33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
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And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, …
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-34)We have here the designs of the persecutors of Paul and Silas baffled and broken. I. The persecutors designed to dishearten and discourage the preachers of the gospel, and to make them sick of the cause and weary of their work; but here we find them both hearty and heartened. 1. They were themselves hearty, wonderfully hearty; never were poor prisoners so truly cheerful, nor so far from laying the…
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