52And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
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Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 42-52)The design of this story being to vindicate the apostles, especially Paul (as he doth himself at large, Rom. 11:1-36), from the reflections of the Jews upon him for preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, it is here observed that he proceeded therein with all the caution imaginable, and upon due consideration, of which we have here an instance. I. There were some of the Jews that were so incensed ag…
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