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Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Acts 10:48

προσέταξε, cf. St. Paul's rule, 1 Corinthians 1:17. If Philip the Evangelist was at Cæsarea at the time, the baptism may have been intrusted to him. ἐπιμεῖναι : diutius commorari, Blass, so manere amplius, Bengel, cf. Acts 21:4; Acts 21:10; Acts 28:12; Acts 28:14, and Acts 15:34 [243] (Blass); only in Luke and Paul, frequent in Acts, not found in Luke's Gospel, cf. John 8:7; only once in LXX, Exodus 12:39, in classics as in text. ἡμέρας τινάς, no doubt spent in further instruction in the faith: aurei dies, Bengel.

[243] R(omana), in Blass, a first rough copy of St. Luke.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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