But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
Ver. 50. The devout and honourable women] Satan per costam tanquam per scalam ad cor ascendit. (Gregory.) The devil breaketh many a man's head with his own rib. When the hen is suffered to crow, much evil ensueth. Satan makes use of women still to hinder men from heaven.
But the Jews] Stirred up by Satan, who cannot brook the dilatation of Christ's curtains.