Acts 21:39

A citizen of no mean city. — The boast was quite a legitimate one. In addition to all its fame for culture, the town of Tarsus bore on its coins the word METROPOLIS-AUTONOMOS (Independent).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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³⁹ But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

Related Commentaries of Acts 21:39

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 21:39