CHAPTER VIII.

[8.1] Acts iv. 6. See _Life of Jesus_.

[8.2] Acts iv. 1-31; v. 47-41.

[8.3] See _Life of Jesus_.

[8.4] Acts v. 41.

[8.5] Ib. iv. 5-6; v. 17. Comp. James ii. 6.

[8.6] Γένος αρχιερατιχον, Acts i.; αρχιερεις in Josephus _Ant._ xx. viii. 8.

[8.7] Acts xv. 5; xxi. 20.

[8.8] Let us add that the reciprocal antipathy of Jesus and the Pharisees seems to have been exaggerated by the synoptical Evangelists, perhaps on account of the events which, at the time of the great war, led to the flight of the Christians beyond the Jordan. It cannot be denied that James, brother of the Lord, was pretty nearly a Pharisee.

[8.9] Acts v. 34, and following. See _Life of Jesus_.

[8.10] Acts vi. 8; vii. 59.

[8.11] Probably descendants of Jews who had been taken to Rome as slaves, and then freed. Philo, _Leg. ad Caium_, § 23; Tacitus, _Ann._ ii. 85.

[8.12] See _Life of Jesus_.

[8.13] Matt. xv. 2, and following; Mark vii. 3; Gal. i. 14.

[8.14] Compare Gal. iii. 19; Heb. ii. 2; Jos. Ant. XV. v. 3. It was supposed that God Himself had not revealed Himself in the theophanies of the ancient law, but that he had substituted in his place a sort of intermediary, the _maleak Jehovah_. See the Hebrew dictionaries on the word מלאך.

[8.15] Deut. xvii. 7.

[8.16] Acts vii. 59; xxii. 20; xxvi 10.

[8.17] John xviii. 31.

[8.18] Josephus, Ant. XVIII. iv. 2.

[8.19] Ib., Ib., XV. xi. 4; XVIII. iv. 2. Compare XX. i. 1, 2.

[8.20] The whole trial of Jesus proves this. Compare _Acts_ xxiv. 27; xxv. 9.

[8.21] Suetonius, _Caius_, 6; Dion Cassius lix. 8, 12; Josephus Ant. XVIII. v. 3; vi. 10; 2 Cor. xi. 32.

[8.22] Ventidius Cumanus experienced quite similar adventures. It is true that Josephus exaggerates the misfortunes of all those who are opposed to his nation.

[8.23] Madden, History of Jewish Coinage, p. 134, and following.

[8.24] Jos. _Ant._ XVIII. iv. 3.

[8.25] Ib., XVIII. v. 3.

[8.26] _Acts_ viii. 2. The words ἀνὴρ eὐλαβὴς designate a proselyte, not a pure Jew. See Acts ii. 5.

[8.27] _Acts_ viii. 1, and following; xi. 19; Acts xxvi. 10, would even lead to the belief that there were other deaths than that of Stephen. But we must not misconstrue words in our versions of a style so loose. Compare Acts ix. 1-2 with xxii. 5 and xxvi. 12.

[8.28] Compare Acts i. 4; viii. 1, 14; Gal i. 17, and following.

[8.29] Acts ix. 26-30 prove, in fact, that in the mind of the author the expressions of viii. I had not a meaning so absolute as might be supposed. [Except that after the first panic was over some of the disciples, at first wholly scattered, may have returned by the time of Saul's arrival.--Tr.]

[8.30] This happened in the case of the Essenians.

[8.31] This happened to the Franciscans.

[8.32] I. Thess. ii. 14.

[8.33] Acts viii. 3; ix. 13, 14, 21, 26; xxii. 4, 19; xxvi. 9, and following; Gal. i. 13, 23; I. Cor. xv. 9; Phil. iii. 6; I. Tim. i. 13.

[8.34] Gal. i. 14; Acts xxvi. 5; Phil. iii. 5.

[8.35] Acts ix. 13, 21, 26.]