As the Gentiles heard this they were glad (ακουοντα τα εθνη εχαιρον). Present active participle of ακουω and imperfect active of χ…

When the Gentiles heard this. Heard that the gospel was to be preached to them. The doctrine of the Jews had been that salvation was confi…

They were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord.—Both verbs are in the tense of continued action. The joy was not a fl…

But when the Jews saw the multitude, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and bl…

Many of the Gentiles responded with thanks for the apostles’ ministry and with openness to their message. “All who were appointed [GK 5435] for ete…

And when the Gentiles heard. The reason for the Gentiles’ joy was this: namely, when they heard that they were not called to salvation sud…

And when the Gentiles heard this
That it was the will of God, and the command of Christ, that the Gospel should be p…

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