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They all laid hold on Sosthenes (επιλαβομενο παντες Σωσθενην). See 16:19; 17:19 for the same form. Here is violent hostile reactio…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Then all the Greeks. The Greeks who had witnessed the persecution of Paul by the Jews, and who had seen the tumult they had stirred up.
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue.—The better manuscripts omit the word “Greeks,” whic…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Perhaps Gallio liked it. "You came here," he said, "to accuse Paul, to get him beaten: now the mob is beating you, and serve you right. I shall not…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Taking their cue from the snub that Gallio gave the leaders of the Jewish community, the crowd at the forum—in an outbreak of the anti-Semitism tha…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
All the Grecians having taken Sosthenes. This is that Sosthenes whom Paul honorably couples with himself as his companion in the beginning…
John Gill
JohnGill
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes
These were not the Greeks or Gentiles that were devout persons, or converted to C…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Paul was about to show that he did not teach people to worship God contrary to the law; but the judge would not allow the Jews to complain to him a…
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A.T. Robertson
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