Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. Variations in spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained except in obvious cases of typographical error. The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. * * * * * THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE EDITED BY THE REV. W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D., Editor of "The Expositor." THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. NEW YORK 51 EAST TENTH STREET (NEAR BROADWAY). 1891. 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. By A. MACLAREN, D.D. St. Mark. By Very Rev. the Dean of Armagh. Genesis. By Prof. MARCUS DODS, D.D. 1 Samuel. By Prof. W. G. BLAIKIE, D.D. 2 Samuel. By the same Author. Hebrews. By Principal T. C. EDWARDS, D.D. SECOND SERIES, 1888-89. Galatians. By Prof. G. G. FINDLAY, B.A. The Pastoral Epistles. By Rev. A. PLUMMER, D.D. Isaiah I.--XXXIX. By G. A. SMITH, M.A. Vol. I. The Book of Revelation. By Prof. W. MILLIGAN, D.D. 1 Corinthians. By Prof. MARCUS DODS, D.D. The Epistles of St. John. By Rt. Rev. W. ALEXANDER, D.D. THIRD SERIES, 1889-90. Judges and Ruth. By Rev. R. A. WATSON, M.A. Jeremiah. By Rev. C. J. BALL, M.A. Isaiah XL.-LXVI. By G. A. SMITH, M.A. Vol. II. St. Matthew. By Rev. J. MONRO GIBSON, D.D. Exodus. By Very Rev. the Dean of Armagh. St. Luke. By Rev. H. BURTON, B.A. FOURTH SERIES, 1890-91. Ecclesiastes. By Rev. SAMUEL COX, D.D. St. James and St. Jude. By Rev. A. PLUMMER, D.D. Proverbs. By Rev. R. F. HORTON, M.A. Leviticus. By Rev. S. H. KELLOGG, D.D. The Gospel of St. John. By Prof. M. DODS, D.D. Vol. I. The Acts of the Apostles. 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]