us. These were the heralds of the gospel of the kingdom, immediately before the close of the dispensation of the Acts. See Act_17:34; Act_18:2, Act_18:8, Act_18:10, Act_18:18, Act_18:24; Act_19:6-8, Act_19:20; Act_20:1, Act_20:4, Act_20:17; Act_21:8, Act_21:16. But, as the Nation refused the call to repent (Act_28:25, Act_28:26), "the eleventh hour" is still future, awaiting the proclamation foretold in Mat_24:14.