<p>19:8- see on Acts 18:6.</p><p><i>And he entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for the space of three months<em>-&ldquo;Boldly</em></i>&rdquo; is a common word in the New Testament. We are to be bold before the throne of grace, and our confident assurance of salvation means that we are bold in our witness to others about that good news.</p><p><i>Reasoning and persuading as to the things concerning the kingdom of God</i>- We wonder why there is no mention of the things concerning the Lord Jesus, as these two elements seem to go together in the Acts account. Perhaps this group were already persuaded that Jesus was Messiah, but were ignorant of the things of the Kingdom. Those &quot;things&quot; were surely the same &quot;things concerning the Kingdom&quot; which the Lord Himself had taught; and those things were found in His parables of the Kingdom, which were about life now under God's kingship, rather than information about the physicalities of the Messianic Kingdom to be established on earth at His return.</p>