And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
Ver. 40. With many words did he testify] διεμαρτυρετο, in God's name, for his sake, and by his authority, as Paul charged Timothy, 2 Timothy 2:14, and as Bradford spoke to his friend: I beseech you, I pray you, I desire you, I crave at your hands with all my very heart. I ask of you with hand, pen, tongue, and mind; in Christ, through Christ, for Christ; for his name, blood, mercy, power, and truth's sake, that you admit no doubting of God's final mercies toward you, howsoever you feel yourself.