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Acts 1:15 - Exposition

These for those, A.V. ; brethren for disciples, A.V. and T.R.; and there was a multitude of persons gathered together for the number of names together were, A.V.; a for an, A.V. Peter justifies his primacy by taking the lead in the first onward movement of the Church. Names is a common Hebraism for "persons" (see Revelation 3:4 ; Numbers 1:2 ). Gathered together ; i.e. to one place and at one time (see the same phrase, Acts 2:1 , Acts 2:44 ). Wordsworth quotes Ignat., 'Ad Magnes' 7., and Clem. Ro 1:4, where the same phrase, ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ , indicative of Church unity occurs.

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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Acts 1:15 - Exposition

Acts 1:15 - Exposition

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