And when they heard that(better it)] The Greek = and having heard.

they lift up their voice to God with one accord, and said The words of the prayer which follows have so direct a reference to the circumstances which had just occurred that we cannot interpret otherwise than that to the prayer, uttered by the lips of one, all the rest, with one mind, pronounced fervent Amens. "The author (says Zeller) takes no forbidden liberty when he collects the concordant expressions of individuals into one common expression."

Lord Lit. Master. The word is not often used of God (Luke 2:29) or Christ, but it is worth notice that St Peter (2 Peter 2:1) and St Jude (4) apply it to Jesus.

thou art God The words art Godare not in the oldest MSS. but the clause reads, O Lord, thou that hast made, &c.

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