Acts 9:16

For I will (h) shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

(h) I will plainly show him.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹⁶ For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

Related Commentaries of Acts 9:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 9:16