Εἰ μὲν οὖν Δημήτριος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ τεχνίται πρός τινα λόγον ἔχουσιν, ἀγοραῖα ἄγονται, καὶ ἀνθύπατοί εἰσιν· ἐγκαλείτωσαν ἀλλήλοις.

Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.

* Or, the court-days are kept.

Εἰ δέ τι περὶ ἑτέρων ἐπιζητεῖτε, ἐν τη ἐννόμῳ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐπιλυθήσεται·

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but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; 2 Cor. i. 3-10.

when b Now I will come unto you, I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia, 1 Cor. xvi. 5.

VER. 2.

Διελθὼν δὲ τὰ μέρη ἐκεῖνα, καὶ πα ρακαλέσας αὐτοὺς λόγῳ πολλῷ, ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν ̔Ελλάδα.

And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,

2 Cor. i. 16.

VER. 4.

Συνείπετο δὲ αὐτῷ ἄχρι τῆς ̓Ασίας Σώπατρος Βεροιαῖος Θεσσαλονικέων δὲ, ̓Αρίσταρχος, καὶ Σεκούνδος, καὶ Γάϊος Δεξ βαῖος, καὶ Τιμόθεος· Ασιανοὶ δὲ, Τυχικός

a And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, b Aristarchus and Secundus ; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus ; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

a Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble by the comfort, wherewith we our-nai Trópios. selves are comforted of God. the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia. that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves,

Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. I Tertius, who who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. Gaius mine host, and of the whole Church, salteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother, Rom. xvi. 21-23.

See on chap. xix. ver. 29. clause 2.

But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in

Οὗτοι προελθόντες ἔμενον ἡμᾶς ἐν Τρωάδι.

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long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

VER. 10.

Καταβὰς δὲ ὁ Παῦλος ἐπέπεσεν αὐτῷ, καὶ συμπεριλαβὼν εἶπε· Μὴ θορυβείσθε· ἡ γὰρ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ ἐστιν.

him, and embracing him, said, Trouble And Paul went down, and fell on not yourselves; for his life is in him.

VER. 11.

̓Αναβὰς δὲ, καὶ κλάσας ἄρτον καὶ γευ

These going before tarried for us at σάμενος, ἐφ ̓ ἱκανόν τε ὁμιλήσας ἄχρις Troas.

VER. 6.

Ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐξεπλεύσαμεν μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν ἀζύμων ἀπὸ Φιλίππων, καὶ ἤλθομεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν Τρωάδα ἄχεις ἡμερῶν πέντε, οὗ διετρίψαμεν ημέ

ρας ἑπτά.

αὐγῆς, οὕτως ἐξῆλθεν.

and had broken bread, and eaten, and When he therefore was come up again, talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

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VER. 16.

ACTS XX. 16-19.

"Exgive yàp & Пavhos waganhsữσai Thy Εφεσον, ὅπως μὴ γένηται αὐτῷ χρονοτρι βῆσαι ἐν τῇ ̓Ασίᾳ· ἔσπευδε γὰρ, εἰ δυνατὸν ἦν αὐτῷ, τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς Πεντηκοστῆς γενέσθαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα.

For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend

the time in Asia: for he haster, if it were possible for him, a to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

a And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem, Acts xxi. 12.

b. See on chap. ii. ver. 1. clause 1.

VER. 17.

̓Απὸ δὲ τῆς Μιλήτου πέμψας εἰς Ἔφεσον, μετεκαλέσατο τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς ἐκκλησίας.

And from Melitus he sent to Ephesus, and called a the elders of the Church.

a See on chap. xi. ver. 30.

VER. 18.

̔Ως δὲ παρεγένοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε, ἀπὸ πρώτης ἡμέρας ἀφ ̓ ἧς ἐπέβην εἰς τὴν ̓Ασίαν, πῶς μεθ' ὑμῶν τὸν πάντα χρόνον ἐγενόμην·

And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all

seasons,

VER. 19.

Δουλεύων τῷ Κυρίῳ μετὰ πάσης τα πεινοφροσύνης, καὶ πολλῶν δακρύων καὶ πειρασμῶν, τῶν συμβάντων μοι ἐν ταῖς ἐπιβουλαῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων

Serving the Lord with all humility

of mind, band with many tears and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

a For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward, 2 Cor. i. 12. Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, vi. 3, 4. But thou hast fully

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bFor I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace: And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the earth, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. 1 Cor. iv. 913. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed, Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh, 2 Cor. iv. 7--11. In much patience, in affictions, in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things, vi. 4-10. Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the