17And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
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That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: …
And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-20)The preachers of the gospel were sent forth to carry on a war against Satan, and therein Christ went forth conquering and to conquer . The casting of evil spirits out of those that were possessed was one instance of Christ’s victory over Satan; but, to show in how many ways Christ triumphed over that great enemy, we have here in these verses two remarkable instances of the conquest of Satan, not o…
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