ACTS 13:42 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.”
As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath — the positive response to Paul's sermon promises future engagement, indicating receptivity among some hearers. The return invitation suggests the sermon provoked genuine theological interest rather than mere polite attention.
Church Fathers on Acts 13:42
Do you mark Paul's wisdom? He not only gained admiration at the time, but put into them a longing desire for a second hearing, while in what he said he dropped some seeds (εἰπών τινα σπέρματα) as it were, and forbore to solve (the questions raised), or to follow out the subject to its conclusion, his plan being to interest them and engage their good-will to himself, and not make (people) listless and indifferent by casting all at once into the minds of those (who first heard…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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