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Acts 19:33
And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defense unto the people.
And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defense unto the people.
ACTS 19:33 sunebi,basan {B} The difficulty of understanding sunebi,basan in the context doubtless led scribes to change it to katebi,basan or to proebi,basan....
Verse 33. _THEY DREW ALEXANDER OUT OF THE MULTITUDE, THE JEWS_ _PUTTING HIM FORWARD_] From this and the following verses it is pretty evident that this Alexander was brought forward on this occasion...
AND THEY DREW ALEXANDER - Who this Alexander was is not known. Grotius supposes that it was “Alexander the coppersmith, who had in some way done Paul much harm 2 Timothy 4:14; and whom, with Philetus,...
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 (Act...
TUMULT AT EPHESUS. A change of religion (for the Way, _cf. Acts 9:2_) bears hardly on certain trades. In ch. 16 the Gospel interfered with the trade of soothsaying; here the art of the silversmith suf...
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....
It happened that at this time there was a great disturbance about The Way. A certain man called Demetrius, who was a silversmith and who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought very considerable profi...
DREW. put forward. Greek. _probibazo._ Only here and Matthew 14:8, which see. The texts read _sumbibazo._ See Acts 9:22. ALEXANDER. Perhaps the same as in 1 Timothy 1:20;...
_And they drew_(_Rev. Ver. brought) Alexander out of the multitude_ There is a various reading in the verb here; and the sense may be "And some of the multitude instructed Alexander." The verb in the...
ΣΥΝΕΒΊΒΑΣΑΝ with אABE. _Vulg_. ‘detraxerunt.’ 33. ἘΚ ΔῈ ΤΟΥ͂ ὌΧΛΟΥ ΣΥΝΕΒΊΒΑΣΑΝ ἈΛΈΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ, _and some of the multitude instructed Alexander_. What he seems to have been intended to do, was to explain o...
HEATHEN OUTBREAK AGAINST ST PAUL AND HIS TEACHING...
_DEMETRIUS CAUSED A RIOT IN EPHESUS ACTS 19:21-34:_ Paul planned to go to Macedonia, Achaia, Jerusalem, and then to also see Rome. Christianity (That Way) is always in conflict with the evils of the w...
ΣΥΝΕΒΊΒΑΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΜΒΙΒΆΖΩ (G4822) собирать вместе, доказывать, наставлять (Haenchen). ΠΡΟΒΑΛΌΝΤΩΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΒΆΛΛΩ (G4261) выдвигать, _gen. abs._ ΚΑΤΑΣΕΊΣΑΣ _aor. act. p...
ALEXANDER, &C.— Many writers suppose that this was Alexander the coppersmith, who was one of the most violent judaizing Christians, consequently one of the greatest enemies of St. Paul, and most in fa...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS Special Study PAUL'S POWER TO GIVE CHARISMATIC POWER (Acts 19:1-41) A. There is much ambiguous, scripturally-imprecise and confusing exegesis of Acts 19:1-7 being done today. 1....
See notes on verse 32...
And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people. AND THEY DREW ALEXANDER OUT OF THE...
18 Many believers still clung to their old practices, but when they found that the Lord was greater than the demons whom they feared, they abandoned their false arts. They gave up the scrolls which ta...
EPHESUS 1-41. Paul at Ephesus. Opposition of the manufacturers of idols. St. Paul, leaving Antioch in S. Galatia (see Acts 18:23), approached Ephesus not by the usual level route leading through Colos...
Since Alexander was a Jew, it seems probable that the Jews put him forward to explain to the angry mob that they had no sympathy whatever with St. Paul's proceedings. The Jews' contempt for idols was...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 19 PAUL IN EPHESUS, 19:1-10 V1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul was travelling. He travelled through the *province on the higher road. He arr...
AND THEY DREW ALEXANDER OUT OF THE MULTITUDE... — The fact that he was put forward by the Jews indicates, probably, that they were anxious to guard against the suspicion that they were at all identifi...
ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄ., _sc._, τινές, _cf._ Acts 21:16. If we read συνεβίβασαν (see critical note), and render “instructed Alexander,” R.V., margin; _cf._ 1 Corinthians 2:16, and often in LXX, it seems to mean...
THE LAWLESSNESS OF SELFISH GREED Acts 19:30 The theater of Ephesus still stands, and the writer of these words has spoken in its mighty enclosure, from the very spot where this town clerk-the model o...
The result of the work of Apollos was manifest when Paul reached Ephesus. There he found a company of sincere disciples to Jesus as He had been revealed by John. To them Paul declared the truth in its...
The Riot in Ephesus While Timothy and Erastus were away, a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made shrines of Diana, or Artemis, began to stir people up against Christianity. He called together th...
After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. (22) So he sent...
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...
− 33._They drew out Alexander. _It is to be thought that the Jews did not send forth this Alexander to plead the common cause of the nation, but that they were desirous to bring him before the people...
From Verse 24 of Chapter 18 to Verse 7 of Chapter 19 we have a kind of summary of the progress made by the doctrine of Christ, and of the power that accompanied it. Apollos knew only of the teaching o...
AND THEY DREW ALEXANDER OUT OF THE MULTITUDE,.... Or "some of the multitude brought forth Alexander"; into the theatre, in order to kill him, by casting him to the wild beasts. Some think this is the...
And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people. Ver. 33. _And they drew Alexander_]...
_And they_ Namely, the artificers and workmen; _drew_ Greek, προεβιβασαν, _thrust forward; Alexander_ Probably some well- known Christian whom they saw in the crowd; _the Jews_ Whom he had offended by...
PUTTING HIM FORWARD; for the purpose of giving him opportunity to address the assembly....
Paul returned to Ephesus, as he had promised. Of course there was an assembly there already, as chapter 18:27 intimates; but he found certain disciples who, at his questioning, tell him they had not e...
AND THEY DREW ALEXANDER OUT OF THE MULTITUDE, THE JEWS PUTTING HIM FORWARD. AND ALEXANDER MOTIONED WITH HIS HAND, AND WANTED TO MAKE HIS DEFENSE TO THE PEOPLE. 1. Alexander is taken from the crowd. T...
32-41 The Jews came forward in this tumult. Those who are thus careful to distinguish themselves from the servants of Christ now, and are afraid of being taken for them, shall have their doom accordi...
THEY DREW ALEXANDER OUT OF THE MULTITUDE, where he could not be seen and heard, unto some more convenient place, from whence he might make a vindication or defence for them; and that most likely in be...
Acts 19:33 And G1161 drew G4264 (G5656) Alexander G223 of G1537 multitude G3793 Jews G2453 putting G4261 him...
‘And they brought Alexander out of the crowd, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made a defence to the people.' Then a man called Alexander was put forw...
A STIRRING IN EPHESUS ON ACCOUNT OF THE NAME OF ARTEMIS (19:23-41). In considering what follows we should note two things about its context: · Firstly that it introduces the final section of Acts (Ac...
Acts 19:33. AND THEY DREW ALEXANDER OUT OF THE MULTITUDE, THE JEWS PUTTING HIM FORWARD. The abrupt way in which this man is introduced into the narrative by the writer, seems to indicate that ‘Alexand...
AND THEY BROUGHT ALEXANDER OUT OF THE CROWD (εκ δε του οχλου συνεβιβασαν Αλεξανδρον). The correct text (Aleph A B) has this verb συνεβιβασαν (from συνβιβαζω, to put together) instead of προεβιβασαν...
CONTENTS: Paul at Ephesus. Disciples of John the Baptist become Christians. Paul in the synagogue and in the school of Tyrannus. Paul's miracles. Uproar of the silversmiths. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy S...
Acts 19:1. _Paul came to Ephesus,_ a city of Ionia, built by the Amezones. Its temple of Diana was one of the seven wonders of the world; but Pompey plundered it of all its riches. This city is now in...
THAT THERE WAS SERIOUS TROUBLE. Things had been peaceful up to now. Notice trouble starts from a Gentile source. MADE SILVER MODELS OF THE TEMPLE. The temple of Artemis [Diana] was one of the wonders...
_Some therefore cried one thing, and some another._ THE EXCITEMENT AT EPHESUS I. What produced it. 1. Self-interest endangered. 2. Superstitious feelings aroused. 3. The unpopularity of the gospe...
_A certain man named Demetrius._ PAUL AND DEMETRIUS The application of these words to present day life is a task that might be assigned to a child. Demetrius never dies; his word is to be heard in ev...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 19:33 The role of the Jew ALEXANDER is unclear. Perhaps he wished to separate the Jews from the Christians in the crowd’s minds. ⇐
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 19:23. THE WAY.—See on Acts 9:2. Acts 19:24. DEMETRIUS.—The name has been found in an inscription, exhumed in Ephesus and supposed (Hicks) to belong to A.D. 50–60, recording a...
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...
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth [watering what Paul had planted], Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus; and there he found certain disciples [that no dou...
1 Timothy 1:20; 2 Timothy 4:14; Acts 12:17; Acts 13:16; Acts 21:40;...
They drew [π ρ ο ε β ι β α σ α ν]. More correctly, urged forward. See on before instructed, Matthew 14:8....
And they thrust forward — Namely, the artificers and workmen, Alexander — Probably some well — known Christian whom they saw in the crowd: the Jews pushing him on — To expose him to the more danger. A...