Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 18:25
See notes on verse 24
See notes on verse 24
ACTS 18:25 ou-toj h=n kathchme,noj th.n o`do.n tou/ kuri,ou The Western addition (D itgig) of evn th|/ patri,di after kathchme,noj (“who had been instructed _in his own country_ in the word of the Lo...
Verse Acts 18:25. _THIS MAN WAS INSTRUCTED IN THE WAY OF THE LORD_] κατηχημενος; He was _catechized, initiated_, in _the way_, the _doctrine_, of Jesus as the Christ. _BEING FERVENT IN THE SPIRIT_]...
THIS MAN WAS INSTRUCTED - Greek: was catechised. He was instructed, in some degree, into the knowledge of the Christian religion. By whom this was done we have no information. IN THE WAY OF THE LORD -...
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...
APOLLOS AT EPHESUS. Apollos is well known to us from 1 Cor.; his name was adopted by one of the Corinthian parties as their standard (1 Corinthians 1:12 *). Here we learn more about him, that he was a...
A Jew called Apollos, who was a native of Alexandria and a man of culture, arrived in Ephesus. He was able to use the scriptures to great effect. This man had been instructed in The Way of the Lord. H...
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...
THIS MAN. This one. INSTRUCTED. Greek. _katecheo._ See notes on Acts 21:21; Acts 21:24.Luke 1:4.Romans 2:18. Compare Engl, "catechise". in
ἸΗΣΟΥ͂ for Κυρίου with אABDEL. _Vulg_. ‘Jesu.’ 25. ΟὟΤΟΣ ἯΝ ΚΑΤΗΧΗΜΈΝΟΣ ΤῊΝ ὉΔῸΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΥΡΊΟΝ, _this man was instructed in the way of the Lord_. The verb κατηχέω (whence our ‘catechize’) implies a cour...
24–28. VISIT OF APOLLOS TO EPHESUS, AND HIS TEACHING THERE. HE IS MORE FULLY INSTRUCTED BY AQUILA AND PRISCILLA, AND AFTERWARDS PASSING OVER INTO ACHAIA, PREACHES CHRIST THERE WITH GREAT POWER...
_AN ACCOUNT OF APOLLO'S SPIRITUAL GROWTH ACTS 18:24-28:_ Apollos came to Ephesus. He was powerful in speech and prudent. This man had a great knowledge of Scriptures, but he knew only the baptism of J...
ΉΝ _impf. act. ind. от_ ΕΙΜΊ, _см._ Acts 18:7. ΚΑΤΗΧΗΜΈΝΟΣ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΚΑΤΗΧΈΩ (G2727) информировать, наставлять, учить, повторяя; вкладывать в уши, поучать устно, словесно (RWP; TLNT; TDN...
DISCOURSE: 1793 CHARACTER AND MINISTRY OF APOLLOS Acts 18:24. And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man was instruct...
AND BEING FERVENT IN THE SPIRIT,— The baptism of John, we find, ch. Acts 19:2 was attended with very imperfect instruction or divine illuminations; yet upon that baptism, and the grace he had received...
AT EPHESUS. Acts 18:24 Acts 19:41 a. Apollos teaching the baptism of John is corrected by Priscilla and Aquila. Acts 19:24-28. Acts 19:24
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. THIS MAN WAS INSTRUCTED IN...
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...
18:25 exactly (a-20) As ver. 26. Luke 1:3 , 'accurately.'...
Apollos at Ephesus. 24. Apollos] The name is a contraction of Apollonius. He is mentioned again Acts 19:1; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:4.;...
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY, AUG. 52 A.D. TO PENTECOST 56 A.D. (ACTS 18:23 TO ACTS 21:16) 23. Visit to Galatia. St. Paul revisits Antioch in Syria and the Churches of Galatia and Phrygia, founded in the...
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...
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...
THIS MAN WAS INSTRUCTED IN THE WAY OF THE LORD. — Better, _had been instructed._ The verb is the same as that used in Luke 1:1 (where see Note), and was afterwards used technically in the form of _Cat...
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...
See critical note on the proposed omission of the verse and reading also in. κατηχ., _cf._ Luke 1:4, “taught by word of mouth,” R.V., margin;. adds ἐν τῇ πατρίδι, and Blass holds that we may learn fro...
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...
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...
Apollos At Ephesus, an Alexandrian Jew named Apollos, who was an eloquent speaker, began to preach about Jesus. Luke assured Theophilus that Apollos was mighty in the scriptures and very accurate in...
_“He was instructed in the way of the Lord, and, boiling over in spirit, he continued to speak and teach clearly the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.”_ God's salvation has be...
And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. (25) This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spiri...
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...
− 25._He was instructed. _That which Luke addeth shortly after seemeth not to agree with this commendation, to wit, that he knew only the baptism of John. But this latter member is added by way of cor...
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...
THIS MAN WAS INSTRUCTED IN THE WAY OF THE LORD,.... Which John, whose baptism he only knew, came to prepare: the word here used signifies "catechised"; and suggests, that he was trained up by his pare...
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. Ver. 25. _Taught diligently_]...
_And a certain Jew_, &c. While Paul was thus visiting the churches of Galatia and Phrygia, there came to Ephesus _a Jew, named Apollos_ A native of Alexandria in Egypt; _an eloquent man, and mighty in...
THIS MAN WAS INSTRUCTED IN THE WAY OF THE LORD; so far as it was revealed in the Old Testament, and made known by the preaching of John the Baptist....
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John....
The beginning of the third missionary journey:...
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...
THIS MAN HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED IN THE WAY OF THE LORD; AND BEING FERVENT IN SPIRIT, HE SPOKE AND TAUGHT ACCURATELY THE THINGS OF THE LORD, THOUGH HE KNEW ONLY THE BAPTISM OF JOHN. 1. He knew his Bible...
24-28 Apollos taught in the gospel of Christ, as far as John's ministry would carry him, and no further. We cannot but think he had heard of Christ's death and resurrection, but he was not informed a...
INSTRUCTED; catechised, or taught, _viva voce. In the way of the Lord; _ Christ, who hath by his precepts and example tanght us the way to happiness. FERVENT IN THE SPIRIT; very zealous to promote God...
Acts 18:25 man G3778 been G2258 (G5713) instructed G2727 (G5772) way G3598 Lord G2962 and G2532 fervent...
‘This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.' It would appear that A...
THE MINISTRY OF APOLLOS IN EPHESUS. HE IS INSTRUCTED IN THE WAY OF THE LORD (18:24-26). Meanwhile there arrived in the west of Asia Minor, in Ephesus, which Paul had visited but had not yet really eva...
Acts 18:25. THIS MAN WAS INSTRUCTED IN THE WAY OF THE LORD. The phrase ‘way of the Lord' is used again in relation to the work of the Baptist (Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3). ‘The Lord' here signifies ‘Christ...
HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED IN THE WAY OF THE LORD (ην κατηχημενος την οδον του κυριου). Periphrastic past perfect passive of κατηχεω, rare in the old Greek and not in the LXX from κατα and ηχεω (ηχω, sound...
INSTRUCTED Taught by word of mouth, or, hearsay, that is, not by revelation. Compare (Galatians 1:11); (Galatians 1:12). The New Testament Scriptures were not then written....
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...
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,...
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...
A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS. Alexandria was the cultural center of the Greek-speaking Jews. The Septuagint [Greek translation of the Old Testament] was written there; and the most magnificent synagogu...
And after he had spent some time [at Antioch] he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia._--_ PAUL’S THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY 1. Nothing was said as to who went with him from C...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 18:25 Apollos KNEW ONLY THE BAPTISM OF JOHN. This suggests that he had not heard about the baptism that Jesus commanded after his resurrection (see Matthew 28:1
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 18:23. THE REGION OF GALATIA AND PHRYGIA.—See on Acts 16:6. Acts 18:24. A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS—a diminutive or pet name for Apollomos, which occurs in Codex D. (Ramsay)....
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...
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...
1 Samuel 12:23; 2 Timothy 2:4; Acts 13:10; Acts 16:17; Acts 19:23;...
Instructed. See on Luke 1:4. Fervent [ζ ε ω ν]. Fervent, which is formed from the participle of the Latin ferveo, to boil or ferment, is an exact translation of this word, which means to seethe or bu...
This man had been instructed — Though not perfectly, in the way of the Lord — In the doctrine of Christ. Knowing only the baptism of John — Only what John taught those whom he baptized, namely, to rep...