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CHAPTER 18
_ 1. In Corinth with Aquila and Priscilla. His Testimony and
Separation from the Jews (Acts 18:1)._
2. Encouragement from the Lord in a vision (Acts 18:9).
3. Paul and Gallio (Acts 18:12...
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JOURNEY TO SYRIA. No special object, is stated; the facts are placed
before us abruptly, and some are hard to understand. An apostle is by
his office a traveller who does not give himself to any one c...
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After Paul had remained there many days longer he took leave of the
brethren and sailed away to Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila went with
him. At Cenchrea he had his head shorn for he had a vow. They...
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PREACHING IN CORINTH (Acts 18:1-11)
Its very position made Corinth (G2882) a key city of Greece. Greece
is almost cut in two by the sea. On one side is the Saronic Gulf with
its port of Cenchrea and...
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DESIRED. asked. Greek. _erotao._ App-134.
TARRY. Greek. _meno._ See p. 1511.
LONGER TIME. for (Greek. _epi._ App-104.) more time.
CONSENTED. Greek. _epineuo,_ to nod towards. Only here. Used in
med...
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PAUL LEAVES CORINTH TO GO INTO SYRIA, HALTING A SHORT TIME AT
CENCHREÆ, AND SOMEWHAT LONGER AT EPHESUS. HE LANDS AT CÆSAREA, GOES
UP TO JERUSALEM, AND FROM THENCE TO ANTIOCH, AND AFTER A TIME DEPARTS...
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παρ' αὐτοῖς omitted with אAB. Not represented in _Vulg_.
20. ἘΡΩΤΏΝΤΩΝ ΔῈ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν ἘΠῚ ΠΛΕΊΟΝΑ
ΧΡΌΝΟΝ ΜΕΙ͂ΝΑΙ, _and when they asked him to tarry a
longer time_. We need not from this suppose that more...
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_PAUL WATERED WHAT HE HAD PLANTED ACTS 18:18-23:_ At Cenchrea Paul
shaved his head because of a vow he had made. One would be hard
pressed to prove that this vow was one peculiar to the Law, which it...
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ΕΡΩΤΏΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΡΩΤΆΩ (G2065)
просить, спрашивать. _Gen. abs._ (уступки)
"хотя они просили его..." ΠΛΕΊΟΝΑ _acc. sing.
от_ ΠΛΕΊΩΝ _сотр. от_ ΠΟΛΎΣ (G4183) многий;
_сотр._ больший по...
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AND HE CAME TO EPHESUS,— For the short time that the apostle now
continued at Ephesus, which seems to have been but one sabbath-day, he
went into the synagogue, and discoursed with the Jews, and with...
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AT CENCHREA. Acts 18:18.
Acts 18:18
And Paul, having tarried after this yet many days, took his leave of
the brethren, and sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and
Aquila: having shorn hi...
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See notes on verse 19...
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When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented
not;
WHEN THEY DESIRED HIM TO TARRY LONGER TIME WITH THEM. The Jews seldom
rose against the Gospel until the successful preaching...
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3 While in Thessalonica he had been supported partly by gifts from
Philippi, but now he engaged in tentmaking as a means of. livelihood.
During his early days in Corinth his heart was continually occu...
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VISIT TO JERUSALEM. Paul probably sailed in a ship specially chartered
to convey Jews to Palestine to keep the Passover....
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ST PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY, 49, 50 A.D. (ACTS 15:36 TO ACTS
18:22)
Having secured the formal recognition by the Twelve of Gentile
Christianity, St. Paul was free to resume his missionary labo...
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SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONCLUDED)
1-18. St. Paul at Corinth. Corinth was the capital of the Roman
province of Achaia. The ancient town had been entirely destroyed in
146 b.c. by the Roman general...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 18
PAUL GOES TO CORINTH, 18:1-4
V1 After this, Paul left Athens and he went to Corinth. V2 In
Corinth, he met a *Jew called Aquila. Aquila had...
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WHEN THEY DESIRED HIM TO TARRY LONGER time with them. — This was,
obviously, a hopeful sign, the earnest of the fruitful labours that
followed. Nowhere, among the churches that he founded, does St. Pa...
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CHAPTER 14
THE EPHESIAN CHURCH AND ITS FOUNDATION.
Acts 18:19; Acts 18:24; Acts 19:1
EPHESUS has been from very ancient times a distinguished city. It was
famous in the religious history of Asia Min...
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ἐπένευσεν : only here in N.T., but _cf._ 2Ma 4:10; 2Ma
11:15; 2Ma 14:20, frequent in classical Greek. St. Paul must have had
some very pressing reason for refusing such an invitation from his own
coun...
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NEW HELPERS IN THE GOSPEL
Acts 18:18
In unimportant matters Paul was still amenable to Hebrew customs and
rites, Acts 18:18. Probably he desired to conciliate his Judaizing
opponents so far as he cou...
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Leaving Athens, the center of the intellectual life of Greece, Paul
came to Corinth, its commercial center. There he joined Aquila, and
gave himself to the work of tent-making, while reasoning on the...
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Paul's Return to Antioch
Paul spent a short time preaching in the synagogue in Ephesus. He
promised to return if it was God's will, left Priscilla and Aquila and
sailed on to Caesarea. The apostle ma...
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(7) When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them, he
consented not;
(7) The apostles were carried about not by the will of man, but by the
leading of the Holy Spirit....
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He must expedite and see the churches in different countries again,...
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And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection
with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
(13) Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary...
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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At Thessalonica Paul twice received succour from Philippi; at Corinth,
where money and commerce abounded, he does not take it, but quietly
works with two of his countrymen of the same trade as himself...
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WHEN THEY DESIRED HIM TO TARRY LONGER TIME WITH THEM,.... Either
Aquila and Priscilla, whom he left here, for here they were, as is
certain from AC 18:24,26 or rather the Jews with whom he reasoned, w...
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When they desired _him_ to tarry longer time with them, he consented
not;
Ver. 20. _He consented not_] Though lovingly invited, and otherwise
easy to be entreated. There was therefore something in it...
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_And he came to Ephesus_ The ship in which they sailed probably having
occasion to touch there. _And he entered into the synagogue, and
reasoned with the Jews_ Upon whom his discourse made such an
imp...
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When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented
not,...
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THE RETURN TRIP TO ANTIOCH AND THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD JOURNEY.
From Corinth to Antioch:...
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Paul leaves Athens and is directed to Corinth, a city as loose and
licentious as Athens, but where the gospel nevertheless found a
response. There he found a Jew named Aquila who had come with his wif...
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WHEN THEY ASKED _HIM_ TO STAY A LONGER TIME WITH THEM, HE DID NOT
CONSENT,
1. They asked him to stay longer. There is some discussion about who
wanted to him to stay.
1. The Jews at the synagogue....
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18-23 While Paul found he laboured not in vain, he continued
labouring. Our times are in God's hand; we purpose, but he disposes;
therefore we must make all promises with submission to the will of
Go...
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THEY DESIRED; that is, Aquila and Priscilla, whom Paul would not yield
unto. HE CONSENTED NOT; by God's wonderful providence, which overrules
all our inclinations; Paul having greater things to do and...
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Acts 18:20 When G1161 they G846 asked G2065 (G5723) stay G3306 (G5658)
longer G1909 G4119 time...
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Acts 18:20. WHEN THEY DESIRED HIM TO TARRY LONGER WITH THEM. Ephesus
appears to have been, from these days onward, favourably disposed to
receive the gospel. This earnest request to Paul to stay longe...
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WHEN THEY ASKED HIM
(ερωτωντων αυτων). Genitive absolute of present
participle of ερωταω, old verb to ask a question, common in
_Koine_ to make a request as here.HE CONSENTED NOT
(ουκ επενευσεν)....
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Paul had been preaching the gospel at Athens to the most famous men of
that city gathered at Areopagus.
Acts 18:1. _After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to
Corinth:_
Another most i...
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CONTENTS: Paul at Corinth. The careless Gallio. Paul takes a Jewish
vow. Apollos at Ephesus.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paul, Aquila, Priscilla, Claudius, Silas, Timothy,
Justus, Crispus, Gallio, Sosthenes,...
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Acts 18:2. _Claudius had commanded all jews to depart from Rome._
Suetonius says that this was on account of Chrestus, [Christ] who
continually excited disturbances. This edict was issued in the ninth...
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PAUL STAYED ON IN CORINTH. This may be included in the year and a half
(Acts 18:11). The point is that he was not forced to leave the area by
what the Jews were doing. THEN LEFT THEM AND SAILED OFF. H...
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_And Paul after this tarried there a good while._
PREPARING FOR LABOUR
1. Paul has conquered his position in Corinth. He seemed to have
acquired a right to remain there. And after tarrying “a good
wh...
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_And he went through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches._
PAUL AS A MODEL FOR ALL GOSPEL MINISTERS
He recognises the importance of--
I. Establishing new converts in the faith. In this visit...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 18:1 Corinth was Paul’s last major place of
witness on his second journey.
⇐ ⇔...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 18:18. HAVING SHORN HIS HEAD AT CENCHREA, FOR HE HAD A VOW.—The
uncertainties connected with this passage are three:
1. Whether Aquila (Kuinoel, Meyer, Wendt, Zöckler) or Paul...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 18:1
_He _for _Paul, _A.V. and T.R. AFTER THESE THINGS, etc. No hint is
given by St. Luke as to the length of Paul's sojourn at Athens. But as
the double journey of the Beroeans, who...
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Let's turn now to the eighteenth chapter of Acts as we continue our
study through the Bible. At the end of the study last week, the end of
chapter seventeen, we found Paul speaking to the Epicurean an...
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1 Corinthians 16:12; Acts 20:16; Acts 21:13; Acts 21:14; Mark 1:37;...