CHAPTER 19 THE PROGRESS OF THE THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY (PAUL AND TIMOTHY) § 1. Paul’s Return to Ephesus; or, the Re-Baptism of some Disciples of John (Acts 19:1). § 2. A Three Years’ Ministry in Ephesus; or, a Great Door opened for the Gospel (Acts 19:8). § 3. An Incident in Ephesus; or, the... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 19:1. WHILE APOLLOS WAS AT CORINTH.—A note of time for the incidents narrated in the present chapter. THE UPPER COASTS, or the upper country.—The district mentioned above (Acts 18:23) as the region of Galatia and Phrygia, and commonly regarded as the territory of Northern Gal... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 19:9. BELIEVED NOT might also be rendered _mere disobedient_. THE WAY.—See on Acts 9:2. TYRANNUS.—Otherwise unknown. Hardly the possessor of a private synagogue (Meyer); may have been a professor of philosophy or rhetoric, who rented his academy to Paul (Zimmermann), or, if c... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 19:13. VAGABOND.—_I.e._, wandering about, or strolling JEWS, EXORCISTS, by profession (compare Matthew 12:8). “They appear to have regarded Paul as one of their own class, but of a higher order” (Hackett). For WE read _I_. Acts 19:14. WHICH DID SO should be _doing this_, as... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 19:22. TIMOTHY.—See on Acts 16:1. ERASTUS.—Whether the city treasurer of Corinth (Romans 16:23) or Paul’s helper in Rome (2 Timothy 4:20), or whether both were the same individual is debated. For the nature of this mission of Timothy and Erastus see 1 Corinthians 4:17, and c... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 public honour decreed to the Neopoioi or temple wardens of Ephesus in the year of Demetrius. SILVE... [ Continue Reading ]