Acts 18:28

For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. FOR HE MIGHTILY CONVINCED THE JEWS, [ eutonoos (G2159) diakateelengcheto (G1246)] - 'stoutly bore down, 'foiled' or 'confuted' them: the expression is very emphatic. AND [THAT] PUBLICLY, [ deemosia (G1219)] - not in the synagogue merely, for in that case it would have likely been named (as in Acts 17:1; Acts 17:10; and Ac...

− 28._He overcame the Jews. _By this it appeareth to what use that ability which Apollos had (in that he was mighty in the Holy Scriptures) did serve; to wit, because he had a strong and forcible proof to reprove and overcome the enemies withal. Also, the state of the disputation is briefly set down, that Jesus is Christ. For this was out of question among the Jews, that Christ was promised to be the deliverer; but it was a hard matter to persuade them that Jesus, the Son of Mary, was this Christ, through whom salvation was offered. Therefore, it was expedient for Apollos so to dispute concerning the office of Christ, that he might prove that the testimonies of the Scripture were fulfilled in the Son of Mary; and that he might thereby gather that he was Christ. − Also, this place doth testify, that the Scripture is profitable not only to teach, but also to break the obstinacy of those w...

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 as to the mystery of them. Though he had not the miraculous gifts of the Spirit, as the apostles, he made use of the gifts he had. The dispensation of the Spirit, whatever the measure of it may be, is given to every man to profit withal. He was a lively, affectionate preacher; fervent in spirit. He was full of zeal for the glory of God and the salvation of precious souls. Here was a complete man of God, thoroughly furnished for his work. Aquila and Priscilla encouraged his ministry, by attendance upon it. They did not despise Apollos themselves, or undervalue him to others; but considered the disadvantages he had laboured under. And having themselves got knowledge in the truths of the gospel...

Verse Acts 18:28. _HE MIGHTILY CONVINCED THE JEWS_] ευτονως διακατηλεγχετο; _He vehemently confuted_ the Jews; and that _publicly_, not in private conferences, but in his public preaching: _showing by the scriptures_ of the _Old Testament_, which the Jews received as divinely inspired, _that Jesus_, who had lately appeared among them, and whom they had crucified, _was the Christ_, the promised Messiah, and that there was salvation in none other; and that they must receive him _as the Messiah_, in order to escape the wrath to come. This they refused to do; and we know the consequence. Their city was sacked, their temple burnt, their whole civil and religious polity subverted, more than a million of themselves killed, and the rest scattered over the face of the earth. 1. THE _Christian religion_ did not _hide_ itself in corners an

FOR HE MIGHTILY CONVINCED THE JEWS - He did it by strong arguments; he bore down all opposition, and effectually silenced them. AND THAT PUBLICLY - In his public preaching in the synagogue and elsewhere. SHOWING BY THE SCRIPTURES - Proving from the Old Testament. Showing that Jesus of Nazareth corresponded with the account of the Messiah given by the prophets. See the notes on John 5:39. THAT JESUS WAS CHRIST - See the margin. That Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah....

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 accompanied him to Athens, back to Beraea, and of Timothy from Beraea to Athens, amounted to above five hundred miles, we cannot suppose it to have been less than a month; and it may have been a good deal more. His reasonings in the synagogue with the Jews and devout Greeks, apparently on successive sabbaths, his daily disputations in the Agora, apparently not begun till after he had "waited" some time for Silas and Timothy, the knowledge he had acquired of the numerous temples and altars at Athens, and the phrase with which this chapter begins, all indicate a stay of some length. CAME TO CORINTH. If by land, a forty

FOR HE MIGHTILY CONVINCED THE JEWS,.... His reasoning was so strong and nervous, his arguments so weighty and powerful, and the passages he produced out of the Old Testament so full and pertinent, that the Jews were not able to stand against him; they could not object to the texts of Scripture he urged, nor to the sense he gave of them, nor answer the arguments founded upon them; he was an overmatch for them; they were refuted by him over and over, and were confounded to the last degree: AND THAT PUBLICLY, in their synagogue, before all the people; which increased their shame and confusion; and was the means of spreading the Gospel, of bringing others to the faith of it, and of establishing them in it, who had already received it: showing by the Scriptures; of the Old Testament, which the Jews received and acknowledged as the word of God: THAT JESUS WAS CHRIST; or that Christ, that Mes...

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 important city of Greece, where he struck at the very center of the country by preaching the gospel, since these were the centers of commerce, and also of literature. Acts 18:2. _And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them._ Lodged with them. Acts 18:3. And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their

THAT JESUS Apollos' ministry seems to have gone no further; Jesus was the long expected Messiah. Of Paul's doctrine of justification through the blood, and sanctification through the Spirit, he seems at that time to have known nothing. See (Acts 19:3)....

ACTS 18:28 dhmosi,a| evpideiknu,j The Western text (î38 D 383 614 itd) expands the account so as to read dhmosi,a| dialego,menoj kai. (î38 om. kai,) evpideiknu,j (“discoursing publicly and showing”)....