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…

5 Mark how far forth the holy champions of Christ did suffer. They give not back when their enemies do only set themselves against them: but when the sedition waxeth hot, and they be in danger of stoning: though they have many favourers of their doctrine, they go no further: but remembering the saying of Christ, wherein he warneth the faithful in patience to possess their souls, they avoid the fury of the enemy. And though they fly-least they throw themselves headlong into death: yet their constancy in preaching the gospel, doeth sufficiently declare that they feared not danger. For Luke saith that they preached the gospel in other places also. This is the right kind of fear when the servants of Christ do not run wilfully into the hands of their enemies, of them to be murdered, and yet they do not forslow their duty: neither doth fear hinder them from obeying God when he calleth: and so consequently they can afford if need be to go even through death it self to do their duty.

5 Marke how far foorth the holy chāpions of Christ did suffer. They giue not backe when their enemies doe only set themselues against thē: but when the sedition waxeth whot, and they be in danger of stoning: though they haue many fauourers of their doctrine, they go no further: but remembring the saying of Christ, wherein he warneth the faithfull in patience to possesse their soules, they auoide the furie of the enemie. And though they flie-least they throw themselues headlong into death: yet their constancie in preaching the gospel, doeth sufficiently declare that they feared not danger. For Luke saith that they preached the gospel in other places also. This is the right kinde of feare when the seruants of Christ do not runne wilfully into the hands of their enemies, of them to be murthered, and yet they doe not forslow their dutie: neither doth feare hinder them from obeying God when he calleth: and so cōsequently they can afoord if need be to go euen through death it self to doe their dutie.

8 A certain man at Lystra. Luke teciteth one miracle, which we may think was one of many: but there was mention made of it alone by reason of the famous event. For we shall see by and by what happened. Luke reckoneth up the circumstances, which do more plainly set forth the power of God, when he saith that the man did never walk,