4And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
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And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Ever since the conversion of Paul, we have heard no more of the agency of the priests in persecuting the saints at Jerusalem; perhaps that wonderful change wrought upon him, and the disappointment it gave to their design upon the Christians at Damascus, had somewhat mollified them, and brought them under the check of Gamaliel’s advice—to let those men alone , and see what would be the issue; but h…
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