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I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

1. It was upon the Sabbath day.

2. It was by the river side. A river may remind us of the Spirit, by whose influence we are enabled to drink of the "streams which make glad the city of God."

3. It was a place where prayer was accustomed to be made.

II. THE POSITION. "They sat down."

III. THE OPERATION (ver. 14).

1. Something implied.

(1)  Ignorance.

(2)  Prejudice.

2. Something described.

(1) Before conversion.

(a)  Conviction.

(b)  Perception.

(c)  Willingness.

(2) After conversion.

(a)  Consciousness.

(b)  Longings.

(c)  Enlargement.

(Dr. Andrews.)

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KJV: And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

WEB: On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.