28Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
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And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-32)We have reason to think that Paul had a great deal more to say in defence of the gospel he preached, and for the honour of it, and to recommend it to the good opinion of this noble audience; he had just fallen upon that which was the life of the cause—the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and here he is in his element; now he warms more than before, his mouth is opened towards them, his hear…
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