From Athens to Rome, 6 Lects. Upon St. Paul's Visits to the Chief Cities of the Roman Empire - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...another ship bound for Phoenicia, "they went aboard and set forth;" leaving Cyprus on the left, they reached Tyre, and proceeding thence by Ptolemais and Caesarea, they arrived at Jerusalem by the time appointed; and there the brethren received them gladly. Jerusalem, at the period of the apostle's arrival, was in a very different state to what it had been twentyfive years before. Three powerful agencies were exercising an influence upon the people. First, the imperial government of Rome with its garrison of soldiers in the barracks of Antonia, overlooking the temple court; secondly, the Jewish population, with its Sanhedrim, its high priest, and temple worship; thirdly, the congregation of Jews converted to Christianity, which had been increasing since the day of Pentecost, and now numbered many thousands of members with the apostles and elders. The last crushing judgment had not yet come upon the Jewish nation and city. They were ripening for the last stroke of punishment, and filling up the cup of their iniquity, jealous of the authority of Rome on the one hand, and of the advance of Christianity on the other. When, therefore, so well known a convert as St Paul appeared amongst them, whose labours had been specially directed to the conversion of the Gentiles, the enmity of the Jews was aroused, and notwithstanding the decision to which the council at Jerusalem had come seven years previously with respect to the Gentiles, there was still a strong prejudice against him among the Jewish Christians. It was needful, therefore, in the first place, that after receiving a welcome from the brethren, he should appear before the apostle James and all the elders of the Church, in order that he might give a report of his mission to the...
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