Acts 7:25

They understood it not — Such was their stupidity and sloth; which made him afterward unwilling to go to them.

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Related Commentaries of Acts 7:25

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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 7:25