Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Acts 19:29

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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having caught Gaius and Aristarchus--disappointed of Paul, as at Thessalonica (Act 17:5-6). They are mentioned in Act 20:4; Act 27:2; Rom 16:23; Co1 1:14; and probably Jo3 1:1. If it was in the house of Aquila and Priscilla that he found an asylum (see Co1 16:9), that would explain Rom 16:3-4, where he says of them that "for his life they laid down their own necks" [HOWSON]. rushed . . . into the theatre--a vast pile, whose ruins are even now a wreck of immense grandeur [SIR C. FELLOWES, Asia Minor, 1839].

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