Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.”
28. Therefore be it. Lest the Jews may afterward accuse him of revolting, because he forsaketh the holy stock of Abraham, and goeth to the profane Gentiles; he denounceth that which the prophets did so often testify, that the salvation whereof they were the proper, at least the principal “Primarii,” primary. heirs, should be translated unto strangers.
Paul spent the entire day laying out the kingdom of God and Jesus from the Law and Prophets, seeking their conviction rather than his own vindication. These Roman Jews were more willing to hear than those at Jerusalem, less bound by prejudice, more open to genuine enquiry.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 28:23-29
Be it known therefore unto you,.... Unbelievers and despisers, take this along with you at parting, and do not say you were never acquainted with it: that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles; meaning the Gospel, which is a publication and declaration of that salvation, which God contrived from all eternity; made provision for, and secured in the covenant of grace; which...