And God wrought special miracles[Gr. powers] by the hands of Paul The language of the historian is noteworthy. God works, Paul is the instrument. (Cp. The mighty hand of Moses, Deuteronomy 34:12.) The imperfect tense of the verb in the Greek implies that these manifestations of God's power were continued during the Apostle's stay. This was no mere spasmodic excitement over some powerful discourse. "By the hands" is probably only the Jewish mode of expressing "by." See note on Acts 5:12.

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