41And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
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The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: …
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-41)I. Paul is here brought into some trouble at Ephesus, just when he is forecasting to go thence, and to cut out work for himself elsewhere. See here, 1. How he laid his purpose of going to other places, Acts 19:21 , 22 . He was a man of vast designs for God, and was for making his influences as widely diffusive as might be. Having spent above two years at Ephesus, (1.) He designed a visit to the ch…
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