15 [a]And after the lecture of the Law and Prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye [b]have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:15 In the Synagogue of the Jews (according to the pattern whereof Christian Congregations were instituted) first the Scriptures were read, then such as were learned were licensed by the rulers of the Synagogue to speak and expound.
  2. Acts 13:15 Word for word, If there be any word in you: and this is a kind of speech taken from the Hebrews, whereby is meant, that the gifts of God’s grace are in us, as it were in treasure houses, and that they are not ours, but God’s: In like sort saith David, Thou hast put a new song in my mouth, Ps. 40:1.

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