Acts 19:12

So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them. SO THAT FROM ('EVEN FROM') HIS BODY WERE BROUGHT - `brought away' is the preferable reading [ apoferesthai (G667)] -- UNTO THE SICK HANDKERCHIEFS OR APRONS. The meaning is, that both were brought, and that the cures were performed whether the one or the other were used. See the note at Acts 5:15. AND THE DISEASES DEPARTED FROM THEM, AND THE EVIL SPIRITS WENT OUT OF THEM. How different were these miracles from the magical arts practiced at Ephesus! (Acts 19:18.) "God...

8-12 When arguments and persuasions only harden men in unbelief and blasphemy, we must separate ourselves and others from such unholy company. God was pleased to confirm the teaching of these holy men of old, that if their hearers believed them not, they might believe the works....

Verse Acts 19:12. _HANDKERCHIEFS OR APRONS_] Σουδαρια η σιμικινθια, Probably the _sudaria_ were a sort of handkerchiefs, which, in travelling, were always carried in the hand, for the convenience of wiping the face; and the _simikinthia_ were either the sashes or girdles that went about the loins. These, borrowed from the apostle, and applied to the bodies of the diseased, became the means, in the hand of God, of their restoration to health. _THE DISEASES DEPARTED FROM THEM, AND THE EVIL SPIRITS WENT OUT_ _OF THEM._] Here, there is a most evident distinction made between the _diseases_ and the _evil spirits_: hence they were not _one_ and the _same thing_....

SO THAT FROM HIS BODY - That is, those handkerchiefs which had been applied to his body, which he had used, or which he had touched. An instance somewhat similar to this occurs in the case of the woman who was healed by touching the hem of the Saviour’s garment, Matthew 9:20.UNTO THE SICK - The sick who were at a distance, and who were unable to go where he was. If it be asked why this was done, it may be observed: (1) That the working of miracles in that region would greatly contribute to the spread of the gospel. (2) We are not to suppose that there was any efficacy in the aprons thus brought, or in the mere fact that they had touched the body of Paul, anymore than there was in the hem of the Saviour’s garment which the woman touched, or in the clay which he made use of to open

EXPOSITION ACTS 19:1 _Country _for _coasts, _A.V.; _found _for _finding, _A.V. and T.R. THE UPPER COUNTRY (τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη); the inland districts of Galatia and Phrygia, through which St. Paul journeyed on his way to Ephesus, as distinguished from the seacoast on which Ephesus stood. DISCIPLES. They were like Apollos, believers in the Lord Jesus through the preaching of John the Baptist. It looks as if they were companions of Apollos, and had come with him from Alexandria, perhaps for some purpose of trade or Commerce. ACTS 19:2 _And he said _for _he said, _A.V. and T.R.; _did ye receive _for _have ye received, _A.V.; _when _for _since, _A.V.

SO THAT FROM HIS BODY WERE BROUGHT UNTO THE SICK,.... The Ethiopic version renders it, "from the extremity", or "border of his garment"; and the Syriac version, "from the garments which were upon his body"; were brought and put upon the sick; that is, of the clothes which the apostle wore, some of them were taken and carried to sick persons, and used by them: particularly "handkerchiefs" or "aprons"; the former were such as he might use to wipe his face with, and remove sweat, or any filth from the body; and the latter, what he might wear as a mechanic, when working at his trade: AND THE DISEASES DEPARTED FROM THEM, AND THE EVIL SPIRITS WENT OUT OF THEM; who were afflicted and possessed with them; these were some of the special and uncommon miracles wrought by the hands of the apostle, and which were wrought in an uncommon way; and which most clearly showed that they were wrought by a d...

CHAPTER 19 _ 1. The second visit of Paul to Ephesus. The twelve disciples of John (Acts 19:1)._ 2. The Apostle's continued labors. The separation of the disciples. The Province Asia evangelized (Acts 19:8). 3. The Power of God and the Power of Satan (Acts 19:11). 4. Paul plans to go to Jerusalem and to visit Rome (Acts 19:21). 5. The opposition and riot at Ephesus (Acts 19:23). The disciples whom Paul found at Ephesus were disciples of John. The question the Apostle asked them has often been made the foundation of wrong teach

MIRACLES, EXORCISMS, BURNING OF BOOKS OF MAGIC. Peter's shadow cured the sick (Acts 5:15); Paul's minor articles of clothing do the same, according to the widespread belief of antiquity in the indirect communication of personal influence. The belief in possession is best known to us from the Gospels in Palestine; but Greek magical literature shows that it flourished vigorously in other countries also. A humorous story follows, about some wandering Jews who used the name of Jesus as an instrument of exorcism (_cf. Acts 8:19_). Acts 19:13. I adjure you: _i.e_. to come out of him. Sceva must be intended as a Jewish high priest, but there is none of such a name....

IN EPHESUS (Acts 19:1-7) Acts 19:1-41 is mainly concerned with Paul's work in Ephesus. He stayed longer there than anywhere else, almost three years. (i) Ephesus (G2181) was the market of Asia Minor. In those days trade followed the river valleys. Ephesus stood at the mouth of the Cayster and therefore commanded the richest hinterland in Asia Minor. Revelation 18:12-13 gives a description of the trade of Ephesus. She was known as "The Treasure House of Asia" and someone has called her, "The Vanity Fair of Asia Minor." (ii) She was an Assize Town. That is to say, at specified times the Roman governor came there and great cases of justice were tried. S

BODY. skin. Greek. _chros._ Only here. Medical writers used _chros_ instead of _soma_ for body. BROUGHT. Greek. _epiphero._ Only here, Acts 25:18; Romans 3:5.Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:16; Jude 1:9. The texts read _apophero,_ carry. UNTO. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. SICK. See John 11:3; John 11:4. HANDKERCHIEFS. Greek....