43And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 42-47)We often speak of the primitive church, and appeal to it, and to the history of it; in these verses we have the history of the truly primitive church , of the first days of it, its state of infancy indeed, but, like that, the state of its greatest innocence . I. They kept close to holy ordinances, and abounded in all instances of piety and devotion, for Christianity, admitted in the power of it, w…
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