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Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

Acts 8:10

Acts 8:10. To whom they all gave heed. Men in that age were peculiarly liable to be deluded by the pretensions of false prophets, as Neander well observes: ‘At that time an indefinite longing after a new voice from heaven a strange, restless feeling in men's minds, such as usually goes before mighty changes in the history of men, was spread abroad; this vague, anxious feeling bewildered and deceived many' (from Neander's Planting, vol. i.).

From the least to the greatest. That is to say, men and women of all ages, young as well as old, were ready to listen to him.

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 1:24; 2 Corinthians 11:19; 2 Peter 2:2; Ephesians 4:14;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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