(3)  From  it  issues  the  specially  Pauline  doctrine  which  crowns  uie
speech,  viz.  the  catholic  character  of  the  gospel  which  is  offered  to  all
men  alike.  For  the  resurrection  demons^ted  the  catholic  character
of  the  ^rson  of  the  Christ,  who  as  the  Son  of  God  and  Son  of  Man
stands  in  an  equal  relation  to  all  mankind.  Thus  the  doctrine  of
verse  23  is  but  the  outcome  of  the  message  S.  Paul  had  first  proclaimed
to  the  Jews  at  Damascus,  viz.  that  this  TJesus)  is  the  Christ,  and  ttus
(Jesus)  is  the  Son  of  God,  That  Jesus  is  the  Christ  he  had  also  preached
at  Thessalonica  and  at  Ck)rinth'.  And  now  the  name  of  the  Christ,
which  is  not  found  in  his  earlier  sermon  (xiii^  or  his  defence  (xxii)  to
the  Jews,  comes  in  to  crown  his  last  speecn^  In  chapter  xiii  the
apostle  had  spoken  of  Abraham,  of  Samuel,  and  of  David :  here  as
the  Christ,  Jesus  stands  over  against  Moses,  To  the  Gentile  world  it
was  Moses  who  was  the  founder  and  patron  of  Judaism :  and  now,  like
a  second  Moses,  the  Clirist  is  set  forth  as  the  head  of  a  new  body,
the  society  of  Christians.  S.  Paul  began  his  defence  by  asserting  ms
identity  with  the  true  Israel,  but  as  the  contemporary  Jews  had  rejected
the  hope  of  Israel,  so  S.  Paul  rejects  them  :  and  the  recurrence  of  this
word  Christian'  will  help  to  make  clear  to  the  Roman  world  the  dis-
tinction between  the  real  apostates  firom  Moses,  the  Jews,  and  the  true
followers  of  the  Christ,  the  Christians.
