VER. 20. Πορεύεσθε, καὶ σταθέντες λαλεῖτε ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τῷ λαῷ πάντα τὰ ῥήματα τῆς ζωῆς ταύτης.

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τῇ φυλακῇ, εἰσὶν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἑστῶτες καὶ διδάσκοντες τὸν λαόν.

Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

VER. 26.

VER. 21.

̓Ακούσαντες δὲ εἰσῆλθον ὑπὸ τὸν ὄρθρον εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν, καὶ ἐδίδασκον. Παραγενόμενος δὲ ὁ ̓Αρχιερεὺς καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ, συνεκάλε σαν τὸ συνέδριον, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γερουσίαν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἀπέστειλαν εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον, ἀχθῆναι αὐτούς.

And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the High Priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should

have been stoned.

VER. 27.

̓Αγαγόντες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔστησαν ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ· καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτοὺς ὁ ̓Αρ χιερεύς,

And when they had brought them, a they set them before the council: and the High Priest asked them,

a See on Matt. x. ver. 17. clause 2.

VER. 28.

Λέγων· Οὐ παραγγελία παρηγγείλαμεν ὑμῖν μὴ διδάσκειν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ ; καὶ ἰδοὺ, πεπληρώκατε τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῆς διδαχῆς ὑμῶν, καὶ βούλεσθε ἐπαγαγεῖν ἐφ' ἡμᾶς τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου.

Saying, a Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring b this man's blood upon us.

a So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done, Acts iv. 21.

b See on Matt. xxvii. ver. 25.

VER. 29. ̓Αποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι, εἶπον· Πειθαρχεῖν δεῖ Θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, "We ought to obey God rather than men.

a But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye, Acts iv. 19. And Micaiah said, 4s the LoRD 2 C

liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak, 1 Kings xxii. 14. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God, whom we serve, is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up, Dan. iii. 16-18. Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. Now when Daniel knew that the writing. was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a-day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God, vi. 6-11. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar's, and unto God the things that are God's, Matt. xxii. 21. By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible, Heb. xi. 24-27. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any

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man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus, Rev. xiv. 9-12.

Τοῦτον ὁ Θεὸς ἀρχηγὸν καὶ σωτῆρα ὕψωσε τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ, δοῦναι μετάνοιαν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν.

a Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be ba Prince and a Saviour, for to give erepentance to Israel, fand forgiveness of sins.

a See on Matt. xi. ver. 27. clause 1.

b For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace, Isa. ix. 6. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever, Ezek. xxxvii. 25. From the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times, Dan. ix. 25. And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first-be

gotten of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, Rev. i. 3.

C See on Matt. i. ver. 21. clause 3. d When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life, Acts xi. 18. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah; Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; (which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD;) But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people, Jer. xxxi. 31-33. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them, Ezek. xxxvi. 2527. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born, Zech. xii. 10. And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem, Luke xxiv. 47. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will, 2 Tim. ii. 25, 26.

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e See on Matt. iii. ver. 2. clause 1. f See on Matt. vi. ver. 12. clause 1. and ix. ver. 2. clause 4.

VER. 32.

Καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν αὐτοῦ μάρτυρες τῶν ῥημάτων τούτων, καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα δὲ τὸ ἅγιον, ὃ ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς τοῖς πειθαρχοῦσιν aur.

a And we are his witnesses of these things; band so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

a See on Luke xxiv. ver. 48.

b God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? Heb. ii. 4. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the Gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into, 1 Pet. i. 12. See also on John xv. ver. 26.

c See on John vii. ver. 39. clause 1.

VER. 33.

Οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες διεπρίοντο, καὶ ἐβου λεύοντο ἀνελεῖν αὐτούς.

When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

a See on Matt. v. ver. 10. clause 1.

VER. 34.

̓Αναστὰς δέ τις ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ Φαρι σαῖος, ὀνόματι Γαμαλιὴλ, νομοδιδάσκαλος, τίμιος παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, ἐκέλευσον ἔξω βραχύ τι τοὺς ἀποστόλους ποιῆσαι·

Then stood there up one in the council, a a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

a See on Matt. iii. ver. 7. clause 1. VER. 35.

Εἶπέ τε πρὸς αὐτοὺς· ̓́Ανδρες Ισραηλι ται, προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τούτοις, τί μέλλετε πράσσειν.

And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.

VER. 36.

Πρὸ γὰρ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀνέστη Θευδάς, λέγων εἶναί τινα ἑαυτὸν, ᾧ προσε