Verses 48-49
Luke again stressed that the results of the preaching of the gospel were due to God’s work (Acts 1:1-2). The Christian evangelists were only harvesting the wheat that God had already prepared. Acts 13:48 is a strong statement of predestination: those whom God had previously appointed to eternal life believed the gospel (cf. Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 1:11).
"Once again the human responsibility of believing is shown to coincide exactly with what God in his sovereignty had planned." [Note: Kent, p. 114.]
Good news spreads fast, and the good news of the gospel spread through that entire region.
"This spreading of the word, along with the apostles’ own outreach to the cities named in chapters 13 and 14, probably led to the agitation of the so-called Judaizers that resulted in the problem Paul dealt with in Galatians." [Note: Longenecker, p. 430.]
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