John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

20. He gave them judges. Under this name the Scripture comprehendeth rulers and governors; and here is another testimony of the infinite goodness of God toward the Jews, in that he pardoned so many backslidings in them. For it is likely that Paul handled those things more at large, which Luke gathereth briefly.

Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Luke passes over Perga in silence, though Diana's temple stood there, because the whole world could not contain all that might be written. Paul and Barnabas went straight to the synagogue at Antioch, not to curry favor with magistrates, but to the Jews themselves, proving their true care for their souls. This was always the way: to show how the New Testament flows directly from the Old, which the Jews already held sacred.

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Commenting on Acts 13:14-41

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

And afterward they desired a king,.... Sa1 8:5 which the Jews (w) say, was in the tenth year of Samuel; that is, of his government over Israel, or of his judging them: and God gave unto them Saul; whose name signifies one that is asked; he was the son of Cis; so the Septuagint read and pronounce the word "Kish", the name of Saul's father...