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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down. They would be noticed as strangers who had come thither. The synagogue did not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. “John” — that is, John Mark, as we see by chapter 15. verse 37.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue went unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. The rulers of the synagogue had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. And after reading of the law and the prophets, From which there were always two appointed lessons, one from the writings of Moses, and another from one of the prophets; and on this day it was probably the first chapter...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. They were seen to be Jews who were traveling, and they were invited by the minister who conducted the service to stand up and say anything they had to say. “Then Paul stood up, and, beckoning, with his hand, said “: —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. Or, rather, “and ye Gentile proselytes, give audience.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. You, who, Enough Gentiles, have come to worship Jehovah, God of Israel — “men of Israel.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The God of this people of Israel choose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he there out of it. It is always well to begin with our hearers upon some common ground. So, wishing to persuade these people to receive the Lord Jesus as the promised Messiah, Paul begins with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. You that are familiar with your Bibles will be struck with the great likeness of this sermon by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. It is a continuous history that Paul gives to these people at Antioch, and it brings to their minds the sins of their fathers as well as the grace of their God. These are two things that you and I need always to keep in mind, God’s grace and our own sin. Truly, I fear...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot. The Lord did not run back from his covenant. He promised them a land flowing with milk and honey, and he gave it to them, even though seven nations had to be destroyed to make room for them. This verse reminds us of that passage in Isaiah: “since...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet, And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the Son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. And afterward they desired a king: This was another piece of wantonness on the Israelites’ part. God was their King, yet they must have a visible king, like the other nations by which they were surrounded. They were faithfully warned...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will. Of this man’s seed hath God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will. Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: when John had first preached before his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, Or, “is a proselyte to God.”