25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
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Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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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