42 “The ends of the earth,” an expression which does not include the sea, would describe any location on Eurasia or Africa not far from the further coast line. 43-45 Compare Luk_11:24-26 43 Actual idolatry had no place in Israel. That evil spirit had been cast out since the captivity. They were li... [ Continue Reading ]
14 Compare Isa_6:9-10, Septuagint. See Joh_12:37-40; Act_28:25-27; Rom_11:7-10; 2Co_3:14-16. 16-17 Compare Luk_10:23-24. See Mat_16:17. 18-23 Compare Mar_4:14-20; Luk_8:11-15. 19 Lack of understanding lays the heart open to the inroads of malignant spirit powers. The chief opposition to our Lord'... [ Continue Reading ]
37 The history of the kingdom proclamation in Acts and what is predicted the circumcision epistles and the Unveiling fully bears out our Lord's forecast. There were the seven sons of Sceva (Act_19:15), the wolves in Ephesus (Act_20:29), the rich in (Jam_5:1), the false prophets of second Peter and t... [ Continue Reading ]