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.
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Gill's Exposition
But when divers were hardened and believed not,.... For though some were affected with and convinced by the arguments the apostle used, others were but the more hardened and remained incredulous: for…
Barnes' Notes
Persuading the things - Endeavoring to persuade them of the truth of what was affirmed respecting the kingdom of God.
Adam Clarke
Spake boldly - three months - We have often remarked that St. Paul, in every place, made his first offers of salvation to the Jews; and it was only when they rejected it, that he turned to the…
Paul is here very busy at Ephesus to do good.
I. He begins, as usual, in the Jews' synagogue, and makes the first offer of the gospel to them, that he might gather in the lost sheep of the house of…
Cambridge Bible
Paul preaches to the Jews first and afterwards to the Gentiles. The Word of God prevails mightily
8. And he entered into the synagogue As the incident of John's disciples is mentioned before anything…
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