Acts 9:31
Douay-Rheims
Now the church had peace throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria; and was edified, walking in the fear of the Lord, and was filled with the consolation of the Holy Ghost.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
The Greek term is metaphorical, taken from building. Peace gave occasion to the increase of the faithful, and the more regular performance of all Christian duties, so that the Church appeared like a building in the progress of erection. The peace of the Church, at this time, may have been owing to the consternation produced in the minds of the Jews, by the threat of the Emperor Caligula to erect his statue in the Temple. Joseph de Bello. 1. xi. c. x.
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1863 · Acts 9:31
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