使徒行伝 16:22-40 JC

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:28

Do thyself no harm - As it was now dark, being midnight, St. Paul must have had a Divine intimation of what the jailor was going to do; and, to prevent it, cried out aloud, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:29

He called for a light - That he might see how things stood, and whether the words of Paul were true; for on this his personal safety depended. Came trembling - Terrified by the earthquake, and feeling the danger to which his own life was exposed. Fell down before Paul and Silas - The persons whom a few hours before he, according to his office, treated with so much asperity, if not cruelty, as some have supposed; though, by the way, it does not appear that he exceeded his orders in... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:30

Brought them out - Of the dungeon in which they were confined. What must I do to be saved? - Whether this regard personal or eternal safety, it is a question the most interesting to man. But it is not likely that the jailor referred here to his personal safety. He had seen, notwithstanding the prison doors had been miraculously opened, and the bonds of the prisoners all loosed, that not one of them had escaped: hence he could not feel himself in danger of losing his life on this account;... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:31

Believe on the Lord Jesus - Receive the religion of Christ, which we preach, and let thy household also receive it, and ye shall be all placed in the sure way to final salvation. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:32

And they spake unto him the word of the Lord - Thus, by teaching him and all that were in his house the doctrine of the Lord, they plainly pointed out to them the way of salvation. And it appears that he and his whole family, who were capable of receiving instructions, embraced this doctrine, and showed the sincerity of their faith by immediately receiving baptism. And, by the way, if he and all his were baptized straightway, παραχρημα , immediately, instantly, at that very time, dum ipsa... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:33

Washed their stripes - Ελουσεν απο των πληγων , He washed from the stripes: i.e. he washed the blood from the wounds; and this would not require putting them into a pool, or bath, as some have ridiculously imagined. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:34

He set meat before them - They were sufficiently exhausted, and needed refreshment; nor had the apostles any such inherent miraculous power as could prevent them from suffering through hunger, or enable them to heal their own grounds. As they were the instruments of bringing health to his soul, he became the instrument of health to their bodies. Genuine faith in Christ will always be accompanied with benevolence and humanity, and every fruit that such dispositions can produce. The jailor... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:35

And the magistrates sent the sergeants - The original word, ῥαβδουχους , means the lictors, persons who carried before the consul the fasces, which was a hatchet, round the handle of which was a bundle of rods tied. Why the magistrates should have sent an order to dismiss the apostles, whom they had so barbarously used the preceding evening, we cannot tell, unless we receive the reading of the Codex Bezae as genuine, viz. Ἡμερας δε γενομενης, συνηλθον οἱ Ϛρατηγοι επι το αυτο εις την... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:37

They have beaten us openly - being Romans - St. Paul well knew the Roman laws; and on their violation by the magistrates he pleads. The Valerian law forbade any Roman citizen to be bound. The Porcian law forbade any to be beaten with rods. " Poreia lex virgas ab omnium civium Romanorum corpore amovit ." And by the same law the liberty of a Roman citizen was never put in the power of the lictor. " Porcia lex libertatem civium lictori eripuit ." See Cicero, Orat. pro Rabirio. Hence, as the... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:38

They feared when they heard - they were Romans - They feared, because the Roman law was so constituted that an insult offered to a citizen was deemed an insult to the whole Roman people. There is a remarkable addition here, both in the Greek and Latin of the Codex Bezae. It is as follows: "And when they were come with many of their friends to the prison, they besought them to go out, saying: We were ignorant of your circumstances, that ye were righteous men. And, leading them out, they... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:37

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:38

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