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title: 'The Reading in Acts XI.20'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'George Tybout Purves'
date: 1883-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Hermeneutics'
- 'Bible and Canon'
- 'Archaeology'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 11'
- 'Hebrews 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/purves-1883-the-reading-in-acts-xi-20
---

# The Reading in Acts XI.20

Essay contrasts Milton and Tennyson; then examines textual criticism of Acts 11:20 and Heb. 4's 'sabbaticos' with manuscript evidence. Notes discovery at Pithom‑Succoth.

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