Atti 28:29

29 E, quando egli ebbe dette queste cose, i Giudei se ne andarono, avendo gran quistione fra loro stessi.

Atti 28:29 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 28:29

And when he had said these words
Cited the prophecy of Isaiah, and declared the mission of the Gospel to the Gentiles, and their calling by it; both which must greatly gravel and disturb the unbelieving part of his audience:

the Jews departed;
much displeased and uneasy:

and had great reasoning among themselves;
not only with them that believed, but with others, that seemed to incline towards the apostle, and who espoused and undertook to defend some principles of his, against the rest, as the doctrine of the resurrection; and particularly they might take into consideration the passage in Isaiah, the apostle had recited to them at parting, and which was so appropriate to them; as well as the account he gave them of the preaching of the Gospel, and the success of it among the Gentiles, things which must be very grating to them: this whole verse is wanting in the Alexandrian copy, and in the Syriac version.

Atti 28:29 In-Context

27 Perciocchè il cuor di questo popolo è ingrassato, ed odono gravemente con gli orecchi, e chiudono gli occhi; che talora non veggano con gli occhi, e non odano con gli orecchi, e non intendano col cuore, e non si convertano, ed io li sani.

28 Sappiate adunque che questa salute di Dio è mandata a’ Gentili, i quali ancora l’ascolteranno.

29 E, quando egli ebbe dette queste cose, i Giudei se ne andarono, avendo gran quistione fra loro stessi.

30 E Paolo dimorò due anni intieri in una sua casa tolta a fitto, ed accoglieva tutti coloro che venivano a lui;

31 predicando il regno di Dio, ed insegnando le cose di Gesù Cristo, con ogni franchezza, senza divieto.