Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Ver. 46. But seeing ye put it from you] Gr. απωεθισθε. Ye shove and thrust it from you, as it were with sides and shoulders; noting their desperate incredulity and obstinace. And this was the very period of that day of grace spoken of by our Saviour, Luke 19:42; "Oh, if thou hadst known, at the least in thy day," &c. Now that the offer was made so fully and clearly, how could they escape that neglected so great salvation?