(1275) ground. 34I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. 35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. 36 He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. unto you 37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. 38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: 39 to whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, 40 saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the. host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? 43 Yea, ye 43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. (1275 1275) 4 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. 45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; 46 who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built him a house. 48 Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in temples. made with hands; as saith the prophet, 49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? 50 Hath not my hand made all these things? 51 Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers : 58 who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. Acts vii. 2-53. 1316 Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. 2 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by (1816) the sea-side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. 33 Immediately, therefore I send to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.-Acts x. 30-33. TWO EPISTLES IN THE ACTS. I. THE apostles and elders and brethren send greeting* unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: 24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, [saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law; to whom we gave no such commandment: 25 it seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; "that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.164-Acts xv. 23–29. 29 II. CLAUDIUS LYSIAS unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting. "This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. 28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council: whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. 30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. [Farewell.] 12-Acts xxiii. 26 – 30. * An eminent American expositor, in his note on this passsge, remarks: "It is a curious' undesigned coincidence' that the word greeting is used but once more in the New Testament, and that in the Epistle of James. We may safely from this infer that this letter is also an epistle written by James, and that both are by this same hand." A fact overlooked by this writer, besides refuting his alleged "coincidence," weakens the force of the inference that this letter in Acts xv. was "written by James." Claudius Lysias, author of the only other epistle found in the historical books of the New Testament. in his letter to Felix also uses the word greeting. See Acts xxiii. 26. + Omitted in all the best critical editions. TABLE IV. In this Table, the 416 Speeches of the ensuing Chronological Harmony of THE WORDS OF OUR LORD-numbered as in the Harmony Index, and grouped according to their several lengthsfall into 162 classes. The number of words in the separate speeches of each class is given in bold-face figures. Following the word-numeral are the Harmony-numbers of all speeches comprising its class. 66 1 454 278 14 822 26 760 426 59 241 94 123 172 279 538 238 511 291 72 832 231 831 438 429 445 124 205 317 198 350 289 518 448 77 287 829 522 537 166 19 388 37 931 679 633 194 87 549 262 843 634 248 221 684 525 857 861 283 228 320 276 27 38 167 6 10 587 423 114 239 48 877 224 117 110 691 497 165 322 536 561 649 369 47 565 618 628 176 607 128 140 298 264 78 96 304 217 715 356 491 181 545 609 353 121 487 724 538 36 46 576 76 93 552 171 268 525 2462 357 255 807 810 852 333 223 670 211 638 640 556 706 381 160 (250) |