32-34. when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked--As
the Greek religion was but the glorification of the present life, by the
worship of all its most beauteous forms, the Resurrection, which
presupposes the vanity of the present life, and is nothing but life out
of the death of all that sin has blighted, could have no charm for the
true Greek. It gave the death blow to his fundamental and most cherished
ideas; nor until these were seen to be false and fatal could the
Resurrection, and the Gospel of which it was a primary doctrine, seem
otherwise than ridiculous.
others said, We will hear thee again of this--"an idle compliment to
Paul and an opiate to their consciences, such as we often meet with in
our own day. They probably, like Felix, feared to hear more, lest they
should be constrained to believe unwelcome truths"
(Ac 24:25;
and compare
Mt 13:15)
[WEBSTER
and
WILKINSON].
JFB.
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