Acts 13:52
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, for great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
John 16:22So you also have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
Acts 2:46Day by day as they continued meeting together with one accord in the temple courts and breaking bread from house to house, they shared food together with gladness and simplicity of heart,
Acts 5:41So the apostles went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.
Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 8:2During a severe trial of affliction, their abundant joy and their deep poverty abounded in a wealth of generosity on their part.
Matthew Henry on Acts 13:43-52
Paul at Antioch in Pisidia. 42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. 43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. 44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake… Read the whole commentary →