Postulasagan 13:46

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46 Páll og Barnabas svöruðu þá einarðlega: "Svo hlaut að vera, að orð Guðs væri fyrst flutt yður. Þar sem þér nú vísið því á bug og metið sjálfa yður ekki verða eilífs lífs, þá snúum vér oss nú til heiðingjanna.

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waxed: Acts 4:13, Acts 4:29-31, Proverbs 28:1, Romans 10:20, Ephesians 6:19, Ephesians 6:20, Philippians 1:14, Hebrews 11:34

It was: Acts 13:26, Acts 3:26, Acts 18:5, Acts 26:20, Matthew 10:6, Luke 24:47, John 4:22, Romans 1:16, Romans 2:10, Romans 9:4, Romans 9:5

seeing: Acts 7:51, Exodus 32:9, Exodus 32:10, Deuteronomy 32:21, Isaiah 49:5-8, Matthew 10:13-15, Matthew 21:43, Matthew 22:6-10, Luke 14:16-24, John 1:11, Romans 10:19-21, Romans 11:11-13

turn: Acts 18:6, Acts 28:28, Isaiah 55:5

Reciprocal: Judges 6:39 - dry Job 17:8 - stir up Proverbs 8:36 - he Proverbs 17:16 - a price Proverbs 19:3 - foolishness Proverbs 23:9 - Speak Isaiah 2:3 - for out Ezekiel 2:5 - whether Ezekiel 3:19 - but thou Ezekiel 18:31 - for why Ezekiel 33:9 - if he Jonah 4:1 - General Micah 4:2 - for Micah 5:7 - as a dew Zechariah 11:9 - I will Matthew 2:10 - they rejoiced Matthew 12:18 - and he Matthew 13:54 - he taught Matthew 15:24 - I am not Matthew 21:41 - and will let out Matthew 22:4 - other Matthew 22:8 - but Matthew 28:19 - ye therefore Mark 8:13 - General Mark 10:31 - General Mark 12:9 - and will Mark 16:16 - but Luke 10:11 - notwithstanding Luke 14:18 - all Luke 14:24 - General Luke 19:42 - the things Luke 20:16 - destroy John 7:35 - teach Acts 10:36 - word Acts 11:19 - to none Acts 13:5 - in the Acts 13:16 - and ye Acts 14:1 - went Acts 14:3 - speaking Acts 17:12 - many Acts 19:8 - went Acts 19:9 - divers Acts 22:21 - for Romans 2:9 - of the Jew Romans 10:21 - All day long Romans 11:20 - because Romans 11:28 - are enemies Romans 15:8 - Jesus Romans 16:26 - according Galatians 2:7 - the gospel of the uncircumcision Ephesians 3:2 - the dispensation Colossians 3:11 - there 1 Thessalonians 2:13 - the word of God 2 Thessalonians 1:5 - may 1 Timothy 3:16 - preached 2 Timothy 1:12 - the which Titus 3:11 - being Hebrews 4:2 - unto us Hebrews 4:6 - some Hebrews 13:7 - word

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold,.... They were not at all daunted at the opposition they met with, but rather grew more courageous, and used great liberty of speech, and spoke out freely, plainly, and openly: and said,

it was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you; as it was by Christ and his apostles, whilst he was on earth; and though, after his resurrection, the commission to his apostles ran, to preach the Gospel to all nations, yet they were ordered to begin at Jerusalem, and preach to the Jews first; and this they hitherto strictly observed:

but seeing ye put it from you; with loathing, indignation, and contempt:

and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life; no man is worthy of everlasting life, on account of anything done by him, for it is the free gift of God; and all who are sensible of themselves, and of the just demerit of sin, conclude themselves unworthy to inherit eternal life; but this was not the case of these Jews, nor is it the sense here: but the meaning is, that the Jews, by this act of theirs in rejecting the Gospel, did as it were pass sentence upon themselves, and determine against themselves that they ought not to be saved, since they despised the means of salvation; or that they were not worthy to have the Gospel preached to them any more, which may be called eternal life, because it is brought to light by it, and revealed in it; and because it points out the way unto it, as well as gives some account of it:

lo, we turn to the Gentiles; to preach the Gospel to them only, or chiefly; now the words of Christ began to be fulfilled, Matthew 21:43.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Waxed bold - Became bold; spake boldly and openly. They were not terrified by their strife, or alarmed by their opposition. The contradictions and blasphemies of sinners often show that their consciences are alarmed; that the truth has taken effect; and then is not the time to shrink, but to declare more fearlessly the truth.

It was necessary - It was so designed; so commanded. They regarded it as their duty to offer the gospel first to their own countrymen. See the notes on Luke 24:47.

Ye put it from you - You reject it.

And judge yourselves - By your conduct, by your rejecting it, you declare this. The word “judge” here does not mean they “expressed such an opinion,” or that “they regarded themselves” as unworthy of eternal life - for they thought just the reverse; but that by their conduct they condemned themselves. By such conduct they did, in fact, pass sentence on themselves, and show that they were unworthy of eternal life, and of having the offer of salvation any further made to them. Sinners by their conduct do, in fact, condemn themselves, and show that they are not only unfit to be saved, but that they have advanced so far in wickedness that there is no hope of their salvation, and no propriety in offering them, any further, eternal life. See the notes on Matthew 7:6.

Unworthy ... - Unfit to be saved. They had deliberately and solemnly rejected the gospel, and thus shown that they were not suited to enter into everlasting life. We may remark here:

(1) When people, even but once, deliberately and solemnly reject the offers of God’s mercy, it greatly endangers their salvation. The probability is, that they then put the cup of salvation forever away from themselves.

(2) The gospel produces an effect wherever it is preached.

(3) When sinners are hardened, and spurn the gospel, it may often be the duty of ministers to turn their efforts toward others where they may have more prospect of success. A man will not long labor on a rocky, batten, sterile soil, when there is near him a rich and fertile valley that will abundantly reward the pains of cultivation.

Lo, we turn ... - We shall offer the gospel to them, and devote ourselves to seeking their salvation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 46. Waxed bold — παρρησιασαμενοι; Having great liberty of speech; a strong, persuasive, and overpowering eloquence. They had eternal truth for the basis of this discourse; a multitude of incontestable facts to support it; an all-persuading eloquence to illustrate and maintain what they had asserted.

Should first have been spoken to you — When our Lord gave his apostles their commission to go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature, he told them they must begin first at Jerusalem, Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47. In obedience therefore to this command, the apostles (in every place where they preached) made their first offers of the Gospel to the Jews.

Ye put it from you — απωθεισθε αυτον, Ye disdain this doctrine, and consider it contemptible: so the word is frequently used.

And judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life — Was this meant as a strong irony? "Ye have such humbling thoughts of yourselves, that ye think the blessings of the Gospel too good to be bestowed on such worthless wretches as ye are." Or did the apostle mean that, by their words and conduct on this occasion, they had passed sentence on themselves, and, in effect, had decided that they were unworthy of the grace of the Gospel; and God now ratifies that judgment by removing those blessings from them, and sending them to the Gentiles?