[8.26] Acts viii. 2. The words ἀνὴρ eὐλαβὴς designate a proselyte, not a pure Jew. See Acts ii. 5.
[8.27] Acts viii. 1, and following; xi. 19; Acts xxvi. 10, would even lead to the belief that there were other deaths than that of Stephen. But we must not misconstrue words in our versions of a style so loose. Compare Acts ix. 1–2 with xxii. 5 and xxvi. 12.
[8.28] Compare Acts i. 4; viii. 1, 14; Gal i. 17, and following.
[8.29] Acts ix. 26–30 prove, in fact, that in the mind of the author the expressions of viii. I had not a meaning so absolute as might be supposed. [Except that after the first panic was over some of the disciples, at first wholly scattered, may have returned by the time of Saul’s arrival.—Tr.]
[8.30] This happened in the case of the Essenians.
[8.31] This happened to the Franciscans.
[8.32] I. Thess. ii. 14.
[8.33] Acts viii. 3; ix. 13, 14, 21, 26; xxii. 4, 19; xxvi. 9, and following; Gal. i. 13, 23; I. Cor. xv. 9; Phil. iii. 6; I. Tim. i. 13.
[8.34] Gal. i. 14; Acts xxvi. 5; Phil. iii. 5.
[8.35] Acts ix. 13, 21, 26.