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Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Acts 13:38

Chapter 41 Prayer Almighty God, we are spared by thy mercy, and to thy mercy we now come as to a river that is full of water; for thy compassions fail not: to thy love there is no end. Thou dost give unto us bread every day, and every day thou dost draw for us water from the well. Thou art round about us as the light that is everywhere like a healing breath from Heaven, renewing our youth and making our life strong. Thou dost set in the clouds lights of hope, yea, thou dost make the storm... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Acts 13:26-41

Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. (27) For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. (28) And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. (29) And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Acts 13:37-38

Justified. That your sins being forgiven by the merits of Christ, you may be truly just in the sight of God. (Witham) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:38-41

38-41 Let all that hear the gospel of Christ, know these two things: 1. That through this Man, who died and rose again, is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins. Your sins, though many and great, may be forgiven, and they may be so without any injury to God's honour. 2. It is by Christ only that those who believe in him, and none else, are justified from all things; from all the guilt and stain of sin, from which they could not be justified by the law of Moses. The great concern of... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Acts 13:1-99

Acts 13 THIS LARGE CHURCH, composed mainly of Gentiles, had no less than five prophets and teachers in its midst. Their names are given and prove very instructive; for one had a surname which probably indicates that he was a black man (Niger means Black), one was sufficiently distinguished to have been a foster-brother of Herod, Barnabas was a Hellenistic Jew, Saul had been a Pharisee of the Pharisees, and Lucius may have been a Gentile. Thus it was quite early manifest that race and breeding... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Acts 13:38-43

The conclusion of the sermon: v. 38. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this Man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins; v. 39: and by Him all that believe are justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the Law of Moses. v. 40. Beware therefore lest that come upon you which is spoken of in the prophets, v. 41. Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Acts 13:13-41

C.—the journey continued; acts and sufferings in the pisidian city of antiochActs 13:13-52The journey through Pamphylia to Antioch; and Paul’s missionary address in that cityActs 13:13-4113Now [But] when Paul and his company [and they who were about him] loosed [had sailed] from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and [but] John de parting from them returned to Jerusalem. 14But when they departed [continued their journey] from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Acts 13:38-39

Acts THE FIRST PREACHING IN ASIA MINOR Act_13:26 - Act_13:39 . The extended report of Paul’s sermon in the synagogue at Antioch of Pisidia marks it, in accordance with Luke’s method, as the first of a series. It was so because, though the composition of the audience was identical with that of those in the synagogues of Cyprus, this was the beginning of the special work of the tour, the preaching in the cities of Asia Minor. The part of the address contained in the passage falls into three... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Acts 13:38-52

Jews Reject, Gentiles Accept, the Gospel Acts 13:38-52 The doctrine of justification by faith, so closely associated with the work of Paul, is here stated for the first time. In Jesus there is forgiveness. For those who trust in Him past sins are absolutely put away, never to be named again, never to be brought up at any future judgment day. Our record is as clear as the sand which has been swept smooth by the ocean waves. We are not only forgiven, but justified. We are treated as though we... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Acts 13:1-52

The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in Antioch sent Saul and Barnabas, and it is declared immediately afterward they were sent by the Holy Spirit. Saul and Barnabas started on this journey together. While especially glad to work among the Gentiles, Paul ever began with the Jew and the synagogue. In Antioch in Pisidia we find him reviewing his own history, and proclaiming his evangel. He made it... read more

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