Acts 4:20

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

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²⁰ For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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