12So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
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Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. …
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-12)Paul is here very busy at Ephesus to do good. I. He begins, as usual, in the Jews’ synagogue, and makes the first offer of the gospel to them, that he might gather in the lost sheep of the house of Israel , who were now scattered upon the mountains. Observe, 1. Where he preached to them: in their synagogue (Acts 19:8), as Christ used to do. He went and joined them in their synagogue-worship, to ta…
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