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CHAPTER XVIII.
_Paul, leaving Athens, comes to Corinth, meets with Aquila and_
_Priscilla, and labours with them at tent-making_, 1-3.
_He preaches, and proves that Jesus was the Christ_, 4, 5.
_T...
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AFTER THESE THINGS - After what occurred at Athens, as recorded in the
previous chapter.
CAME TO CORINTH - Corinth was the capital of Achaia, called anciently
Ephyra, and was seated on the isthmus whi...
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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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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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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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PAUL. Texts read "he".
DEPARTED. See Acts 1:1; Acts 1:4.
TO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. Probably in spring of A.D. 52. See App-180.
CORINTH. At this time the political capital of Greece and seat of the...
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Acts 18:1. 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
1. _After these things Paul departed_ The...
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δὲ after ΜΕΤᾺ omitted with אAB. Not represented in _Vulg_.
ὁ Παῦλος omitted with אBD. Not represented in _Vulg_.
1. ΜΕΤᾺ ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ ΧΩΡΙΣΘΕῚΣ … ἯΛΘΕΝ, _after
these things he departed and came_. The ὁ Πα...
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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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ΧΩΡΙΣΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_
ΧΩΡΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G5563) покидать,
ΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) идти,
приходить. О городе Коринф _см._ James
Wiseman, "Corinth and Rome I: 228 В....
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TO CORINTH;— Achaia Propria was a part of Greece, and _Corinth_ the
metropolis of Achaia Propria. It was a famous mart town; for, by
standing in the middle of the isthmus, it had the trade of both the...
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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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XVIII: 1. Having met with so little encouragement in the literary
capital of Greece, the apostle next resorts to its chief commercial
emporium. (1) “_After these things Paul departed from Athens, and...
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After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
Paul, Arriving at Corinth, Takes UP his Abode with Aquila, (18:1-3)
AFTER THESE THINGS PAUL - or 'And he' (the authorities for bo...
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19 The hill called the Areopagus (Latin, Mars' Hill), just a few steps
above the Market Place, was a most fitting forum for the folly of God
to defeat the wisdom of the world. At Rome Paul's weakness...
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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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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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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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XVIII.
(1) AND CAME TO CORINTH. — The journey may have been either by land
along the Isthmus of Corinth, or by sea from the Piræus to Cenchreæ.
The position of Corinth on the Isthmus, with a harbour o...
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CHAPTER 13
ST. PAUL IN GREECE.
Acts 17:16; Acts 18:1
THERE are parallelisms in history which are very striking, and yet
these parallelisms can be easily explained. The stress and strain of
di...
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μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα : in continuation of the narrative, _cf._
Luke 10:1. χωρισθεὶς : in Acts 1:4 with ἀπό, and so
usually only here with ἐκ, departure from Athens emphasised,
because events had compelled th...
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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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Paul Travelled to Corinth
Luke did not explain why Paul left Athens or how he journeyed on to
Corinth (Acts 18:1). The apostle may have grown weary of the so called
intellectuals of Athens who continu...
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After (1) these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
(1) The true ministers are so far from seeking their own profit, that
they willingly depart from what is rightfully theirs, rath...
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After Paul's rejection by the grave council of the Areopagus, leaving
Athens, he traveled on southwest eighty miles to the beautiful and
magnificent city of Corinth, standing on a rich plain immediate...
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CONTENTS
We have the great Apostle Paul here represented as working with his
Hands for his daily Bread. He preacheth at Corinth. He is opposed by
the Jews. He is encouraged by a Vision. He departs to...
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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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1.This history is worthy to be remembered even for this one cause,
because it containeth the first beginning of the Church of Corinthus,
which, as it was famous for good causes, both because of 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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AFTER THESE THINGS,.... The Arabic version renders it, "after these
words, or discourses"; after the apostle's disputation with the
philosophers, and his sermon in the Areopagus, the effects of which...
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After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
Ver. 1. _And came to Corinth_] A city very rich, but very loose and
luxurious. _Magna cognatio ut rei sic nominis, divitiis et vitii...
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_And after these things Paul departed_, &c. After having so
unsuccessfully preached to the philosophers and others in Athens, the
apostle judged it needless any longer to attempt the conversion of men...
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CORINTH; the capital of Achaia, a province of Greece....
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AFTER THESE THINGS PAUL DEPARTED FROM ATHENS AND CAME TO CORINTH,...
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PAUL AT CORINTH.
Aquila and Priscilla and the beginning of the work:...
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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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AFTER THESE THINGS PAUL DEPARTED FROM ATHENS AND WENT TO CORINTH.
1. Paul is still alone. Luke remains at Philippi. Silas and Timothy
are at Berea.
2. All the team will eventually be joined together...
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"After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth"Came
to Corinth" "The journey may have been either by land along the
Isthmus of Corinth, or by sea from Piraesus to Cenchrea.' (Reese p...
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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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ACTS CHAPTER 18 ACTS 18:1 Paul worketh for his subsistence, and
preacheth Christ at Corinth, first to the Jews, and, upon their
opposing and blaspheming, to the Gentiles with more success. ACTS 18:9
H...
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XVIII: 1. Having met with so little encouragement in the literary
capital of Greece, the apostle next resorts to its chief commercial
emporium. (1) “_ After these things Paul departed from Athens, and...
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Acts 18:1 G1161 After G3326 things G5023 Paul G3972 departed G5563
(G5685) from G1537 Athens G116 went...
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SUCCESSFUL MINISTRY IN CORINTH (18:1-17).
Paul had recognised that in a small town like Athens he could well
spare his companions and had sent Timothy off to Thessalonica, and
Silas to Macedonia, pos...
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‘After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.'
It was, then, from the small city of Athens to this large capital city
of Achaia that Paul now came. There is no hint that this move...
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Acts 18:1. CAME TO CORINTH. The Corinth which was so intimately
connected with the life and work of Paul was a new city, comparatively
speaking. The old city of the same name, so renowned in Grecian s...
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TO CORINTH
(εις Κορινθον). Mummius had captured and destroyed Corinth
B.C. 146. It was restored by Julius Caesar B.C. 46 as a boom town and
made a colony. It was now the capital of the province of A...
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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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AND WENT ON TO CORINTH. This distance is forty-five miles by sea. The
Romans had destroyed this city in 146 B.C., and it had been rebuilt by
Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. It was a _gateway_ for commerce be...
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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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_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 18:1. 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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1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Timothy
4:20;...
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Found. "A Jewish guild always keeps together, whether in street or
synagogue. In Alexandria the different trades sat in the synagogue
arranged into guilds; and St. Paul could have no difficulty in
mee...
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Paul departing from Athens — He did not stay there long. The
philosophers there were too easy, too indolent, and too wise in their
own eyes to receive the Gospel....
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The foregoing chapter acquainted us with the small success which St.
Paul found of his ministry at Athens: upon his preaching Jesus and the
resurrection there, the philosophers and wise men mocked and...