INTRODUCTION . Paul felt that his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:26

Go thou for go, A.V.; by hearing for hearing, A.V.; in no wise for not, A.V.; shall in no wise for not, A.V. Go thou , etc. The quotation is all but verbatim from the LXX . of Isaiah 6:9 , Isaiah 6:10 . This particular chapter was evidently deemed one of great importance, since our Lord quotes from it ( Matthew 13:14 , Matthew 13:15 ), and St. John ( John 12:37-41 ), as well as St. Paul in the passage before us. By hearing ( ἀκοῇ ). Why the LXX .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:27

This people ' s heart for the heart of this people, A.V.; they have for have they, A.V.; lest haply they should perceive for lest they should see, A.V.; turn again for be converted, A.V. This people's heart , etc. So the LXX . But the Hebrew has the imperative form, "make fat.," "make heavy …. shut," in the prophetical style (comp. Jeremiah 1:10 ). They have closed ( ἐκάμμυσαν ). The verb καμμύω , contracted from καταμύω ( μύω , to close, from the action... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:28

This salvation for the salvation, A.V. and T.R.; they will also hear for and that they will hear it, A.V. The A.V. gives the sense better than the R.V. This salvation ; τὸ σωτήριον . This form, instead of the more common σωτηρία , is found in Luke 2:30 ; Luke 3:6 ; and Ephesians 6:17 . The Gentiles (see Acts 13:46 ; Acts 18:6 ; Acts 22:26 ; Acts 26:1-32 . 17, 20, 23). But even at Rome the apostle of the Gentiles was faithful to the rule, "To the Jew first." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:29

(A.V.).—This verse is entirely wanting in the R.T. and R.V. It is omitted in many good manuscripts and versions. It is condemned by Grotius, Mill, Tischendorf, Lachmann, and others; but is not absolutely rejected by Meyer, Alford, Plumptre, and others. Great reasoning ( πολλὴν συζήτησιν see Acts 15:2 , Acts 15:7 ; and Luke 22:23 ; Luke 24:15 ; Acts 6:9 ; Acts 9:29 ). The phrase is in St. Luke's style, and the statement seems necessary to complete the narrative. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:30

He abode for Paul dwelt, A.V. and T.R.; dwelling for house, A.V.; went for came. A.V. Two whole years . διετία occurs also in Acts 24:27 , and διετής in Matthew 2:16 ; τριετία in Acts 20:31 . These forms are frequent in the LXX . His own hired dwelling ; ἰδίῳ μισθώματι , only here. The word properly means "hire," the price paid for the use of anything, and then by metonymy "the thing which is hired." It occurs frequently in the LXX . in the sense... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:30-31

Concerning Christ and his kingdom "The kingdom of God, " which Paul preached in his own hired house for two years, was none other than the "kingdom of Christ," or the "kingdom of heaven" which Jesus announced, and conceiving which he said so much when he was on earth (see Matthew 6:33 ; Luke 22:29 ; John 18:36 ; Matthew 13:24-50 , etc.). Christ came for the purpose of establishing, or rather re-establishing, the kingdom of God on earth, of reinstating the Divine Father on the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:30-31

Paul's preaching at Rome. I. IT WAS A FULFILLMENT OF A PROMISE . ( Acts 9:15 .) II. IT WAS A PROPHECY OF THE FUTURE . Long has the world been ruled from Rome; though often through corrupt forms, the Spirit of Christ has gone forth from her to heal and to civilize. Slowly the dominion of Rome must melt to give place to the idea which she has represented—the world-wide dominion of the kingdom of God. III. IT WAS THE REALIZATION OF THE PREACHER ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:30-31

The watchman upon the walls of Jerusalem. "And he abode two whole years," etc. The last look at Paul significant of the future. The kingdom of God traced in Acts from the old Jerusalem to Rome. The apostle of the Gentiles left at his work, soon to seal it with his blood. Pauline Christianity in its relation to the spread of the kingdom. No one taught better "the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ." I. AN EXAMPLE OF INDIVIDUAL DEVOTEDNESS . The value of such a witness to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:30-31

A type and a model of the Christian preacher. These striking, closing words of a history, than which, take it all in all, there is not a more impressive to be found—always excepting the one history—show the performing in right earnest of the parting injunction of the ascending Lord of the Church. For Rome is the scene, that metropolis and type of the world. "All" the various inhabitants of it, not Jews only, are now both sought and found. To these "the gospel" is preached. And the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:17-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:30-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:30-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:30-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:30-31

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