Acts 13:52

52 The believers were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

Acts 13:52 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 13:52

And the disciples were filled with joy
Meaning either the "apostles", as the Ethiopic version renders it, Paul and Barnabas; who rejoiced, both at the success they had met with, and because they were counted worthy to suffer reproach and persecution for the sake of Christ and his Gospel: or rather the disciples at Antioch, and other parts of Pisidia, the new converts; who were filled with joy at the Gospel being preached unto them, and at the constancy and courage of the apostles in suffering for it:

and with the Holy Ghost;
which, with the former, designs the same thing as spiritual joy, or joy in the Holy Ghost; or else the gifts and graces of the Spirit, which they had both for their own comfort, and the advantage of others.

Acts 13:52 In-Context

50 But the Jews stirred up the important women who worshiped God. They also stirred up the men who were leaders in the city. They tried to get them to attack Paul and Barnabas. They threw them out of that area.

51 Paul and Barnabas didn't like this. So they shook the dust from their feet. They went on to Iconium.

52 The believers were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.