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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 11:23

when he came and had. having come, and.

grace. App-184.

exhorted. was exhorting. Greek. parakaleo. App-134.:6. Compare Acts 4:36.

purpose. Greek. prothesis, that which is put before one. The Eng. word is from the Latin propositum, which exactly corresponds to the Greek. The word is used of the shewbread, i.e. the bread of presentation, in Matthew 12:4.Mark 2:26; Luke 6:4.Hebrews 9:2. In its seven other occurances it is rendered as here.

cleave unto. abide with, Greek. prosmeno. Here, Acts 18:18; Matthew 15:32. Mar 8:2. 1 Timothy 1:3; 1 Timothy 5:5.

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