. Notes, critical and explanatory, on the Acts of the apostles. hians received the Gospel,better than the philosophic Athenians, CHAPTER 28. Paul at Coeinth a tear and a HALF.— Writes Epistles to the Thessalonians—(Gallic.) A. D. 52-54. Ch. 18 : 1-18. 1. Paul had sent Timothy to Thessa-lonica, and if Silas came to him atAthens, he had sent him back also toMacedonia; he himself having beenhindered by Satan from going After these things, which have justbeen related as occurring at Athens,Paul departed thence and came to Cor-inth. The voyage could be made iutwo days. It is now m
. Notes, critical and explanatory, on the Acts of the apostles. hians received the Gospel,better than the philosophic Athenians, CHAPTER 28. Paul at Coeinth a tear and a HALF.— Writes Epistles to the Thessalonians—(Gallic.) A. D. 52-54. Ch. 18 : 1-18. 1. Paul had sent Timothy to Thessa-lonica, and if Silas came to him atAthens, he had sent him back also toMacedonia; he himself having beenhindered by Satan from going After these things, which have justbeen related as occurring at Athens,Paul departed thence and came to Cor-inth. The voyage could be made iutwo days. It is now made in fourhours by steam. Athens and Corinthwere called the eyes of Greece—most famous for learning and the high-est reach of philosophy. But theworld by wisdom knew not God, in-stead of finding Him out by their wis-dom. Corinth was the capital ofAchaia, situated on an isthmus, be-tween the jEgean and Ionian Seas, (abridge between Europe and Asia,) andhad a harbor on the European side,called Lechea, and another on theAsiatic side, called Cenchrea. Th«. D. 52.] CHAP. XVIII. 29§ 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in j^fj^^i^-Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; :i9.(because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart fromRome :) and came unto them. 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode withthem, ^ and wrought: for by their occupation they were \ cok^:i*!tentmakers. z^hSsJ-s. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and ° ^persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And ^when Silas and Timotheus were come from^ ■ Acro-corinthus, coiTCsponding ■with theAcropolis at Athens, stood on a summiteighteen hundred feet high, and wesaw it distinctly from the top of theParthenon, at Athens, about forty-fivemiles, so clear was the Corinthian style of architecturewas the most splendid of all. Thiswas a very central point, of the great-est importance for its relations withEast and West, to be gained over toChri
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