. Notes, critical and explanatory, on the Acts of the apostles. such astonishing power. Obserae—(1) The miracle had no convertinfipower, but the doctrine, accompanief,by the Spirit of God. So (2) by the stumbling of Israel, salvation comes to theGentiles, Rom. 11:11; 12: 15. Fro:uCyprus to Asia Minor, the missionariesnow proceed. 13. His company. Wi^rnWy, theij aboutPaul, or accompanying him. Observe.—Pa«l, now and henceforth appearsas the leader and head of the mission.^ Loosed. Lit., Having set sail. Tf P^r-ga. Pamphylia was the province of AsiaMinor adjacent to them on the was it
. Notes, critical and explanatory, on the Acts of the apostles. such astonishing power. Obserae—(1) The miracle had no convertinfipower, but the doctrine, accompanief,by the Spirit of God. So (2) by the stumbling of Israel, salvation comes to theGentiles, Rom. 11:11; 12: 15. Fro:uCyprus to Asia Minor, the missionariesnow proceed. 13. His company. Wi^rnWy, theij aboutPaul, or accompanying him. Observe.—Pa«l, now and henceforth appearsas the leader and head of the mission.^ Loosed. Lit., Having set sail. Tf P^r-ga. Pamphylia was the province of AsiaMinor adjacent to them on the was its capital city, which wasfamous for the of the hea-then goddess, Diana. Thus these mis-sionaries advanced upon the strong-holds of heathenism. Tf John depart-ing. This was John 3\Iark, men-tioned in vs. o, as their attendant. Theterm here used, shows that his depart-ing was on account of some dissatis-faction, for which Paul blames him,ch. 15: 38. It ma^^ have been on ac-cot -^f P!.ul living ,iow heleid, iM^t^-d of I5nnibi-5 M uk s nu«. * r^-^. 240i f ch. THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. [A. D. 44. 14 ^ But wbon they departed from Perga, they came to; Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophetsthe rulers of the synagogue sent unto them,saying-, Yemenand brethren, if ye have ° any word of exhortation for thepeople, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with Jiis handsaid, Men of Israel, and ° ye that fear God, give audience. cle. Or, it may have been ou accountof the object of the mission becomingmore clearly defined as a mission tothe Gentiles, with which Mark had not,.as yet, any lively sympathy. Or, withboth these reasons, it may have beenalso from a reluctance to journey far-ther from his home at Jerusalem, andamidst the drudgeries and dangers ofthis western field. He afterwardsjoined Paul again in a tour to Cyprus;was a comfort to him, Col. 4: 10,11, ami prof
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