
New Commentary On Acts Of Apostles, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
The previous statement of Luke, that there came down prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch (xi. 27), of whom Agabus was one, may have included the prophets who are here mentioned. The order in which the five names are written is probably that of the relative reputation of the men. Barnabas, having been sent from Jerusalem, and having been an eminent man there, was naturally looked upon as the most im...
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ortant person, while Saul was at this time the least noted of the five. Symeon, as his name proves, was a full-blooded Jew; and though his surname Niger (black) can scarcely justify the conclusion that he was an African Jew, it could scarcely have been given to him without some allusion to his complexion. Symeons were so numerous among the Jews that it was necessary to distinguish them in some way, and it is highly probable that this one, from having an unusually dark complexion, was called black Symeon. As some of the second group of preachers who had come to Antioch were men of Cyrene (xi. 20), it is natural to suppose that Lucius of Cyrene was one of these, and that he was therefore one of the founders of the church. Manaen is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Menahem. Having been the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, his mother having nursed the two when they were infants, he had in all likelihood kept up through life an acquaintance From his appellation Niger, he may have been an African proselyte. (A lford, in loco). It is quite common in A merica, when two or thiee men with the same name live in the same vicinity, to distinguish them by their shades of complexion, or the color of their hair: e. g., Red Tom, Black Tom,(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the PublisherForgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic
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