22. we desire--"deem it proper"
to hear of thee what thou thinkest--what are thy sentiments,
views, &c. The apparent freedom from prejudice here expressed may have
arisen from a prudent desire to avoid endangering a repetition of those
dissensions about Christianity to which, probably,
SUETONIUS
alludes, and which had led to the expulsion of the Jews under Claudius
[HUMPHRY].
See on
Ac 18:2.
JFB.
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