Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:28-29
Acts 28:28 is probably the ultimate climax of Acts. It summarizes the main theme of the book. Having presented the gospel to the Jews in Rome, and having witnessed their rejection of it, Paul now focused his ministry again on the Gentiles (cf. Acts 13:46-52; Acts 18:6; Romans 1:16). Until "the times of the Gentiles" run their course and Messiah’s second advent terminates them, Gentiles will be the primary believers of the gospel (cf. Romans 11:19-26)."Luke-Acts is basically a story about a... read more
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 28:24-27
Luke recorded for the third and last time what had become the Jews’ characteristic response to hearing the gospel (Acts 28:24; Acts 13:46; Acts 18:6; cf. Romans 11:7-10). Paul’s parting word was a quotation from Isaiah 6:9-10 in which God told the prophet that his Jewish hearers would not believe God’s message through him (cf. Matthew 13:14-15; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40-41). Paul saw that this word to Isaiah was as applicable in his own day as it had been in Isaiah’s. He also regarded it... read more