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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19 - Introduction

* Paul instructs the disciples of John at Ephesus. (1-7) He teaches there. (8-12) The Jewish exorcists disgraced. Some Ephesians burn their evil books. (13-20) The tumult at Ephesus. (21-31) The tumult appeased. (32-41)

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE HOLY GHOST IS GIVEN BY PAUL'S HANDS: THE JEWS BLASPHEME HIS DOCTRINE, WHICH IS CONFIRMED BY MIRACLES. THE JEWISH EXORCISTS ARE BEATEN BY THE MAN POSSESSED BY THE EVIL SPIRIT. MAGICAL BOOKS ARE BU...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Combined Bible Commentary

    XIX: 1-7. Having sketched briefly the visit of Apollos to Ephesus, and thus prepared the way for an account of Paul's labors in the same city, the historian now reaches the point for which he had so h...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:2 up; (a-21) The word means 'receiving,' but with the prefix ( _ ana_ ) 'up,' as here, it has the active sense of 'taking up.' It is so translated except in 1 Timothy 3:16 . The more passive recepti...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    XIX: 1-7. Having sketched briefly the visit of Apollos to Ephesus, and thus prepared the way for an account of Paul's labors in the same city, the historian now reaches the point for which he had so h...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CHAPTER 19 THE PROGRESS OF THE THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY (PAUL AND TIMOTHY) § 1. Paul’s Return to Ephesus; or, the Re-Baptism of some Disciples of John (Acts 19:1). § 2. A Three Years’ Ministry in...

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