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They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia`s house. When they had seen the brothers, they comforted them, and departed.
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Commentators emphasize that despite their own traumatic imprisonment and the pressure to leave town, Paul and Silas's first priority was to find the new believers. As John Calvin notes, they did not neglect their essential duty to comfort the 'tender seed of the gospel.' Their suffering equipped them to encourage others, turning their conflict into a source of comfort for the church.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They comforted them. They exhorted them and encouraged them to persevere, despite the opposition and persecution they might face.
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Into the house of Lydia (προς την Λυδιαν). No word in the Greek for "house," but it means the house of Lydia. Note "the brethren" …
19th Century
Anglican
They comforted them, and departed.—Lydia’s house appears to have been the meeting-place of the brethren, as well as the l…
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After leaving the prison, Paul and Silas met with the small body of Christians at the house of Lydia and encouraged them in their new faith. Then t…
16th Century
Protestant
When they saw, etc. They were asked to leave immediately; yet it was fitting for them to care for the brethren, so that the tender seed of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they went out of the prison In a public manner, with great honour and reputation, at the request of the magistra…
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Paul, though willing to suffer for the cause of Christ, and without any desire to avenge himself, did not choose to depart under the charge of havi…
