19Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
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The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. …
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-23)All who believe a God, and have a reverence for his sovereignty, must acknowledge that those who speak and act by his direction, and by warrant from him, are not to be opposed; for that is fighting against God . Now Paul here, by a plain and faithful narrative of matters of fact, makes it out to this august assembly that he had an immediate call from heaven to preach the gospel of Christ to the Ge…
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