the  Jews  of  that  age;  which  includes  both  the  be-
lieving and  unbelieving  Jews.  Had  he  been  speaking
of  the  Jews  of  his  own  time,  it  would,  I  own,  have
been  probable  that  he  meant  the  unbelieving  Jevi^s ;
but  speaking,  as  he  does,  of  the  Jews  at  the  very  first
promulgation  of  Christianity  among  them,  it  is  most
natural  to  suppose  ihat  he  meant  all  the  Jews.  Paul,
long  after  his  conversion  to  Christianity,  called  himself
a  Jew.  Hov%'ever,  it  will  be  sufficiently  evident  from
the  whole  tenor  of  the  passage,  that  he  must  have
meant  the  believing  Jews  principally,  and  In  some  re-
spects the  believing  Jews  only,  exclusive  of  the  unbe-
lieving ones.  And  in  this  construction  of  the  passage
I  am  by  no  means  singular,  but  have  the  sanction  of
trinitarians  themselves.
