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32341 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1029.3 (Matthew Henry)
… good character that is given of him, Acts 10:2. He was no idolater, no worshipper of false gods or images, nor allowed himself in any of those immoralities to which …
32342 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1029.23 (Matthew Henry)
… . Ceremonial characters were abolished, that more regard might be had to moral ones. Peter thought it necessary to let them know how he came to change his mind …
32343 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1029.30 (Matthew Henry)
… of God’s acceptance, though they lived as they listed, and that no Gentile could possibly be accepted of God. God had said a great deal by the prophets to prevent …
32344 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1032.11 (Matthew Henry)
… a character of Barnabas and Saul, he sent for them, and desired to hear the word of God. Note, When that which we hear has a tendency to lead us to God, it is prudence …
32345 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1032.19 (Matthew Henry)
… true character, not in passion, but by the Holy Ghost, who knows men better than they know themselves, Acts 13:10. He describes him to be, First, An agent for hell …
32346 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1032.36 (Matthew Henry)
… his character was divine: A man after my own heart, such a one as I would have, one on whom the image of God is stamped, and therefore one in whom God is well pleased …
32347 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1035.3 (Matthew Henry)
… of God, that though he wanted the sign of the covenant he might not want the thing signified. 4. That he had gained a very good character among the Christians …
32348 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1035.19 (Matthew Henry)
… good character, who had some good in them, as the eunuch, Cornelius, and Lydia. Note, It is not enough to be worshippers of God, but we must be believers in Jesus Christ …
32349 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1035.32 (Matthew Henry)
… ; the gods of their country must be their gods, true or false. This was one of the laws of the twelve tables. Hath a nation changed their gods ? It incensed them against …
32350 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1036.9 (Matthew Henry)
… that character. Thus those have been most spiteful in representing God’s faithful people as enemies to Caesar, and hurtful to kings and provinces, who have …
32351 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1036.26 (Matthew Henry)
… general character of the people of that city given upon this occasion ( Acts 17:21 ): All the Athenians, that is natives of the place, and strangers who sojourned …
32352 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1036.47 (Matthew Henry)
… ; for God is not unrighteous, who taketh vengeance; far be it from him that he should do iniquity. His knowledge of all men’s characters and actions is infallibly …
32353 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1037.14 (Matthew Henry)
… bad character, as appears, 1 Corinthians 6:11; such were some of you), hearing, believed, and were baptized. First, they heard, for faith comes by hearing. Some perhaps …
32354 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1037.22 (Matthew Henry)
… ill character of him. Here is wickedness done in the place of judgment (which Solomon complains of, Ecclesiastes 3:16 ), and nothing done to discountenance and …
32355 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1041.27 (Matthew Henry)
… true character, would own them to be of the excellent ones of the earth! The chief captain had centurions, under-officers, attending him, Acts 21:32. One of these …
32356 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1042.6 (Matthew Henry)
… the character of an honest man. [1.] He sets God before him, and lives as in his sight, and under his eyes, and with an eye to him. Walk before me, and be thou upright. [2.] He …
32357 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1042.8 (Matthew Henry)
… due character: Thou whited wall; that is, thou hypocrite—a mud-wall, trash and dirt and rubbish underneath, but plastered over, or white-washed. It is the same comparison …
32358 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1042.13 (Matthew Henry)
… the characters of many of them ever since he lived among them, and saw those among them whom he knew to be Sadducees, and others whom he knew to be Pharisees ( Acts …
32359 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1042.23 (Matthew Henry)
… to God and religion, and the curse and plague of his generation; when really his character was the reverse of all this! What laws of truth and justice so sacred …
32360 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1043.10 (Matthew Henry)
… the characters they gave of them were absolutely false and there was not the least colour nor foundation for them. Innocence, may excellence and usefulness …