SEE the Prefaces writen by the Commentators on this Book; Pearson’s Annales Paulini, and the Life of St. Paul by M. de Tillemont, in his Ecclesiastical Memoirs; together with the Notes on this Apostle.
Upon the Apostles, and Judas.
Ludovic. Capelli Historia Apostolica, in the Great Criticks, tom. 9. p. 3873. of the first Edition. There can be no Question made of the great usefulness of this Book, in order to understand well the Book of the Acts.
Melch. Flavii de regno Dei, de quo Christus locutus per dies 40. Act. 1. ver. 3. This Treatise was printed at Paris, in 1566. He was a Frenchman, of the Minor Brothers Order; and Penitentiary under Pius 5. about 1570.
Joan. Anton. Van-der-Linden Exercitatio, de vino plenis, Act. 2. 13. This is in the ninth Tome of the Great-Criticks, p. 4532. It is his tenth Exercitation; wherein there are some very fine Inquiries borrowed from Antiquity. He was of Holland, born in 1609. Professor of Physick at Leyden, and died a Calvinist. in 1664.
Andr. Austen de genere mortis Judæ, Thes. Th. in the second Tome of Philological Dissertations. This Dissertation had been printed before at Rhinthel; in what Year is not said. He was a German Calvinist; and lived about 1688.
Julii Bartolocci de Juda Proditore, Patria, Opificio, Morte; Bibl. Rab. tom. 3. p. 24.
Gronovius’s Dissertation on the Death of the Traitor Judas.
Nicolai Serrarii de Sancto Paulo, & Juda Proditore, in his Opuscula.
John Frederick Scharffius upon the Vocation of St. Matthew; printed at Wittemberg, in 1652, in 4to.
See our Dissertation on Elections made by lot, before the Acts of the Apostles; and in the Collection of our Dissertations, tom. 3. p. 463.
Walf. Dav. Schepsius, de Flagellatione Apostolorum, in the second Tome of the Philological Philological Dissertations; and separately at Wittemberg, 1683. He was a German Lutheran.
Upon the Sabbath-day's Journey, and the Synagogue of the Libertines.
Mich. Walteri, and George Edm. Voight, de Itinere Sabbati.
See likewise M. Reland’s Palestina illustrata, tom. 1. p. 497.
Michael Walter was the Son of another Michael; and, as well as his Father, a German Lutheran. He died in 1692. His Dissertation is in the Thesaur. Dissert. Philolog. and printed at Wittemberg, 1673, in 4to. That of Voight is in the same Thesaurus, tom. 11. He too was a German Lutheran.
Deylingius de Synagoga Libertinorum, Act. 6. ver. 9. in his Sacred Observations, tom. 2. chap. 35. F. Hardouin, the Jesuit, has likewise treated of the Synagogue of the Libertines; as we find in the Memoirs of Trevoux, 1701. for the Months of March, and June. He has, besides, explain’d the 14th and 16th Verses of the 7th Chapter, in the same Memoirs, for the Month of September, 1703. but the Dissertation concerning the Sect of the Libertines, is in Latin in the Collection of his Works, p. 903. He relates, at length, what the Interpreters, and other learned Men have said on this Subject. Their Books are in every one’s hands; and, if F. Hardouin’s Explanation is the only true one, all the rest are need less.
Upon the Decrees of the first Council of Jerusalem.
John George Dorschee put out a Discussion of what Grotius has written upon the Prohibition, de Sanguine & Suffocato, mentioned in the Acts, chap. 15. ver. 20. It was printed at Rostock, in 1665, in 4to. and in the Thes. Dissert. Philolog. He has likewise published a Chronotaxis of the Acts of the Apostles; printed under the direction of John Fecht, at Hamburgh, 1706, in 4to. and several other Works, which we take notice of elsewhere.
See likewise F. Alexander’s, Dissertation 10. in Nov. Test. Two Letters on the Decree of the Apostles, Acts 15. 23, 24. and in particular concerning the Command, of abstaining from Things strangled, and from Blood; in a Volume printed at Amsterdam, 1707, in 12mo. in French.
Salom. Deylingii de Fornicatione vetita, Act. 15. 20. Observ. Sacr. tom. 2. c. 39.
John le Blanc, mentioned by us upon Judges, wrote an Examination of the Apostles Decree, spoken of in chap. 15. It was printed in French at Amsterdam, 1708, in 12mo.
John Conrad Dannhawerus has treated of the Council of Jerusalem, wherein this Decree was made: His Book was printed at Strasburg, 1648, in 4to. He has also written upon Gallio’s Expression, in chap. 18. ver. 12, 16. printed ibid. in 1664, in 4to. We have spoken of him upon the Old Testament.
Samuel Schelguigius, mentioned on St. Matthew, has a theological Exercitation on the same Council; printed at Lipsick, in 1678, in 4to.
Upon Simon the Magician, and other Places of the Acts.
Salom. Deylingius in Acta 13. ver. 16. 16. 14, &c. Qui timentes Deum; Observ. tom. 2. c. 38.
Idem in Acta 17. 28. In ipso vivimus, movemur, & sumus; Observ. Sacr. tom. 2. c. 40. We speak of Simon the Magician in the Collection of our Dissertations; tom. 3. p. 626.
Mich. Siricius, a German Lutheran, Professor at Rostock, has an Inquiry on the same; printed at Giessen, 1666, in 4to.
Upon the Athenians, Ephesians, and Asiarchs.
Tob. Eckard. Athenæ superstitiosæ, Act. 17. 22. Thes. Theol. This Dissertation was printed at Wittemberg, 1688, in 4to. He has also written upon the tragical Death of Judas, ibid. 1689, in 4to. This is in the second Tome of the Philological Dissertations. He was a German Lutheran, Rector of the College of Quedlinburg.
Eric. Benzel, a Swedish Lutheran, and Archbishop of Upsal, who died in 1709. has explain’d St. Paul’s Discourse in the Areopagus, at Athens; printed at Upsal, 1669, in 4to.
John Andrew Dubois, a Lutheran of Lipsick, Professor at Jena, who died in the Year 1674. and of his age 48. wrote a Disputation concerning the Altar dedicated to the unknown God, which gave occasion for the Discourse of the Apostle. It was printed at Jena, in 1659, in 4to. and afterwards in the Thesaurus of Roman Antiquities, tom. 5. p. 271.
John James Heller, a German Lutheran, has likewise written upon the unknown God of the Athenians. His Treatise is in the Thesaurus of Greek Antiquities, by Gronovius.
Simon Frederick Jager has treated on the same Subject; printed at Wittemberg, 1691, in 4to. He too was a German Lutheran.
See our Dissertation on the Inscription of the Altar at Athens, To the unknown God, before our Comment on the Acts; and in the Collection of our Dissertations, tom. 3. p. 457.
Salom. Deylingius, de curiositate Ephesiorum, quid sit? in his Sacred Observations, tom. 3. chap. 38. wherein he explains the 19th Chapter of the Acts, ver. 19.
Christopher Andrew Siberius has written on the same Subject, and upon two other Verses of the same Chapter, concerning the chief Men of Asia; three critical Dissertations, which are in the Thesaurus of Philological Dissertations, tom. 2. He was a German Lutheran.
Christiani Schetgenii, de Asiarchis, Act. 19. 31. Quod Magistratus fuerint Civiles; in the 5th Tome of the Lipsick Miscellanies.
John Nicolas Schulinus, de Diana Ephesia, in the Thesaurus of Philological Dissertations, tom. 2. and separately at Wittemberg, in 1687, in 4to. See upon St. Matthew, where we have already spoken of him.
Christ. Andr. Siberii, de voce Διοπετές Jovis Proles, Act. cap. 19. ver. 35. It is in the Thesaurus of Philological Dissertations, tom. 2. Deylingius, à de tumultu excitato Demetrio, in his Sacred Observations, tom. 3. chap. 39. And John Christopher Ortlob wrote a Dissertation upon the Books of the Ephesians, which were burnt by order of the Apostles; printed at Lipsick, in 1709, in 4to. See upon the Old Testament.
In particular on the Apostle St. Paul.
Frider. Spanheim, de conversionis Paulinæ Epocha, & de nomine Pauli; in his Works, tom. 2. p. 311.
George Frider. Meinhard, Pauli Nazareatus, Act. cap. 18. ver. 18. in the second Tome of the Thesaurus of Philological Dissertations; and separately at Wittemberg, in 1680, in 4to. We speak of him in another Place.
Deylingius, de Civitate Romana D. Pauli, ad Act. 22. ver. 25. in his Sacred Observations, tom. 3. chap. 40.
In the first Tome of the Bibliotheca Philologica, p. 17—34. we have a Dissertation by James Hasæus; wherein he computes how many Months St. Paul was in making his Voyage from Jerusalem to Rome, in order to explain the 27th, and 28th Chapters of the Acts. He was of Bremen, and Professor of Law.
John Gotlieb Erlmannus, a German Lutheran, has added a Dissertation upon the Opinion of the People of Malta, related in chap. 28. ver. 4. It is in the Thes. Philolog. tom. 2.
James Staalkopff, a Lutheran Minister, has defended the Oracle of St. Paul, related in chap. 17. ver. 28. against Spinosa. It is in the Biblioth. Philolog. tom. 3. p. 470. There are two and twenty Articles.
James Stolterforkitus has treated of the Navigation of St. Paul, related in ch. 17. This was printed at Lubeck, 1637, in 8vo. He was a German Lutheran.
John Frederick Wandalin, who also was a German Lutheran, has written of the Isle of Malta, where St. Paul landed; as is related in chap. 28. This was printed at Copenhagen, in 1707, in 4to.
Godfrey Olearius published Philological Observations upon what is related of St. Paul, in chap. 17. ver. 16—34. printed at Helmstadt, 1706, in 4to. We have said something of him upon St. Matthew.
Christian Saalbach, a German Lutheran, and Professor at Grypswald, made a Dissertation upon the Eloquence of this Apostle; printed at Grypswald, 1709, in 4to.
Joachim Frederick Schmid has an historical and philological Dissertation upon chap. 22. ver. 10. printed at Stutgard, 1706, in 4to. He was a German Lutheran. John, of the same Name, a Lutheran too, and Professor at Strasburg, who died in 1658. has explain’d the 28th Verse of the 20th Chapter; printed at Lipsick, 1623, in 4to.
Conrad. Samuel Schurtzfleisch, whom we have mentioned upon St. Matthew, has written upon the Tents which St. Paul made; printed at Wittemberg, 1674, in 4to. and upon the curious Arts of the Ephesians, chap. 19. ver. 9. ibid. 1698, in 4to.
Upon the fiery Tongues, and St. Stephen:
Godfrid. Thilo de linguis ignitis, in the Thesaurus of Philological Dissertations; and separately at Wittemberg, in 1675, in 4to.
John Gaspar Santoroc, Lutheran Professor in the University of Marpurg, has treated of these fiery Tongues, or rather of the Gift of Tongues. This Dissertation was printed at Marpurg, 1718, in 8vo. It contains three Sections. In the first this Author proves, that the Gift of Tongues was only for the Apostles. In the second he argues against those who pretend that the Miracle was only in the Ears of those who heard them speak. In the third he confutes Salmasius, who believes that this Miracle continued only for an instant.
John Jerom Lederlin, a German Lutheran, and Professor of the Oriental Languages, made a philological Dissertation in Latin on the fiery Tongues, or rather the Gift of Tongues, conferr’d upon the Apostles on the day of Pentecost; printed at Strasburg, 1714, in 4to. It contains but 21 Pages: It deserves, however, to be read; for the Author shews here a particular Knowledge of the Greek Tongue.
Caroli Bovilli de visione Christi sedentis à dextra Dei, per beatum Stephanum, with what he published on St. Paul’s being carried up into the third Heaven. See upon the Epistles to the Corinthians.
Daniel William Moller has treated of the Election of the seven Deacons, and of Moses, who is mentioned in chap. 8. ver. 22. printed at Altorf, in 1696, and 1707: in two Volumes in 4to. See upon St. Matthew.
John Reinard Rus, a German Lutheran, Professor at Jena, has written of St. Stephen’s Martyrdom, who was stoned by the Jews; printed at Jena, 1709, in 4to. and John Frederick Mayer; printed at Frankfort, in 1693, in 4to. the second Edition. See upon St. John.
Haquin Stridzberg, a Danish Lutheran of Copenhagen, has reconciled Moses with St. Stephen, as to the Years of the Jews abiding in Egypt. This was printed in 1694, in 4to.
Theodore le Blanc, Pastor of Rochelle, and a Refugee, has treated of the same Subject, and of the seventy Weeks. See in the Bibliotheca Philologica, tom. 1. part 2. p. 23.
Bernard Marolles, a French Calvinist of the 18th Century, has done the same thing in French; printed at Utrecht, in 1705, in 8vo.
Sevorin Linstrupe, a Danish Lutheran of Copenhagen, has treated de Polymathia divi Lucæ in historiis Actuum Apostolorum, and of those who disputed with St. Stephen; at Copenhagen, 1698, in 4to.
Upon Moloch, and Remphan, mentioned in chap. 7. ver. 43.
John George Schwabius de Moloch & Remphan, in the second Tome of Philological Dissertations. He was a German Lutheran.
Deyling. de Tabernaculo Moloch, Observ. Sacr. tom. 3. c. 36.
See on the same Subject Spencer’s third Book, Dissert. 1. c. 3. 1. de Legib. Hebr.
Our Dissertation on the Religion of the Israelites in the Wilderness, printed immediately before the small Prophets, and the Authors therein cited by us; and the Dissertation upon Moloch, before Leviticus, in the Collection of our Dissertations, tom. 2. p. 429.
Selden, de Diis Syris, Syntagm. 2. c. 14. and Beyer’s Additions, which we have already mentioned in the Article of Dissertations upon Leviticus, and in other Places. Upon Baptism given in the Name of Jesus Christ.
We have a Dissertation on baptizing in the Name of Christ, before the Acts of the Apostles: It is likewise in the Collection of our Dissertations, tom. 3. p. 356.
M. de Tillemont, in his Ecclesiastical Memoirs; F. Alexander, in his Ecclesiastical History; and many others, who too have written hereupon. It is rather a theological than a critical Matter.
Upon many, and different Subjects.
John d’Outrein, and Lampe, have written on the 32d Verse of the 13th Chapter, to shew that it is to be understood of our Saviour’s Resurrection, not of his Birth or Mission; in the Bibliotheca Philologica, tom. 2. p. 884, 906.
Isaac Philman, a Swedish Lutheran, Professor of the Oriental Languages, has treated of the Captain of the Guards at the Temple, chap. 7. ver. 1. in 1704, in 4to.
John Albert Syling, a Dane of Copenhagen, has written concerning the Guards of the Temple, in a philological Dissertation printed at Rostock, 1702, in 4to.
Frederick Christian Bucher, a Lutheran of Dantzick in 1680, made a Dissertation upon the 39th Verse of the 5th Chapter, and the 9th of the 23d; printed at Wittemberg, in 1681, in 4to. and in the second Tome of Philological Dissertations. He has also given us a Description of St. Paul’s Voyage, ibid. 1679, in 4to.
John Christian Biel has written Observations upon the Jews fearing God, mentioned in chap. 11. ver. 5. We have them in the Collection of the Bibliotheca Philologica, tom. 3. p. 661. wherein the Author examines, in particular, Lightfoot’s Explanation.
Aches has a Dissertation in the same Bibliotheca, upon the Woman who sold Purple, mentioned in chap. 16. ver. 14. This is in tom. 2. p. 409, 432. It is divided into ten Articles.
John George Altman has made an Addition to Biel’s Dissertation upon the Woman who sold Purple. It is in the same Collection, tom. 5. p. 670, 673. tom. 6. p. 1041. Biel was a Lutheran of Brunswick.
George Michaelis has made one upon Cornelius’s Prayer, mentioned in chap. 10. ver. 4. in the same Tome, p. 679, 687. Herein he explains the Term made use of by St. Luke, and understands it of the Accomplishment of the Promises made to the Gentiles by Jesus Christ.
Yves Gauckes has written of the Worms which eat Herod, according to what is said in chap. 12. ver. 23. in the same Collection, p. 959, 987.
Albert Joachim Krackewits, of whom we have said something upon St. John, has a Dissertation upon the Shadow of St. Peter, which healed the Sick; printed at Rostock, 1704, in 4to.
John Elias Reichardt, a German Lutheran, has written upon the Pentecost; printed at Jena, 1693, in 4to.
Christopher Martin, a Lutheran, has published a particular Explanation of ver. 27, and 28. of chap. 4. printed at Dresden, 1703, in 4to. in Latin. It is purely grammatical and theological; In it the Author endeavours to produce some Marks of his Lutheran Erudition about Predestination, and Reprobation. He does not fail to attack the Calvinists, and that with good force, who teach that Sins are committed necessarily; that they are the effects of Reprobation, and that God is the cause of them: He attacks them too upon Predestination, but like a true Lutheran.