That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
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Gill's Exposition
That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea,.... By whom some think are meant such, who, though they believed in Jesus as the Messiah, yet were violently set against the apostle for…
Barnes' Notes
That I may be ... - The unbelieving Jews in Judea had been opposed to Paul’s conversion. They could not forget that he had borne letters of commission from them to persecute the Christians at…
Adam Clarke
That I may be delivered from them that do not believe - He knew that his countrymen, who had not received the Gospel, lay in wait for his life; and, no doubt, they thought they should do God service…
Here we have, I. St. Paul's desire of a share in the prayers of the Romans for him, expressed very earnestly, Rom 15:30-32. Though Paul was a great apostle, yet he begged the prayers of the meanest…
Cambridge Bible
that I may be delivered, &c. This prayer was granted, though not in the way expected. See Act 21:31-32; Act 23:12-24; Act 25:2-4; Act 25:12. The words here (cp. 2Th 3:1-2,) are among the many proofs…
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