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God's Providential Protection
Commentators see God's 'overruling providence' at work. A secular official, the town clerk, successfully calms a dangerous mob, and as a result, Paul and his companions are delivered from imminent danger. This serves as a powerful example of how God can use civil authorities and non-believers to protect His people and bring about His purposes.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 19:41
18th Century
Theologian
Dismissed the assembly. thn ekklhsian. The word usually translated church. Here it is applied to the irregular and tumul…
AT Robertson
On Acts 19:41
Dismissed the assembly (απελυσεν την εκκλησιαν). The town-clerk thus gave a semblance of law and order to the mob by formally dism…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 19:41
The city clerk then dismissed the crowd. Luke highlights his arguments because they are important elements in his apologetic motif in Acts, which h…
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John Gill
On Acts 19:41
17th Century
Pastor
And when he had thus spoken
Or delivered this oration, made use of the above arguments, reasonings, and expostulatio…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 19:32–41
17th Century
Minister
The Jews came forward in this tumult. Those who are so careful to distinguish themselves from the servants of Christ now, and are afraid of being m…