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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Acts 24:10

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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thou hast been many years a judge to this nation--He had been in this province for six or seven years, and in Galilee for a longer period. Paul uses no flattery, but simply expresses his satisfaction at having to plead before one whose long official experience of Jewish matters would enable him the better to understand and appreciate what he had to say.
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