3And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
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And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. …
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, …
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)We have here the interests of the kingdom of heaven successfully carried on, and the powers of darkness appearing against them to put a stop to them. let Christ’s servants be ever so resolute, Satan’s agents will be spiteful; and therefore, let Satan’s agents be ever so spiteful, Christ’s servants ought to be resolute. I. The apostles, Peter and John, went on in their work, and did not labour in v…
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