18And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
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For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
Commentary
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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