John Gill's Exposition on Acts 11:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And some of them were men of Cyprus, etc.] That is, some of the preachers, that were scattered abroad, were Jews born at Cyprus: such was Barnabas particularly, (<440436>Acts 4:36) though he was not among these, as appears from (<441122>Acts 11:22) “and Cyrene”; such were Simon that carried the cross after Christ, and his sons Alexander and Rufus, (<411521>Mark 15:21) and others that heard the apostles speak with tongues on the day of Pentecost, (<440210>Acts 2:10) which when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians; or Hellenist Jews, who were born and brought up in Greece, and spoke the Greek language; though the Alexandrian copy, and the Syriac version, read “Greeks”, as if they were native Greeks, and properly Gentiles, to whom these ministers spoke the word of the Lord; but the former seems most likely. Preaching the Lord Jesus; the dignity of his person, as the Son of God; what he did and suffered to obtain salvation for lost sinners; his resurrection from the dead, ascension to heaven, and intercession; the virtue of his blood for peace and pardon of his sacrifice for atonement of sin, and of his righteousness for justification.

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