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Now I tell you, refrain from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown.
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The 'Gamaliel Principle'
Gamaliel offers a pragmatic test: if a movement is merely human, it will eventually collapse on its own. Several commentators see this as a powerful argument for Christianity's divine origin. Despite centuries of intense opposition and persecution, the church has not been 'overthrown,' suggesting its foundation is not of men, but of God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 (αποστητε απο). Second aorist (ingressive) active imperative of αφιστημ of verse 37. Do ye stand off from these men. …
19th Century
Anglican
Refrain from these men.—The advice implies something like a suppressed conviction not bold enough to utter itself. Gamaliel takes his plac…
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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