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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Acts 17:11 - 17:11
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These were more noble than those in Thessalonica - The comparison is between the Jews of the two places; for the triumphs of the Gospel at Thessalonica were mostly among the Gentiles. See on Act 17:2-4.
in that they received the word with all readiness of mind - heard it not only without prejudice, but with eager interest, “in an honest and good heart” (Luk 8:17), with sincere desire to be taught aright (see Joh 7:17). Mark the “nobility” ascribed to this state of mind.
searched the scriptures daily whether those things were so - whether the Christian interpretation which the apostle put upon the Old Testament Scriptures was the true one.