40And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
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And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: …
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; …
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 35-40)In these verses we have, I. Orders sent for the discharge of Paul and Silas out of prison Acts 16:35 , 36 . 1. The magistrates that had so basely abused them the day before gave the orders; and their doing it so early, as soon as it was day , intimates that either they were sensible the terrific earthquake they felt at midnight was intended to plead the cause of their prisoners, or their conscienc…
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