Acts 28:29
in Acts 28BSB
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And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
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Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And had great reasoning - Great discussion or debates. That is, the part which believed that Jesus was the Messiah Act 28:24 discussed the subject warmly with those who did not believe. This whole verse is missing in the Syriac version, and in some Greek mss., and is supposed by Mill and Griesbach to be spurious.
This site's exposition
sent to the Gentiles
on Acts 28:28-29
Paul declares that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen, his third such turning after 13:46 and 18:6. Paul went to the synagogue first in every city up to this one, and Romans 9-11 argues for Israel's future.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves." The unbelieving were they that withdrew. But see how they do not now form plots against him. For in Judea they had a sort of tyranny.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And when he had said these words,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Probably the words were regarded as superfluous, as they seem to tell us what we were told before, that Paul "departed" (see Ac 28:25). But in Ac 28:25 it is the breaking off of the discourse that is meant, here the final departure from the house" [OLSHAUSEN].
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
And had great reasoning among themselves - The believers contending with the unbelievers; and thus we may suppose that the cause of truth gained ground. For contentions about the truth and authenticity of the religion of Christ infallibly end in the triumph and extension of that religion.
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About Acts
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); J. A. Alexander, The Acts of the Apostles Explained; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 55 and John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748).