And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
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Gill's Exposition
But when the Jews saw the multitudes,.... The vast number of people, the inhabitants of the city, the Gentiles, that were assembled together to hear the word. This must be understood of the…
Barnes' Notes
And when the Jews ... - There is a great variety in the mss. on this verse, and in the ancient versions. Griesbach and Knapp read it, “And when they were gone out, they besought them that these words…
Adam Clarke
When the Jews were gone out - That part of them in whom the words of the prophet were fulfilled, viz. those who, though they had the clearest relation of so interesting a history, would not believe…
The design of this story being to vindicate the apostles, especially Paul (as he doth himself at large, Rom. 11), from the reflections of the Jews upon him for preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, it…
Cambridge Bible
Further preaching both to Jews and Gentiles. Jealousy of the Jews, and expulsion of the Apostles from Antioch
42. And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought, &c. The…
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