Acts 15
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Acts 15:22-41

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 15:34 Some ancient authorities insert, with variations, ver. 34 But it seemed good unto Silas to abide there. ↩

Commentaries on Acts 15

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain