2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# being moved with jealousy
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-08-28 19:53:32 +00:00
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"feeling very jealous" or "feeling very angry" because some of the Jews and Greeks believed Paul's message.
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# took certain wicked men
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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Here "took" does not mean the Jews took these people by force. It means the Jews persuaded these wicked men to help them.
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# from the marketplace
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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"from the public square." This is a public place of business, where buying and selling of goods, cattle, or services take place.
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# set the city in an uproar
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-08-28 19:53:32 +00:00
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"caused the people of the city to be in an uproar" or "caused the people of the city to riot"
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# Assaulting the house
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"Violently attacking the house." This probably means the people were throwing rocks at the house and trying to break down the door of the house.
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# Jason
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2023-08-28 19:53:32 +00:00
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This is the name of a man.
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# they were seeking to bring Paul ... out
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The word "seeking" here means that the people wanted to bring Paul out and were trying to bring him out.
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# out to the people
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Possible meanings or "people" are 1) a governmental or legal group of citizens gathered to make a decision or 2) a mob.
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