The commentaries of M. John Calvin upon the Acts of the Apostles, faithfully translated…The commentaries of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the Actes of the Apostles, faithfully translated…

13 Here is set down another of Pauls stations. For being departed from Paphus, when he came to Antioch of Pisidia, he made there a worthy sermon, which Luke will recite together with the success. But before he come to that, he doth by the way speak of the departure of John, because it was afterward a cause of doleful disagreement, when he saith, Pauls companions loosed from Paphus, he doeth in the first place mean Paul himself, secondly the other, one excepted. So that by noting his softness, he praiseth others which followed Paul with great constancy.

13 Here is set downe another of Paules stations. For being departed from Paphus, when he came to Antioch of Pisidia, he made there a worthie sermon, which Luke will recite together with the successe. But before he come to that, he doth by the way speake of the departure of Iohn, because it was afterwarde a cause of dolefull disagreement, when he saith, Paules companions loosed from Paphus, he doeth in the first place meane Paul himselfe, secondly the other, one excepted. So that by noting his softnes, he praiseth others which followed Paul with great constancie.

14 Entering upon the day of the Sabbaths. He putteth the plural number in steed of the singular, as it falleth out oftentimes in other places of ⟨p. 300⟩scripture. For they were wont to assemble themselves together upon the Sabbaths, least their rest should be unprofitable and sluggish. The institution of the Sabbath had another end also, that it might be a figure of the spiritual rest, when as the faithful being dead to the world, and the flesh, abandon their own will, and cease from their works. Because we have the truth hereof in Christ, whiles that being buried together with him we put off the old man, therefore the old figure is past. But god had respect also unto the politic use, that the Jews being free from all other cares and businesses might keep their holy assemblies. So that the ceasing off from earthly works, did give a place to their heavenly exercises: So even at this day we must use holy days: for we must therefore omit all other things, that we may the more freely serve God.