And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God - or 'of the Lord,' according to another reading; but the evidence for both is pretty equal. The intervening days had evidently been spent in further inquiry on the part of the congregation, and further instruction in private to such as sought it; and the excitement communicating itself to the Gentiles, they now for the first time crowded along with the stated worshippers into the synagogue.