The Jews (ο Ιουδαιο). Certainly not the proselytes of verse 43. Probably many of the Jews that were then favourably disposed to Pa…

They were filled with envy. Greek, zeal. The word here denotes wrath, indignation, that such multitudes should be dispos…

They were filled with envy.—They heard the Apostles speaking to the multitudes, not in the condescending, supercilious to…

Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded…

“Almost the whole city,” Luke says rather hyperbolically, gathered on the following Sabbath to hear “the word of the Lord”—an expression suggesting…

They were filled. It is nothing new for the rage of the wicked to be inflamed when the light of the gospel is brought somewhat nearer; esp…

But when the Jews saw the multitudes
The vast number of people, the inhabitants of the city, the Gentiles, that were…

The Jews opposed the doctrine the apostles preached; and when they could find no objection, they blasphemed Christ and his gospel. Commonly, those …