Acts 26:20

“But showed first unto them of Damascus, etc.] The Jews at Damascus to whom the apostle first preached; (see <440920>Acts 9:20,22). and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea; observing the order of his mission, (<442617>Acts 26:17) though it was not until after he had been in Arabia, and had returned to Damascus, that he went to Jerusalem, and preached there; (see <480117>Galatians 1:17,18) compared with (<440928>Acts 9:28). and [then] to the Gentiles; as at Antioch in Pisidia, at Iconium, Derbe, and Lystra in Lycaonia; and at Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea in Macedonia; and in many places in Greece and Asia, as at Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, and others, as this history shows;…”

“showed . . . to them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem--omitting Arabia; because, beginning with the Jews, his object was to mention first the places where his former hatred of the name of Christ was best known: the mention of the Gentiles, so unpalatable to his audience, is reserved to the last. repent and return to God, and do works meet for repentance--a brief description of conversion and its proper fruits, suggested, probably, by the Baptist's teaching (Luk 3:7-8).”

“See Acts 9:20-23. The 20th verse contains a summary of his labors in obedience to the command of the Lord Jesus. His argument is that the Lord Jesus had from heaven commanded him to do this, and that he had done no more than to obey his injunction. The word “then” in this verse is supplied by our translators, and is not necessary to the proper explanation of the passage. It would seem from that word that he had not preached “to the Gentiles” until after he had preached “at Jerusalem and throughout all the coasts of Judea,” whereas, in fact, he had, as we have reason to believe (see the notes on Acts 9:23), before then “preached” to the Gentiles in Arabia. The statement here, in the original,…”

“I declared - From that hour to this, both to Jew and Gentile, that they should repent - This repentance, we may observe, is previous both to inward and outward holiness. Acts 26:21”

“first: Act 9:19-22, Act 11:26-30 and at: Act 9:28, Act 9:29, Act 22:17, Act 22:18 and then: Act 26:17, Act 13:46-48, Act 14:16-21, Act 22:21, Act 22:22; Rom 11:18-20 repent: Act 2:38, Act 3:19, Act 11:18, Act 17:30, Act 20:21; Jer 31:19, Jer 31:20; Eze 18:30-32; Mat 3:2; Mat 4:17, Mat 9:13, Mat 21:30-32; Mar 6:12; Luk 13:3, Luk 13:5, Luk 15:7, Luk 15:10, Luk 24:46, Luk 24:47; Rom 2:4; Co2 7:10; Ti2 2:25, Ti2 2:26; Rev 2:5, Rev 2:21, Rev 3:3, Rev 16:11 turn: Act 9:35, Act 14:15, Act 15:19; Psa 22:27; Lam 3:40; Hos 12:6, Hos 14:2; Luk 1:16; Co2 3:16; Th1 1:9 and do: Isa 55:7; Mat 3:8; Luk 3:8-14, Luk 19:8, Luk 19:9; Eph. 4:17-32, 5:1-25, Eph 6:1-9; Tit 2:2-13; Pe1 1:14-16, Pe1 2:9-12, Pe1…”