Acts 1:21

Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us - in the close intimacies of a three years' public life.

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Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
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The choosing of Matthias:
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All the time that the Lord Jesus was going in and out — That is, conversing familiarly: over us — as our Master. Psalms 109:8 .

²¹ Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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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

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 1:21