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It is interesting to note that St. Peter and St. Paul agree in thus connecting the Resurrection with the assurance that He who had risen was to be the future Judge of all men. (Comp. <a href="/acts/17-31.htm" title="Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.">Acts 17:31</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Which was ordained.</span>—More accurately, <span class= "ital">which has been ordained.</span><p><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/acts/10.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>10:34-43 Acceptance cannot be obtained on any other ground than that of the covenant of mercy, through the atonement of Christ; but wherever true religion is found, God will accept it without regarding names or sects. The fear of God and works of righteousness are the substance of true religion, the effects of special grace. Though these are not the cause of a man's acceptance, yet they show it; and whatever may be wanting in knowledge or faith, will in due time be given by Him who has begun it. They knew in general the word, that is, the gospel, which God sent to the children of Israel. The purport of this word was, that God by it published the good tidings of peace by Jesus Christ. They knew the several matters of fact relating to the gospel. They knew the baptism of repentance which John preached. Let them know that this Jesus Christ, by whom peace is made between God and man, is Lord of all; not only as over all, God blessed for evermore, but as Mediator. All power, both in heaven and in earth, is put into his hand, and all judgment committed to him. God will go with those whom he anoints; he will be with those to whom he has given his Spirit. Peter then declares Christ's resurrection from the dead, and the proofs of it. Faith has reference to a testimony, and the Christian faith is built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, on the testimony given by them. See what must be believed concerning him. That we are all accountable to Christ as our Judge; so every one must seek his favour, and to have him as our Friend. And if we believe in him, we shall all be justified by him as our Righteousness. The remission of sins lays a foundation for all other favours and blessings, by taking that out of the way which hinders the bestowing of them. If sin be pardoned, all is well, and shall end well for ever.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/acts/10.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>And he commanded us ... - ; <a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19-20</a>; <a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-15.htm">Mark 16:15-16</a>.<p>And to testify - To bear witness.<p>That it is he ... - See the notes on <a href="http://biblehub.com/john/5-22.htm">John 5:22-27</a>. Compare the references in the margin.<p>Of quick - The living. The doctrine of the New Testament is, that those who are alive when the Lord Jesus shall return to judge the world, will be caught up in vast numbers like clouds, to meet him in the air, without seeing death, <a href="http://biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a>. Yet before this they will experience such a change in their bodies as shall fit them for the judgment and for their eternal residence - a change which will liken them to those who have died, and have risen from the dead. What this change will be, speculation may fancy, but the Bible has not revealed. See <a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">1 Corinthians 15:52</a>, "The dead shall be raised, and we shall be changed." <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/acts/10.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>40-41. showed him openly; Not to all the people—for it was not fitting that He should subject Himself, in His risen condition, to a second rejection in Person.<p>but unto witnesses chosen before of God … to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose, &c.—Not the less certain, therefore, was the fact of His resurrection, though withholding Himself from general gaze in His risen body.<p>he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead—He had before proclaimed Him "Lord of all," for the dispensing of "peace" to all alike; now he announces Him in the same supreme lordship, for the exercise of judgment upon all alike. On this divine ordination, see Joh 5:22, 23, 27; Ac 17:31. Thus we have here all Gospel truth in brief. But, forgiveness through this exalted One is the closing note of Peter's beautifully simple discourse.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/acts/10.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> Our Saviour gave this charge to his apostles before his ascension, <span class="bld"><a href="/matthew/28-19.htm" title="Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:">Matthew 28:19</a> <a href="/mark/16-15.htm" title="And he said to them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.">Mark 16:15</a> <a href="/luke/24-47.htm" title="And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.">Luke 24:47</a></span>; and foretold that they should execute this his charge, <span class="bld"><a href="/acts/1-8.htm" title="But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come on you: and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.">Acts 1:8</a></span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">Ordained of God to be the Judge:</span> that God hath ordained to judge the world by Jesus Christ, Scripture abundantly testifies, <span class="bld"><a href="/john/5-26.htm" title="For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself;">John 5:26</a>,27 <a href="/2_timothy/4-1.htm" title="I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;">2 Timothy 4:1</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-5.htm" title="Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.">1 Peter 4:5</a></span>. And this is here spoken of the apostle, and was given in charge by our Saviour to be principally preached of by them all, because the resurrection of Christ, and the glory of his kingdom in this world, is clouded by the blindness and hardness of men; as also, because it is of the greatest concernment unto all, that at any time hear the word of God, to be persuaded of this, that Christ, whose gospel and word they hear, will judge them according unto it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">Quick; </span> such as shall be alive at the coming of our Lord to judgment, <span class="bld"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-15.htm" title="For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain to the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.">1 Thessalonians 4:15</a></span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/acts/10.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And he commanded us, to preach unto the people,.... Not only of the Jews, but of the Gentiles; to all nations, to the whole world, and every creature; for the apostle seems to refer to the commission given to him, and the rest of the apostles, after Christ's resurrection, <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>. <p>And to testify that it is he which was ordained of God, to be the Judge of quick and dead: the preaching of the Gospel is a testification of Christ, or a bearing a testimony for him; and among the rest to this truth, that he was from all eternity in the council and covenant of grace; appointed by God to have all power in heaven and in earth; and not only to judge and govern his church and people on earth, but to be the Judge of all men at the last day, of such who will be found alive at his coming, and of those that are dead; who will be raised again, and stand before his judgment seat, to receive their proper sentence; and though this is not expressed in the commission given the apostles, yet is implied therein; <a href="/matthew/28-18.htm">Matthew 28:18</a> That there will be a general judgment at the last day is certain, from the reason of things; from the relation of creatures to God as their Creator, to whom they are accountable for their conduct and actions; from the justice of God, which requires it, which does not take place in the present state of things; and it has a testimony in the consciences of men, which the most daring of infidels, at times, show by the fears they are possessed of about it; and it is abundantly clear from revelation, from the writings of the Old and New Testament; from whence it appears that it is future, it is yet to come; that it is certain, being appointed by God, though the time to men is uncertain; that it will be universal, and reach to all men, righteous and wicked, quick and dead, and to all actions, good and bad, open and secret; and that it will be a righteous one, and be administered according to the strictest rules of justice and equity; and that it is an eternal one; not that it will be ever carrying on, but will issue in the determination of the states of men to all eternity: now Christ he is appointed to do this work, he was ordained to unto it in the purposes of God from everlasting; this was settled in the covenant between them; and for the execution of which, he has all power and authority given him as Mediator: and for it he is every way qualified: he is of great and infinite majesty, being the mighty God; of great sagacity and wisdom, having, as Mediator, the spirit of wisdom and knowledge upon him, whereby he is of quick understanding and discernment; and he is of great faithfulness and integrity, and will judge not after the sight of his eyes, and the hearing of his ears, but with righteousness and equity, and will do the thing that is right; and especially, inasmuch as he is omniscient, and knows the secrets of all hearts, and so capable of bringing every work into judgment, with every secret thing; and also omnipotent, and so able to raise the dead, summon all nations before him, separate the wicked and the righteous, and not only denounce the proper sentences upon them, but execute them. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/acts/10.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/meyer/acts/10.htm">Meyer's NT Commentary</a></div><a href="/acts/10-42.htm" title="And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.">Acts 10:42</a>. <span class="greekheb">Τῷ λαῷ</span>] can only denote the <span class="ital">Jewish</span> people, seeing that the context speaks of no other (<a href="/acts/10-41.htm" title="Not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.">Acts 10:41</a>), and cannot include the Gentiles also (Kuinoel). But the <span class="ital">contents</span> of <span class="greekheb">ὅτι</span> … <span class="greekheb">νεκρῶν</span> is so different from <a href="/matthew/28-20.htm" title="Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and, see, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.">Matthew 28:20</a> (also <a href="/acts/1-8.htm" title="But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come on you: and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.">Acts 1:8</a>), that there must be here assumed a reference to another expression of the Risen One (for <span class="ital">He</span> is the subject of <span class="greekheb">παρήγγ</span>.) unknown to us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="greekheb">ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν</span> … <span class="greekheb">νεκρῶν</span>] <span class="ital">that He</span> (no other) <span class="ital">is the Judge ordained by God</span> (in His decree) <span class="ital">over living</span> (who are alive at the Parousia, <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-17.htm" title="Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.">1 Thessalonians 4:17</a>; <a href="/context/1_corinthians/15-51.htm" title="Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,...">1 Corinthians 15:51-52</a>) <span class="ital">and dead</span> (who shall then be already dead). Comp. <a href="/2_timothy/4-1.htm" title="I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;">2 Timothy 4:1</a>; <a href="/1_peter/4-5.htm" title="Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.">1 Peter 4:5</a>. Incorrectly Olshausen (resting on <a href="/matthew/22-32.htm" title="I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.">Matthew 22:32</a>!) understands by <span class="greekheb">ζώντων κ</span>. <span class="greekheb">νεκρ</span>. <span class="ital">the spiritually living and dead</span>. This meaning would require to be suggested by the context, but is here quite foreign to it. Comp. <a href="/context/romans/14-19.htm" title="Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things with which one may edify another....">Romans 14:19-20</a>; <a href="/acts/17-31.htm" title="Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.">Acts 17:31</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/egt/acts/10.htm">Expositor's Greek Testament</a></div><a href="/acts/10-42.htm" title="And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.">Acts 10:42</a>. <span class="greekheb">παρήγγειλεν</span>: charged us, see on <a href="/acts/1-4.htm" title="And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, said he, you have heard of me.">Acts 1:4</a>.—<span class="greekheb">διαμαρτύρ</span>., see above on <a href="/acts/2-40.htm" title="And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.">Acts 2:40</a>, <a href="/acts/8-25.htm" title="And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.">Acts 8:25</a>.—<span class="greekheb">ὁ ὡρισμένος</span>, see <a href="/acts/2-23.htm" title="Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:">Acts 2:23</a>, <span class="ital">cf.</span> <a href="/acts/17-31.htm" title="Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.">Acts 17:31</a>, in a strikingly similar statement by St. Paul at Athens. St. Peter and St. Paul are both at one in their witness to the Resurrection of the Christ on the third day, and also in their witness to His appointment as the future Judge of mankind. This startling claim made by St. Peter with reference to Jesus of Nazareth, with Whom he had lived on terms of closest human intimacy, and in Whose death he might well have seen the destruction of all his hopes, is a further evidence of the change which had passed over the Apostle, a change which could only be accounted for by the belief that this same Jesus was risen and declared to be the Son of God with power; <span class="ital">cf.</span> Enoch xli. 9, edition Charles; <span class="ital">Witness of the Epistles</span>, p. 403.—<span class="greekheb">κριτὴς ζ</span>. <span class="greekheb">καὶ ν</span>., <span class="ital">cf.</span> <a href="/1_peter/4-5.htm" title="Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.">1 Peter 4:5</a>; the words point back to the universal lordship of Christ over Jew and Gentile alike, <a href="/acts/10-36.htm" title="The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)">Acts 10:36</a>, <span class="ital">cf.</span> <a href="/romans/14-9.htm" title="For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.">Romans 14:9</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/acts/10.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">42</span>. <span class="ital">And he commanded us to preach unto the people</span>] This was among the commandments alluded to <a href="/acts/1-2.htm" title="Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen:">Acts 1:2</a>. Compare the charge given by Christ, <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm" title="Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:">Matthew 28:19</a>, where the wide commission “Go ye, teach all nations,” is one that anticipated the preaching of the Gospel not only to Cornelius, but to all other Gentiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead</span>] Cp. Christ’s words to the Jews (<a href="/john/5-22.htm" title="For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment to the Son:">John 5:22</a>; <a href="/john/5-27.htm" title="And has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.">John 5:27</a>), “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son,” “and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/bengel/acts/10.htm">Bengel's Gnomen</a></div><a href="/acts/10-42.htm" title="And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.">Acts 10:42</a>. <span class="greekheb">Παρήγγειλεν ἡμῖν</span>, <span class="ital">He enjoined us</span>) viz. God: ch. <a href="/acts/5-29.htm" title="Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.">Acts 5:29</a>, “We ought to obey God rather than men.”—<span class="greekheb">τῷ λαῷ</span>, <span class="ital">unto the people</span>) Answering to the beginning of <a href="/acts/10-41.htm" title="Not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.">Acts 10:41</a>.—<span class="greekheb">διαμερτύρασθαι</span>, <span class="ital">to testify</span>) Understand, even to the Gentiles: ch. <a href="/acts/1-8.htm" title="But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come on you: and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.">Acts 1:8</a>; <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm" title="Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:">Matthew 28:19</a>.—<span class="greekheb">αὐτὸς</span>, it is <span class="ital">He Himself</span>).—<span class="greekheb">ὡρισμένος</span>, <span class="ital">ordained</span>) by an immoveable decree.—<span class="greekheb">κριτὴς</span>, <span class="ital">judge</span>) This name expresses by Synecdoche (a part for the whole) all the glory of Christ, and in relation to believers it denotes the crowning consummation of the benefits of Christ: <a href="/2_timothy/4-8.htm" title="From now on there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love his appearing.">2 Timothy 4:8</a>, with which comp. <a href="/hebrews/12-23.htm" title="To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,">Hebrews 12:23</a>. He will judge even the Jews, who condemned Him; even the Romans, who held the Cæsarean seat of the government of Judea; even the dead, from among whom He rose again, and who are about to rise again in their own proper time; <a href="/1_peter/4-5.htm" title="Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.">1 Peter 4:5</a>. [Comp. ch. <a href="/acts/17-31.htm" title="Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.">Acts 17:31</a>. So the Lord Jesus also testified of Himself as the Judge, before that He made mention of His own ascension; <a href="/john/5-22.htm" title="For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment to the Son:">John 5:22</a>, “The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.”—V. g.]<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 42.</span> <span class="accented">- Charged</span> for <span class="accented">commanded</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">this is he which is</span> for <span class="accented">it is he which was</span>, A.V. <span class="cmt_word">To be the Judge</span>, etc. This statement involves the resurrection of the dead (comp. <a href="/john/5-21.htm">John 5:21-29</a>; <a href="/revelation/20-11.htm">Revelation 20:11, 12</a>). It is easy to see how the creeds would be formed from the repetition of short doctrinal statements like this (see <a href="/1_corinthians/15-3.htm">1 Corinthians 15:3, 4</a>). Acts 10:42<a name="vws" id="vws"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/vws/acts/10.htm">Vincent's Word Studies</a></div>Testify (διαμαρτύρασθαι)<p>See on <a href="/acts/2-40.htm">Acts 2:40</a>.<p>Remission<p>See on <a href="/luke/3-3.htm">Luke 3:3</a>; and <a href="/james/5-15.htm">James 5:15</a>. <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../acts/10-41.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 10:41"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 10:41" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/10-43.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 10:43"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 10:43" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>