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The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 1
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE
EDITED BY THE REV.
W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D.,
Editor of "The Expositor."
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.
BY
G. T. STOKES, D.D.
NEW YORK
A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON,
51 EAST TENTH STREET
(NEAR BROADWAY).
1891.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE.
Edited by the Rev. W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D.
Crown 8vo, cloth.
First Series, 1887-88.
| Colossians. | 1 Samuel. |
| By A. Maclaren, D.D. | By Prof. W. G. Blaikie, D.D. |
| St. Mark. | 2 Samuel. |
| By Very Rev. the Dean of Armagh. | By the same Author. |
| Genesis. | Hebrews. |
| By Prof. Marcus Dods, D.D. | By Principal T. C. Edwards, D.D. |
Second Series, 1888-89.
| Galatians. | The Book of Revelation. |
| By Prof. G. G. Findlay, B.A. | By Prof. W. Milligan, D.D. |
| The Pastoral Epistles. | 1 Corinthians. |
| By Rev. A. Plummer, D.D. | By Prof. Marcus Dods, D.D. |
| Isaiah I.—XXXIX. | The Epistles of St. John. |
| By G. A. Smith, M.A. Vol. I. | By Rt. Rev. W. Alexander, D.D. |
Third Series, 1889-90.
| Judges and Ruth. | St. Matthew. |
| By Rev. R. A. Watson, M.A. | By Rev. J. Monro Gibson, D.D. |
| Jeremiah. | Exodus. |
| By Rev. C. J. Ball, M.A. | By Very Rev. the Dean of Armagh. |
| Isaiah XL.-LXVI. | St. Luke. |
| By G. A. Smith, M.A. Vol. II. | By Rev. H. Burton, B.A. |
Fourth Series, 1890-91.
| Ecclesiastes. | Leviticus. |
| By Rev. Samuel Cox, D.D. | By Rev. S. H. Kellogg, D.D. |
| St. James and St. Jude. | The Gospel of St. John. |
| By Rev. A. Plummer, D.D. | By Prof. M. Dods, D.D. Vol. I. |
| Proverbs. | The Acts of the Apostles. |
| By Rev. R. F. Horton, M.A. | By Rev. Prof. G. T. Stokes, D.D. |
New York: A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON.
THE
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.
BY THE REV.
G. T. STOKES, D.D.,
PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN,
AND VICAR OF ALL SAINTS', BLACKROCK.
NEW YORK:
A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON,
51 EAST TENTH STREET
(NEAR BROADWAY).
1891.
PREFACE.
This volume contains an exposition of the Acts of the Apostles down to, but not including, the conversion of St. Paul and the baptism of Cornelius. There is a natural division at that point. Prior to these events, the inspired narrative is engaged with what the late Bishop Lightfoot of Durham called great "representative facts," prophetical or typical of the future developments of the Church, whether among Jews or Gentiles;[1] while the subsequent course of the history deals almost entirely with missionary work among the heathen and the labours of St. Paul.[2]
We are dependent for the story of these earliest days of the Church's life upon the Acts of the Apostles. I have endeavoured, however, to illustrate the narrative by copious references to ancient documents, some of which may appear of dubious value and authority, such as the Acts of the Saints and the writings of the mediæval Greek hagiologist, Simeon Metaphrastes, who lived in the tenth century.[3] The latter writer has been hitherto regarded as more famous for his imagination than for his historical accuracy. This age of ours is a noted one, however, for clearing characters previously regarded as very doubtful, and Simeon Metaphrastes has come in for his own share of this process of rehabilitation. The distinguished writer just referred to, Dr. Lightfoot, as we have shown in a note on p. 218, has proved that Metaphrastes embodied in his works valuable early records, dating back to the second century, which in critical hands can shed much light upon primitive Christian history.[4] In fact, students of Holy Scripture and of early Christianity are learning every day to look more and more to ancient Greek, Syriac, and Armenian writers, and to the libraries of the Eastern Churches, for fresh light on these important subjects. It is only natural we should do so. Writers like