[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.] CHAPTER IX. [9.1] Acts viii. 1, 4; xi. 19. [9.2] Acts viii. 5, and following. That it was not the apostle is evident from a comparison of the passages, _Acts_ viii. 1, 5, 12, 14, 40; xxi. 8. It is true that the verse, _Acts_ xxi. 9, compared with what is said by Papias (in Eusebius His. Ecc. iii. 39), Polycrates (ib. v. 24), Clement of Alexandria (Strom, iii. 6), would identify the Apostle Philip, of whom these three ecclesiastical writers are speaking, with the Philip who plays so important a part in the _Acts_. But it is more natural to admit that the statement in the verse in question is a mistake, and that the verse was only interpolated to contradict the tradition of the churches of Asia and even of Hierapolis, whither the Philip who had daughters prophetesses retired. The particular data possessed by the author of the 4th Gospel (written, as it seems, in Asia Minor), in regard to the Apostle Philip are thus explained.