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The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:26

Acts 17:26And hath made of one blood all the nations.All of one blood1. This is not the gospel, but it is the foundation on which the gospel builds--that humanity is one; that race distinctions are superficial, and not radical; that there is a universal brotherhood, originating in the universal Fatherhood of God. This is familiar enough to us, for our common speech is stocked with phrases and expressions which recognise it. But then no man believed in it. Jew and Greek, and Roman and barbarian... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:27

Acts 17:27That they should seek the Lord.God the chief object of searchI. In what sense is it true that God is not far from any one of us? He is nigh--1. In the creation around us.2. In the sense of creaturely dependence and trust.3. In that He is the Being towards whom the soul tends.II. Is what sense does man feel after God?1. In every search for an object of love there is a groping after God.2. The intense longing after human fellowship is feeling after God.3. So there is in the instinct of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:28

Acts 17:28In Him we live and move and have our being.In Him we live and move, and have our beingI. Wrong views of the nature of God lie at the foundation of all false theories of religion.These are--1. That He is a limited Being, dwelling in temples, receiving gifts from man. This was the popular notion here combated.2. That He is an infinite Being, but removed from us; the Creator, but not the Moral Governor.3. That He is the only Being, all that is being merely phenomena of Him; so that there... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:29

Acts 17:29Forasmuch then … we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold.Paul’s cumulative argumentUp to this verse Paul has made a general statement respecting God. Here he lays down the groundwork of a true and abiding Christian philosophy. The armoury of the Church is in the word “forasmuch.” It throws man back on himself, and says, “If you want to know what God is, know yourself.” “Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think,” etc. He made us; as certain... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:30

Acts 17:30The times of this ignorance God winked at. God and the times of ignorance1. Surrounded by the representatives of the great philosophic schools, and with the beautiful objects of Pagan devotion on every side, Paul characterises the error of idolatry as a mark of ignorance. It was a severe thing to say to a people who cherished the past so fondly, and who boasted of their culture; and perhaps not the least irritating thing was that Paul represented his own God--that God so new and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:31

Acts 17:31Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will Judge the world in righteousness. The day of judgmentI. There shall be a day of judgment.1. “A particular judgment.” At the day of death the soul hath a judgment passed upon it (Hebrews 9:27; Ecclesiastes 12:7).2. “A general day of judgment”; which is the great assize, when the world shall be gathered together (Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew 12:36; Psalms 96:13).II. Why there must be a day of judgment.1. That God may execute justice... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 17:16

16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. Ver. 16. His spirit was stirred ] The word παρωξυνετο signifies, he was almost beside himself (such was his zeal) to see the idolatry of the Athenians. So was William Gardiner, an English merchant and martyr in Portugal, who, when the cardinal, in a mass before the king, began to take the ceremonial host, to toss it to and fro round about the chalice, making certain... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 17:17

17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. Ver. 17. With them that met with him ] If anybody would but lend him a little audience, he would preach to them, such was his zeal. The word must be preached in season, out of season, &c., volentibus, nolentibus. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 17:18

18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. Ver. 18. Certain philosophers, &c. ] The deep theorems of philosophy (said King James) make one learned, but seldom better, and oftentimes worse, mere atheists. There is an Arabic proverb, Cum errat eruditus, errat errore erudito. When a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 17:19

19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is ? Ver. 19. Brought him unto Areopagus ] A cruel court where Socrates lost his life for the very same crime that St Paul is here charged with; viz. an endeavour to introduce new deities. (Laertius.) That the apostle came off not only with safety, but some success (for Dionysius, one of the judges, was converted), see a sweet providence. Paul wanted a place to preach in;... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:26

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:27

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:28

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:29

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:30

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 17:31

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 17:16

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 17:17

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 17:18

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 17:19

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