34And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
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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 not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Commentary
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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