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Selected Verse: Acts 21:19 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 21:19 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] when he had saluted [782] them [846], he declared [1834] particularly [2596] [1520] [1538] what things [3739] God [2316] had wrought [4160] among [1722] the Gentiles [1484] by [1223] his [846] ministry [1248]. |
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King James |
And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
he declared particularly--in detail.
what God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry--as on previous occasions (Act 14:27; and see Rom 15:15); no doubt referring to the insidious and systematic efforts of the Judaizing party in a number of places to shrivel the Church of Christ into a Jewish sect, and his own counter-procedure. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Had saluted them - With the usual tokens of respect and affection.
He declared particularly ... - As an evidence that God had been with him. It is not improbable that there might have been some suspicion in regard to Paul among the disciples at Jerusalem, and he might have heard that they were prejudiced against him. This prejudice would be removed by his stating what had actually occurred under his ministry. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Declared particularly, etc. - He no doubt had heard that they were prejudiced against him; and, by declaring what God had done by him among the Gentiles, showed how groundless this prejudice was: for, were he a bad man, or doing any thing that he should not do, God would not have made him such a singular instrument of so much good. |
15 Nevertheless [1161], brethren [80], I have written [1125] the more boldly [5112] unto you [5213] in [575] some sort [3313], as [5613] putting [1878] you [5209] in mind [1878], because [1223] of the grace [5485] that is given [1325] to me [3427] of [5259] God [2316],
27 And [1161] when they were come [3854], and [2532] had gathered [4863] the church [1577] together [4863], they rehearsed [312] all [3745] that God [2316] had done [4160] with [3326] them [846], and [2532] how [3754] he had opened [455] the door [2374] of faith [4102] unto the Gentiles [1484].