Atos 28:24-28 NVT

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:28

The salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles - St. Paul had spoken to this effect twice before, Acts 13:46 , and Acts 18:6 , where see the notes; but here he uses a firmer tone, being out of the Jewish territories, and under the protection of the emperor. By the salvation of God, all the blessings of the kingdom of Christ are intended. This salvation God could have sent unto the Gentiles, independently of the Jewish disobedience; but He waited till they had rejected it, and then... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:24

Verse 24− 24.Some believed. Luke declareth that this was at length the success of the disputation, that they did not all profit − (682) in the same doctrine. We know that the apostle was endued with such grace of the Spirit, that he ought to have moved stones; and yet he could not, after long disputing and testifying, win all men unto Christ. Wherefore, let us not marvel, if the unbelief of many do at this day resist the plain doctrine of the gospel, and if many remain obstinate, to whom the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:25

Verse 25− 25.And when they could not The malice and frowardness of the unfaithful is the cause of this, that Christ, who is our peace, and the only bond of holy unity, is an occasion of dissension, and doth cause those to go together by the ears who were friends before. For, behold, when the Jews come together to hear Paul, they think all one thing; and speak all one thing; they do all profess that they embrace the law of Moses. So soon as they hear the doctrine of reconciliation, there... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:26

Verse 26− 26.Go to this people. This is a notable place, because it is cited six times in the New Testament, ( Matthew 13:14; John 12:40; Romans 11:8; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10) but because it is brought in elsewhere to another end, we must mark for what purpose Paul applieth it unto the present cause; namely, he meant with this, as with a mallet, to beat in pieces the hardness and frowardness of the wicked, and to encourage the faithful, who were as yet weak and tender, lest the unbelief of others... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:28

Verse 28− 28.Therefore be it. Lest the Jews may afterward accuse him of revolting, because he forsaketh the holy stock of Abraham, and goeth to the profane Gentiles; he denounceth that which the prophets did so often testify, that the salvation whereof they were the proper, at least the principal − (686) heirs, should be translated unto strangers. Notwithstanding, whereas he saith that salvation was sent to the Gentiles, he meaneth, in the second place, to wit, after that the Jews had rejected... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:16-31

The fall. The main feature in these concluding verses of the Acts of the Apostles, as it is one of the most momentous incidents in the history of God's dealings with mankind, is the fall of Israel from their proper place in the Church of God. For nearly two thousand years, if we date from the call of Abraham, this one family had been separated from the rest of mankind, and eventually received institutions of such wonderful strength and vitality as to keep them separate through centuries of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:17-28

The Christian and the Jew. Here we have the Christian and the Jew brought into close contact; and there seems to have been as fair an opportunity for the latter to understand and appreciate the former as could ever have been granted. With calmness, with the wisdom and fullness of long study and mature experience, the most enlightened Christian apologist presented the case of Christianity to these men of the Jewish faith. We may look at— I. THE INTRODUCTION . Paul felt that his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:24

Disbelieved for believed not, A.V. The usual division of the hearers of the Word. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:24

The Word of God trying the hearts of men. "And some believed," etc. The end of all preaching is practical faith. Not sentiment. Not mere intellectual change. Illustrate from those who listened to Paul. What faith involved to a Jew, to a heathen. The alternative, not indifference, not neutrality, but "disbelief" (Revised Version), exemplified in the opposition of Jews. Moral responsibility for faith, as seen in the light of the Old Testament view ( Acts 28:26 , Acts 28:27 ). Resistance... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:24

The leading results following upon preaching. As Jesus went before us all, in our sorrows, difficulties, and holiest joys, so, even if in less degree, his first apostles went before us in very many experiences of the first preaching of the gospel with which we are now perfectly well acquainted. The successes and the bitter disappointments of the Christian preacher are at this very time keenly felt by Paul, and other of the solemn phenomena lie open before him, and observed by him evidently... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:28

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 28:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:16-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:17-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 28:24

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