By a river side (παρα ποταμον). The little river Gangites (or Gargites) was one mile west of the town. Philippi as a military outp…

And on the sabbath. There is no doubt that in this city there were Jews. In the time of the apostles, they were scattered extensively thro…

By a river side, where prayer was customarily made.—Better, where an oratory (i.e., a place of prayer) was e…

And we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

In Jewish law, a synagogue congregation could be formed only if there were at least ten male heads of households. Failing this, a place of prayer u…

In the day of the Sabbaths. No doubt the Jews sought some place that was solitary and out of the way when they were inclined to pray, beca…

And on the sabbath
That is, as the Syriac version renders it, "on the sabbath day"; the Jewish sabbath, the seventh …

The removals of ministers, and the dispensing the means of grace by them, are in particular under Divine conduct and direction. We must follow Prov…