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People's Commentary (NT)
Acts 16:40 When they had seen the brethren. Who now met at the house of Lydia. The church thus planted grew and was afterwards honored with an apostolic letter. Departed. To another field of labor. The reader should pause to reflect that Philippi had been the first place, so far as we know, where the gospel was preached in Europe (Acts 16:12), that a woman was the first convert (Acts 16:14), that the messengers of the cross were met with blows, torture, and the dungeon (Acts 16:22-24), but through grace and the power of God triumphed gloriously (Acts 16:40). While Paul was in his next field of labor, Thessalonica, this young church of Philippi twice sent contributions to sustain him (Philippians 4:15).
Other People's Commentary (NT) entries containing Acts 16:40:
Acts 16:40
Philippians 4:2
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