. Notes, critical and explanatory, on the Acts of the apostles. eparate and rival worship on MountGerizim, yet Christ Himself hadpreached Christ to them, and hadgathered the first fruits of a harvestwhich His Apostles were to reap. (John35, 38.) Here, in the progress of theGospel beyond Jerusalem and Judea,we find the way opened, and the firstgreat step taken in the development of theuniversal Christian Church. Note. —The preaching of Christ is the sura ofthe Gospel message. G. This remarkable success of Phil-ips preaching would indicate such apreparation as had been made byChrists evangelizin
. Notes, critical and explanatory, on the Acts of the apostles. eparate and rival worship on MountGerizim, yet Christ Himself hadpreached Christ to them, and hadgathered the first fruits of a harvestwhich His Apostles were to reap. (John35, 38.) Here, in the progress of theGospel beyond Jerusalem and Judea,we find the way opened, and the firstgreat step taken in the development of theuniversal Christian Church. Note. —The preaching of Christ is the sura ofthe Gospel message. G. This remarkable success of Phil-ips preaching would indicate such apreparation as had been made byChrists evangelizing work amongthem. \ The people—[the multitude—the mass)—yare heed—attended to, asLydia did to Paul, when her heart wasopened, (ch. IG : 14,) and this theydid u-ith one accord- generally, and with-out jarrings. The term here used isthat so commonly employed in theearly chapters, seeming often to referto a public assembling. T[ Those thingt—the doctrine of Christ and his salva-tion. \ Hearing. Lit., In the hearinff—as they were hearing and A. D. CHAP. VIII. 178 7 Fjr ^unclean spirits, crying with loud \oice, came ^*=•out of many that were possessed with them: and many takon with palsies, and that were lame, were healed, 8 And there was great joy in that city. 9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, whichbeforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched ^■=^■^^^■^• the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: 10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest,saying, This man is the great power of God. 7. For. Lit., For from many whohad unclean spiriU, &c., they came were conviEcecl by these miraca-lous proofs, John 3:2. ^ Crying—asthey did when they bore witness toJesus as the Christ, the Son of God,Mark 3:11; Luke 1: 41. Sometimesthey cried out with rage, see Mark 1:26; 9 : 26. T[ Palsies — two very severe disabilities aredistinguished from demoniacal posses-sions. Thi
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