--- title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible" author: "Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown" languages: [en] shelf: "Commentaries" section: 677 of 927 url: https://scriptura.si/works/jamieson-fausset-brown-commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/677/ cite: "Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, section 677. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/jamieson-fausset-brown-commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/677/" --- # Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible *Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown* The Victorian standard commentary, critical and practical, from Genesis to Revelation. ## 677. Acts · 17 of 23 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/jamieson-fausset-brown-commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/677/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/jamieson-fausset-brown-commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/677/#p-N [¶0] who said to Paul ... that he should not go up to Jerusalem--(See on [Ac 20:23]; also see on [Ac 21:11-14]). [¶1] 7. when we had finished our course--completing the voyage [¶2] from Tyre, we came--which they would do the same day. [¶3] to Ptolemais--anciently called Accho ([Jud 1:31]), now St. Jean d'Acre, or Acre. [¶4] and saluted the brethren, and abode, &c.--disciples gathered probably as at Tyre, on the occasion mentioned ([Ac 11:19]). [¶5] 8-10. next day we that were of Paul's company departed--(The words "the were of Paul's company" are omitted in the best manuscripts. They were probably added as the connecting words at the head of some church lessons). [¶6] and came to Cæsarea--a run along the coast, southward, of some thirty miles. [¶7] Philip the evangelist--a term answering apparently very much to our missionary [Howson], by whose ministry such joy had been diffused over Samaria and the Ethiopian eunuch had been baptized ([Ac 8:4-40]). [¶8] one of the seven--deacons, who had "purchased to himself a good degree" ([1Ti 3:13]). He and Paul now meet for the first time, some twenty-five years after that time. [¶9] 11-14. So shall the Jews bind the man that owneth this girdle, &c.--For though the Romans did it, it was at the Jews' instigation ([Ac 21:33]; [Ac 28:17]). Such dramatic methods of announcing important future events would bring the old prophets to remembrance. (Compare [Is 20:2], &c.; [Jr 13:1], and [Eze 5:1], &c.). This prediction and that at Tyre ([Ac 21:4]) were intended, not to prohibit him from going, but to put his courage to the test and when he stood the test, to deepen and mature it. [¶10] 15-16. we took up our carriages--"our baggage." [¶11] and went up to Jerusalem--for the fifth time after his conversion, thus concluding his third missionary tour, which proved his last, so far as recorded; for though he accomplished the fourth and last part of the missionary plan sketched out ([Ac 19:21])--"After I have been at Jerusalem, I must also see Rome"--it was as "a prisoner of Jesus Christ." [¶12] 17-19. the brethren received us gladly--the disciples generally, as distinguished from the official reception recorded in [Ac 21:18]. [¶13] 20-25. they glorified the Lord, &c.--constrained to justify his course, notwithstanding the Jewish complexion of the Christianity of Jerusalem. [¶14] 26. to signify--that is, announce to the priest. [¶15] the accomplishment of the days of purification, &c.--(See on [Nu 6:14-21]). [¶16] 27-30. the Jews ... of Asia--in all likelihood those of Ephesus (since they recognized Trophimus apparently as a townsman, [Ac 21:29]), embittered by their discomfiture ([Ac 19:9], &c.). [¶17] 31. tidings came--literally, "went up," that is, to the fortress of Antonia, where the commandant resided. See on [Ac 21:32]. This part of the narrative is particularly graphic. [¶18] 32. the chief captain--"the chiliarch," or tribune of the Roman cohort, whose full number was one thousand men. [¶19] 33. commanded him to be bound with two chains--(See on [Ac 12:6]). [¶20] 34. some cried one thing--The difficulty would be so to state his crimes as to justify their proceedings to a Roman officer. [¶21] to be carried into the castle--rather, perhaps, "the barracks," or that part of the fortress of Antonia appropriated to the soldiers. The fort was built by Herod on a high rock at the northwest corner of the great temple area, and called after Mark Antony. [¶22] 35-36. Away with him--as before of his Lord ([Lu 23:18]; [Joh 19:15]). [¶23] 37-40. Art not thou that Egyptian, &c.--The form of the question implies that the answer is to be in the negative, and is matter of some surprise: "Thou art not then?" &c. ### Chapter 22 ### Ac 22:1-30. Paul's Defense from the Stairs of the Fortress--The Rage of the Audience Bursting Forth, the Commandant Has Him Brought into the Fort to Be Examined by Scourging, but Learning that He Is a Roman, He Orders His Release and Commands the Sanhedrin to Try Him [¶26] 2. when they heard ... the Hebrew tongue--(See on [Ac 21:40]). [¶27] they kept the more silence--They could have understood him in Greek, and doubtless fully expected the renegade to address them in that language, but the sound of their holy mother tongue awed them into deeper silence. [¶28] 3. a Jew of Tarsus, brought up in this city, at the feet--(See on [Lu 10:39]). [¶29] of Gamaliel--(See on [Ac 5:34]); a fact of great importance in the apostle's history, standing in the same relation to his future career as Moses' education in the Egyptian court to the work for which he was destined. [¶30] the perfect manner of the law of the fathers--the strictest form of traditional Judaism. [¶31] zealous--"a zealot." [¶32] toward God as ye all are this day--his own former murderous zeal against the disciples of the Lord Jesus being merely reflected in their present treatment of himself. [¶33] 4. I persecuted, &c.--(See on [Ac 9:1],; [Ac 9:5-7]). [¶34] 5. the high priest--still alive. [¶35] doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders--the whole Sanhedrim. [¶36] 8. Jesus of Nazareth--the Nazarene. See on [Ac 9:5]. [¶37] 9-11. they that were with me--(See on [Ac 9:7], &c.) [¶38] 12. Ananias, a devout man, according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there--One would not know from this description of Ananias that he was a Christian at all, the apostles object being to hold him up as unexceptionable, even to the most rigid Jews. [¶39] 13-15. The God of our fathers hath chosen thee--studiously linking the new economy upon the old, as but the sequel of it; both having one glorious Author. [¶40] 16. be baptized and wash away thy sins--This way of speaking arises from baptism being the visible seal of remission. [¶41] calling on the name of the Lord--rather, "having called," that is, after having done so; referring to the confession of Christ which preceded baptism, as [Ac 8:37]. [¶42] 17-21. it came to pass, &c.--This thrilling dialogue between the glorified Redeemer and his chosen vessel is nowhere else related. [¶43] when I was come again to Jerusalem--on the occasion mentioned in [Ac 9:26-29]. [¶44] while I prayed in the temple--He thus calls their attention to the fact that after his conversion he kept up his connection with the temple as before.