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crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Help (βοηθειτε). Present active imperative of βοηθεω, to run (θεω) at a cry (βοη), as if an outrage had been committed like murder…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Men of Israel. Jews. All who are friends of the Law of Moses.

This is the man, and so on. This implies that they had previ…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The strategy of Paul’s taking a vow and paying for the Nazirite offerings hardly proved successful—probably nothing could have conciliated those wh…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Men of Israel, help. They cry out as if they were in extreme danger, and they call upon all people to help them, as if all religion were a…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Crying out, men of Israel, help
The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, "help us"; to hold Paul, on whom they had lai…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a place of safety, he was violently attacked. They falsely charged him with false doctri…

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