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- Acts
- Chapter 24
- Verse 14
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
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Gill's Exposition
And have hope towards God,.... Of an interest in him, and of enjoying eternal life and happiness with him in a future state:
which they themselves also allow; that is, some of the Jews, not the…
Barnes' Notes
But this I confess ... - The next specification in the charge of Tertullus was Act 24:5 that he was “a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.” To this, Paul replies in this and the two following…
Adam Clarke
That after the way which they call heresy - See the explanation of this word in the note on Act 5:17 (note), and see before, Act 24:5 (note), where what is here translated heresy, is there rendered…
We have here Paul's defence of himself, in answer to Tertullus's charge, and there appears in it a great deal of the spirit of wisdom and holiness, and an accomplishment of Christ's promise to his…
Cambridge Bible
after the way which they call heresy Better (with Rev. Ver.) "after the Way which they call a sect." The word is the same which is used in Act 24:5 for the "sect" of the Nazarenes. St Paul employs the…
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