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Selected Verse: Acts 13:43 - Strong Concordance

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Ac 13:43 Strong Concordance Now [1161] when the congregation [4864] was broken up [3089], many [4183] of the Jews [2453] and [2532] religious [4576] proselytes [4339] followed [190] Paul [3972] and [2532] Barnabas [921]: who [3748], speaking [4354] to them [846], persuaded [3982] them [846] to continue [1961] in the grace [5485] of God [2316].
  King James Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
who, speaking to them--following up the discourse in the synagogue by some further words of encouragement.

persuaded them to continue in the grace of God--which they had experienced through the Gospel. (Compare Act 11:23).
 
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23 Who [3739], when he came [3854], and [2532] had seen [1492] the grace [5485] of God [2316], was glad [5463], and [2532] exhorted [3870] them all [3956], that with purpose [4286] of heart [2588] they would cleave unto [4357] the Lord [2962].
15 Woe [3759] unto you [5213], scribes [1122] and [2532] Pharisees [5330], hypocrites [5273]! for [3754] ye compass [4013] sea [2281] and [2532] land [3584] to make [4160] one [1520] proselyte [4339], and [2532] when [3752] he is made [1096], ye make [4160] him [846] twofold more [1362] the child [5207] of hell [1067] than yourselves [5216].
16 Then [1161] Paul [3972] stood up [450], and [2532] beckoning [2678] with his hand [5495] said [2036], Men [435] of Israel [2475], and [2532] ye that fear [5399] God [2316], give audience [191].
45 But [1161] when the Jews [2453] saw [1492] the multitudes [3793], they were filled [4130] with envy [2205], and [2532] spake against [483] those things which were spoken [3004] by [5259] Paul [3972], contradicting [483] and [2532] blaspheming [987].
14 And [2532] a certain [5100] woman [1135] named [3686] Lydia [3070], a seller of purple [4211], of the city [4172] of Thyatira [2363], which worshipped [4576] God [2316], heard [191] us: whose [3739] heart [2588] the Lord [2962] opened [1272], that she attended [4337] unto the things which were spoken [2980] of [5259] Paul [3972].
50 But [1161] the Jews [2453] stirred up [3951] the devout [4576] and [2532] honourable [2158] women [1135], and [2532] the chief men [4413] of the city [4172], and [2532] raised [1892] persecution [1375] against [1909] Paul [3972] and [2532] Barnabas [921], and [2532] expelled [1544] them [846] out of [575] their [846] coasts [3725].