Acts 13:47

For so hath the Lord commanded us — By sending us forth, and giving us an opportunity of fulfilling what he had foretold. I have set thee — The Father speaks to Christ. Isaiah 49:6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For so ... - Paul, as usual, appeals to the Scriptures to justify his course. Here he appeals to the Old Testament rather than to the command of...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Result: the Missionaries leave Antioch. Acts 13:42 reads as if the congregation as a whole invited the preachers to speak to them again on t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

light . Greek. phos. App-130. The quotation is from Isaiah 49:6 . This commission to Jehovah's Servant is cited as their authority for turning to...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

47. As he hath commanded. The place is taken out of Isaiah, where, notwithstanding, God doth rather speak unto his Son than unto the apostle...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1780 THE GENTILES RECEIVE THE GOSPEL Acts 13:46-48 . Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of G...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying , I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For so hath the Lord commanded us,— The mighty have argued this very properly from the passage which they quote, as well as from their very commiss...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul as a Missionary 1. Prophets] see on Acts 11:27 . Simeon that was called Niger ] Niger was a Roman cognomen. Lucius of Cyrene ] doubtle...
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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

See Isaiah 42:6 ; Isaiah 49:6 ; Luke 2:32 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I have set thee to be a light to the Gentiles. — The context of the quotation has to be remembered as showing that St. Paul identified the “Servant...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jews Reject, Gentiles Accept, the Gospel Acts 13:38-52 The doctrine of justification by faith, so closely associated with the work of Paul, is...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in Antioch sent...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. (43) Now when th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For so hath the Lord commanded us ,.... For though Christ in his first commission restrained his disciples from going into the Gentiles, and preachi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying , I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then Paul and Barnabas Perceiving that no good impression could be made upon them; waxed bold Used great freedom of speech; and said, It was nec...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From this time our attention is drawn particularly to the work of Saul, whose name is in this chapter changed to Paul, meaning "little," for one who...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you for a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the uttermost part of the...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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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

Opposition on the part of the Jews:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set Thee to be a light of the Gentiles that Thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the e...
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⁴⁷ For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

Related Commentaries of Acts 13:47

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 13:47