Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
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Interpretation
The difference in languages which arose at Babel, has much hindered the spread of knowledge and religion. The instruments whom the Lord first employed in spreading the Christian religion, could have made no progress without this gift, which proved that their authority was from God.
Glossary
- Cyrene Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Cyrene.
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.
- Libya Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Cyrene.
- Pamphylia Place
- Paul and his company, loosing from Paphos, sailed north-west and came to Perga, the capital of Pamphylia ( Acts 13:13 , 14).
- Phrygia Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Phrygia.
- Rome Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Rome.