Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 18:5
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Acts18:5
5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in spirit, and testified unto the Jews, that Jesus was Christ.
According as was ordered by him, Chap. 17.14, 15.
More than ordinarily affected, the Spirit of God influencing his Spirit; so that he felt an anguish or pain at the heart (as 2 Cor. 2.4.) such was his grief for the contumacy of the Iews; so great was his desire that they might be saved.
1. The Christ, or Anointed, that excelled all other Christs or Anointed ones, being anointed with Oil above measure. 2. The Christ that was promised by the Prophets.
Marginal references: Or, is the Christ.
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