And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
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Gill's Exposition
For so hath the Lord commanded us,.... For though Christ in his first commission restrained his disciples from going into the Gentiles, and preaching to them, yet when he enlarged their commission…
Barnes' Notes
And the next sabbath-day - This was the regular day for worship, and it was natural that a greater multitude should convene on that day than on the other days of the week. Came almost the whole city -…
Adam Clarke
The next Sabbath day - The good news had spread far and wide, by means of the converted Jews and proselytes.
Almost the whole city - Jews, proselytes, and Gentiles, came together to hear τον λογον του…
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
almost the whole city Shewing that the Apostles must have been diligently labouring both among Jews and Heathen during the intervening days, and giving additional probability to the explanation…
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