使徒行传 14:15-17 CUNPSS

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 14:15

And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is: who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways. And yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.This... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 14:15

Acts 14:15. Of like passions, &c.— Obnoxious to the same common infirmities, 'Ομοιοπαθεις : so it also signifies in James 5:17. "We are only frail andmortal men, likeyourselves;liabletothecommonevils,afflictions,andinfirmities of life." The word vanities is, as we have observed in the Old Testament, frequently used for idols. It appears a bold expression when considered and addressed to a whole crowd of bigoted idolaters with their priests at their head. It naturally leads us to reflect,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 14:16

Acts 14:16. Who in times past suffered all nations, &c.— That is, all the Gentiles. God left all nations, except the Jews, to the light of the heathen dispensation. It does not appear that any prophet except Jonah, was sent to the Gentile world, from the days of Noah or Abraham. See 1 Peter 3:20; 1Pe 5:2-3 and my Annotations on the epistle to the Romans. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 14:17

Acts 14:17. He left not himself without witness,— Though left to the heathen dispensation,theGentileswereculpablefortheir idolatry, and other abuses of the light afforded them, inasmuch as the works of creation always manifest the being of the true God; and it is a plain evidence of his goodness, power, and providence, in that he, the one true God, is the author of all good, and sendeth rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons to the just and unjust; not only providing necessaries for mankind,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 14:15

15. We . . . are men of like passions, &c.—How unlike either imposture or enthusiasm is this, and how high above all self-seeking do these men of Christ show themselves to be! unto the living God—This is the most glorious and distinctive of all the names of God. It is the familiar phraseology of the Old Testament. which, in such contrast with all that is to be found within the literature of heathenism, is shown to be, with its sequel, the New Testament, the one Book of the true religion.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 14:16

16. Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways—that is, without extending to them the revelation vouchsafed to the seed of Abraham, and the grace attending it; compare Acts 17:30; 1 Corinthians 1:21. Yet not without guilt on their part was this privation (1 Corinthians 1:21- :, &c.). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 14:17

17. Nevertheless he left not himself without witness—Though the heinousness of idolatry is represented as so much less in the heathen, by how much they were outside the pale of revealed religion, he takes care to add that the heathen have divine "witness" enough to leave them "without excuse." he did good—scattering His beneficence everywhere and in a thousand forms. rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons—on which human subsistence and all human enjoyment depend. In Lycaonia, where, as ancient... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 14:8-20

Ministry in Lystra 14:8-20 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 14:13-21

3. The mission to Asia Minor 13:13-14:21aHaving evangelized Barnabas’ homeland the missionaries next moved into southern Asia Minor (modern western Turkey)."The contact with Sergius Paulus is the key to the subsequent ininerary of the first missionary journey. From Cyprus Paul and Barnabas struck east to the newly founded colony of Pisiddian Antioch, miles away from any Cypriot’s normal route. Modern scholars have invoked Paul’s wish to reach the uplands of Asia and recover from a passing... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 14:15-18

By recording the substance of what Paul and Barnabas said here, Luke preserved a sample of their preaching to pagan audiences (cf. Acts 13:16-41; Acts 17:22-31)."With a pagan audience it was necessary to begin a stage further back with the proclamation of the one true God." [Note: Marshall, The Acts . . ., p. 238.] In earlier times God had manifested the knowledge of Himself to Gentiles mainly through creation and Israel (cf. Romans 1). Now He was giving them more special revelation through the... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 14:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 14:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 14:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 14:17

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 14:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 14:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 14:17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 14:8-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 14:13-21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 14:15-18

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