25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.



Ver. 25. Taught diligently] According to that skill he had. Of Lactantius, Jerome passeth this judgment. Lactantius quasi quidam fluvius Tullianae eloquentiae utinam tam nostra potuisset confirmare, quam facile aliena destruxit. So Cicero (De Nat. Deor.) wished that he could as easily find out the true God as he could disprove the false gods.