Refrain from (αποστητε απο). Second aorist (ingressive) active imperative of αφιστημ of verse 37. Do ye stand off from these men. …

Refrain from these men. Cease to oppose them, or to threaten them. The reason why he advised this, he immediately adds: that if i…

Refrain from these men.—The advice implies something like a suppressed conviction not bold enough to utter itself. Gamaliel takes his plac…

It has frequently been claimed that the words of Gamaliel here are “a historical mistake,” for they are not in character with what we know of Phari…

And now I say to you
This is the sum of my advice upon the observation of these and other instances:

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The Lord still has all hearts in His hands, and sometimes directs the prudence of the worldly wise, so as to restrain the persecutors. Common sense…