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ACTS 18:2-4
The original form of the Western text, which in verses Acts 18:2 and
Acts 18:3 codex Bezae presents in a form somewhat accommodated to the
A...
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Verse Acts 18:4. _HE REASONED IN THE SYNAGOGUE EVERY SABBATH_]
Discoursed at large concerning Jesus as the Messiah, proving this
point from their own Scriptures, collated with the facts of our Lord's...
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AND HE REASONED ... - See the notes on Acts 17:2....
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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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PAUL AT CORINTH. Corinth (p. 832), the seat of the Roman proconsul,
was to the Christian missionary as good a field as Athens was the
opposite. A great seaport, it was much addicted to vice and luxury...
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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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After this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth. There he found a Jew
called Aquila, who was a native of Pontus, but who had newly arrived
from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had decr...
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REASONED. Greek. _dialegomai._ See Acts 17:2; Acts 17:17.
SYNAGOGUE. App-120. In the museum at Corinth is. fragment of. stone
with the inscription, (_suna_) _goge hebr_ (_aion_). synagogue of the
Hebr...
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_and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks_ There are no articles in the
original and they are omitted in the _Revised Version_. No doubt, as
in other Gentile cities, the religion of the Jews in Corinth g...
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ἜΠΕΙΘΈΝ ΤΕ ἸΟΥΔΑΊΟΥΣ ΚΑῚ ἝΛΛΗΝΑΣ, _and
persuaded both Jews and Greeks_. No doubt as in other Gentile cities,
the religion of the Jews in Corinth gained the attention of many among
the Gentiles, who as...
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Acts 18:1-11. PAUL GOES FROM ATHENS TO CORINTH, LABOURS THERE WITH HIS
OWN HANDS FOR HIS MAINTENANCE. HE IS ENCOURAGED IN HIS PREACHING BY A
VISION OF THE LORD...
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_PAUL'S GREAT SUCCESS AT CORINTH ACTS 18:1-11:_ After Paul's sermon in
the Areopagus and the good result of it he traveled to Corinth. At
Corinth he associated with Aquila and his wife Priscilla. They...
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ΔΙΕΛΈΓΕΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΔΙΑΛΈΓΟΜΑΙ
(G1256) обсуждать, спорить, дискутировать
(_см._ Acts 17:2). Iterat. _impf._ указывает на
повторяющееся действие,
ΈΠΕΙΘΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΊΘΩ ...
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AND HE REASONED, &C.— Philo informs us, that many Jews inhabited
Corinth, and the chief and best parts of Peloponnesus. And St. Luke in
this place, as well as St. Paul in his two epistles to the
Corin...
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IN CORINTH. Acts 18:1-17.
Acts 18:1
After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
Acts 18:2
And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race,
lately come from Ita...
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4, 5. Notwithstanding all the discouragements of his situation, he
devoted the Sabbaths, and whatever portion of the week his manual
labor would permit, to the great work. (4) "_But he discoursed ever...
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And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the
Jews and the Greeks.
AND HE REASONED ('OR DISCOURSED') IN THE SYNAGOGUE OVERT SABBATH, AND
PERSUADED, [ epeithen (G3982)] - 'sough...
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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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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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HE PERSUADED THE JEWS AND THE GREEKS. — It is necessary to remind
the reader that the latter word does not mean Greek-speaking Jews, or
proselytes in the full sense of the word, but, as elsewhere (see...
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διελέγετο δὲ … ἔπειθέ τε : “and he used to
discourse … and tried to persuade,” so Ramsay, marking the
imperfects, see also Hackett's note. Ἐλληνας : proselytes,
since they are represented as in the sy...
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A GREAT MINISTRY IN A GREAT CITY
Acts 18:1
Paul tells us, in 1 Corinthians 2:1, that he entered Corinth with fear
and trembling and made no effort to attract by human wisdom or
eloquence. From the f...
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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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Preaching in Corinth
Following his normal pattern, Paul first preached in the synagogue in
Corinth. During that time, Silas and Timothy once again joined the
apostle's company. Silas may have come fro...
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(2) And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and (b) persuaded
the Jews and the Greeks.
(2) The truth ought always to be freely uttered, yet nonetheless the
doctrine may be moderated in accord...
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_Introducing the name of the Lord Jesus. These words are found in few
Greek copies, and so are omitted in the Protestant translation.
(Witham)_...
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Felicitously, there is a large synagogue of Jews at Corinth, and it is
too far from Northern Greece for his persecutors to follow him. So he
works all the week and preaches every Sabbath in the synago...
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After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth; (2)
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from
Italy, with his wife Priscilla; because that (Claudius had...
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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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4._He disputed in the synagogue _It is a wonder how that crept in
which is in the Latin books, − (317) that Paul put in the name of
Christ: unless it were because some reader would supply the want o...
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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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AND HE REASONED IN THE SYNAGOGUE EVERY SABBATH,.... In Corinth there
was a synagogue of the Jews, in which they met together for worship on
the seventh day of the week, which was their sabbath; and hi...
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And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews
and the Greeks.
Ver. 4. _Persuaded the Jews_] Men may speak persuasively, but God
only can persuade. Genesis 9:27, Japheth's chi...
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_And he reasoned in the synagogue_, &c. The Jews being numerous in
Corinth, Paul, according to his custom, began his ministry in the
synagogue; _and persuaded_ That is, endeavoured to persuade; _the J...
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PERSUADED THE JEWS; that Jesus was the Christ....
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PAUL AT CORINTH.
Aquila and Priscilla and the beginning of the work:...
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AND HE REASONED IN THE SYNAGOGUE EVERY SABBATH, AND PERSUADED THE JEWS
AND THE GREEKS....
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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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AND HE REASONED IN THE SYNAGOGUE EVERY SABBATH, AND PERSUADED BOTH
JEWS AND GREEKS.
1. Paul was making tents during the week and speaking in the synagogue
every Sabbath day.
2. He was teaching Jews...
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"And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews
and Greeks"Reasoned" This reasoning would be from the O.T. Scriptures
(Acts 17:2). Notice how Paul felt that preaching was based upo...
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1-6 Though Paul was entitled to support from the churches he planted,
and from the people to whom he preached, yet he worked at his calling.
An honest trade, by which a man may get his bread, is not...
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HE REASONED IN THE SYNAGOGUE; or argued and disputed, giving his
reasons out of Scripture, and answering their objections. AND
PERSUADED THE JEWS; not only using cogent arguments, but, as some
underst...
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4, 5. Notwithstanding all the discouragements of his situation, he
devoted the Sabbaths, and whatever portion of the week his manual
labor would permit, to the great work. (4) "_ But he discoursed eve...
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Acts 18:4 And G1161 reasoned G1256 (G5711) in G1722 synagogue G4864
G2596 every G3956 Sabbath G4521 and...
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Acts 18:4. AND HE REASONED IN THE SYNAGOGUE EVERY SABBATH. According
to his invariable custom, speaking the things of the kingdom, first to
his own countrymen, and to the strangers who loved the God o...
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HE REASONED
(διελεγετο). Imperfect middle, same form as in Acts 17:17
about Paul's work in Athens, here only on the Sabbaths.PERSUADED
(επειθεν). Imperfect active, conative, he tried to persuade...
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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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HE ARGUED IN THE SYNAGOGUE. After working six days making tents, he
spent the seventh day proclaiming the Good News of Christ....
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_And found a certain Jew named Aquila … with his wife Priscilla._
AQUILA AND PRISCILLA
No book is less systematic than the Bible, yet none has so complete a
code of faith and duty. Its statements of...
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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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_After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth._
PAUL AT CORINTH
Paul entered, not the grand, classical Corinth, but a sort of
afterglow Corinth. The old city had been destroyed by...
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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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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 18:4 GREEKS. God-fearers.
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 18:1. PAUL.—Omitted in the best texts. How long the Apostle
stayed in Athens—Weiseler suggests fourteen days; Ramsay, three or
four weeks—and how he CAME TO CORINTH, whether b...
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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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2 Chronicles 32:11; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Acts 13:14; Acts 14:1;...
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Observe here, How vehemently desirous the holy apostle was to plant.
Christian church at Corinth, and to bring the Jews of Corinth to
embrace the gospel: HE WAS PRESSED IN SPIRIT, AND TESTIFIED, that...