24And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
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But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. …
And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. …
And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. …
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-29)We have here a short account of a long conference which Paul had with the Jews at Rome about the Christian religion. Though they were so far prejudiced against it, because it was every where spoken against, as to call it a sect , yet they were willing to give it a hearing, which was more than the Jews at Jerusalem would do. It is probable that these Jews at Rome, being men of larger acquaintance w…
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