. Notes, critical and explanatory, on the Acts of the apostles. ies with heathenworship in every form and degree, : 1-18, and against their irregulari-ties in public worship, (ch. 8:1-10;11: 17-34.) Then follows a treatise onspiritual gifts, 12 : 1-31—Christianlove, 13 : 1-13 — prophesying, andtongues. 14 : 1-40. The resurrection,15:1-36. By means of this Epistle we get aninsight into the conflict which was go-ing on between Christianity and hea-thenism, and the peculiar difficultiesthat were, and are still, to be met inestablishing the Christian Church insuch an idolatrous and corrupt co
. Notes, critical and explanatory, on the Acts of the apostles. ies with heathenworship in every form and degree, : 1-18, and against their irregulari-ties in public worship, (ch. 8:1-10;11: 17-34.) Then follows a treatise onspiritual gifts, 12 : 1-31—Christianlove, 13 : 1-13 — prophesying, andtongues. 14 : 1-40. The resurrection,15:1-36. By means of this Epistle we get aninsight into the conflict which was go-ing on between Christianity and hea-thenism, and the peculiar difficultiesthat were, and are still, to be met inestablishing the Christian Church insuch an idolatrous and corrupt com-munity, amidst the specious refine-ments of a polished paganism. 23. And—but there happened aboutthat time, (of his planning to do this,)no small disturbance concerning the way—(viz. Christianity—the way of salva-tion, vs. 9,) ch. 9 : 2 — the way ofthe Lord. WichUf. 24. The occasion of the uproar ishere narrated. Pauls preaching in-terfered with the traffic in silver modelsof the temple of Diana, and thus brokeup their gains. These models of the. 816 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. [A. D. 67 25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation,and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. 26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded andfX%lfii-*2o. turned away much people, saying that they be no gods,jer. 10:3. -which are made with hands : 27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; temple, and statue of Diana, (or Arte-mis.) were extensively manufacturedand sold, even abroad, for charms forplacing in private houses and carryingon journeys, f Silver shrines—lite-rally, silver temples—models of the tem-ple, or little houses—caskets for stat-
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