Acts 18:16

He commanded them to be gone, having dismissed their case; and, if need were, added threatening and force.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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The insurrection at the time of Gallio:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he drave them from the judgment-seat.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 76:10 ; Revelation 12:16 ; Romans 13:3 ; Romans 13:4

¹⁶ And he drave them from the judgment seat.

Related Commentaries of Acts 18:16

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

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

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 18:16