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Acts 14:7

New Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Acts 14:7 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and there they preached the gospel.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and there they preached the gospel.
Acts 14:7 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 14

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
4But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
5And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,
6they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
7and there they preached the gospel.
8And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother`s womb, who never had walked.
9The same heard Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
10said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And there they preached the Gospel.] They did not sit still, nor hide themselves in these places; but, as in others, they preached the Gospel, the good news and glad tidings of the incarnation of Christ, of redemption, peace, and pardon, through his blood, justification by his righteousness, and spiritual and eternal salvation through him: in Beza’s most ancient copy, and in one of Stephens’s, these words are added, and which Bede also says were in the Greek copies in his time, “and the whole multitude were moved at their doctrines, and Paul and Barnabas continued at Lystra”; which agrees with what follows. It is very likely that many were converted in each of these cities, and in the…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Act 14:21, Act 8:4, Act 11:19, Act 17:2; Th1 2:2; Ti2 4:2 Acts 14:8”
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