John Gill's Exposition on Acts 9:30

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Which when the brethren knew, etc.] When the members of the church heard of it, by some means or another: they brought him down to Caesarea; not that which was before called Strato’s tower, the same as in (<440840>Acts 8:40) but Caesarea Philippi, mentioned in (<401613>Matthew 16:13) the Syriac version adds, “by night”, and some copies, “and sent him forth to Tarsus”; a city of Cilicia, his own native place, where he might be more safe, and also useful among his friends and acquaintance; (<480121>Galatians 1:21).

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