And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
The Gentiles rejoiced because they learned that salvation to them was not sudden or accidental, but fulfilled what God had promised long before. When we truly honor God's word, we submit to it in faith; we cannot blaspheme it more grievously than by refusing to believe it.
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Those Jews who left the synagogue confessed their unbelief as plainly as believers confess their faith by staying. They stopped their ears like the deaf adder, resolved not to be convinced. God never leaves any until they first leave Him.
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Commenting on Acts 13:42-52
The apostles shook off the dust against those who rejected them, as Christ commanded, and moved on to Iconium in Lycaonia. The city's name means 'bosom of sheep' in Syrian, fitting enough since it later became a bosom for Christ's sheep, His church planted there.
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