35And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
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Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. …
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-40)We have here Paul brought into a captivity which we are not likely to see the end of; for after this he is either hurried from one bar to another, or lies neglected, first in one prison and then in another, and can neither be tried nor bailed. When we see the beginning of a trouble, we know not either how long it will last or how it will issue. I. We have here Paul seized, and laid hold on. 1. He…
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