From Nave’s Topical Bible
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Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
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- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- General scriptures concerningActs 16:35Acts 16:38
The passages, in Bible order (2)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Acts 16:35
When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”
Commentary on Acts 16:352 voices
And when it was day, the magistrates sent officers. Officers were called those who were in charge of punishing the guilty. Hence in Greek they are called ῥαβδοῦχοι, from the rod, because the Greeks call a rod ῥάβδον, of which Hilary mentions in the exposition …
Bede· Retractions on Acts, 735Patristic
And when it was day,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Acts 16:38
So the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
Commentary on Acts 16:382 voices
And the sergeants told these words unto the magistrates,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
"And the serjeants told these words to the magistrates," etc. When they heard the words of the apostles, the magistrates were very afraid, because the apostles had called themselves innocent Romans sent to prison. Going to the apostles, they besought them to depart unhurt out …
Cassiodorus· Complexiones on the Acts of the Apostles, 585Patristic