Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 19:12
Evil spirits — Who also occasioned many of those diseases, which yet might appear to be purely natural.
Evil spirits — Who also occasioned many of those diseases, which yet might appear to be purely natural.
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...
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 woma...
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...
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 indirec...
He came into the synagogue and for three months he spoke with boldness, debating and persuading people about the things connected with the kingdom of God. When some made themselves difficult and would...
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....
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;...
_so that from his body were brought unto the sick_ In the oldest MSS. the verb signifies "to be carried away from." The _Rev. Version_brings out the meaning fully, and in a verse like this it is well...
ἘΚΠΟΡΕΎΕΣΘΑΙ for ἐξέρχεσαι�' αὐτῶν with אABDE. _Vulg_. has ‘egrediebantur’ only. 12. ὭΣΤΕ ΚΑῚ … ἈΠΟΦΈΡΕΣΘΑΙ�, _so that from his body there were carried away unto the sick_. St Luke is careful to intim...
PAUL PREACHES TO THE JEWS FIRST AND AFTERWARDS TO THE GENTILES. THE WORD OF GOD PREVAILS MIGHTILY...
_BOOKS ABOUT WITCHCRAFT WERE BURNED ACTS 19:11-20:_ God blessed Paul with the power to work great miracles. Many sick people were healed and evil sprits were cast out. Some vagabond Jews took it upon...
ΆΣΘΕΝΟΫ́ΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΣΘΕΝΈΩ (G770) быть слабым, болеть, ΆΠΟΦΈΡΕΣΘΑΙ _praes. pass. inf. от_ ΆΠΟΦΈΡΩ (G667) уносить. _Inf._ с ΏΣΤΕ (G5620) выражает результат, _см._ Acts 19:10. ΧΡΏΣ ...
HANDKERCHIEFS OR APRONS,— The words Σουδαρια η σιμικινθια, were originally Latin words,—_Sudaria_ and _Semicincthia._ The etymology of the first plainly determines it to signify a piece of linen, with...
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 8...
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 BROUG...
26 Apollos' ignorance of the ministry of the Lord and His twelve apostles made it easy for him to receive the truth proclaimed through Paul, so that he became a great help to the saints in Corinth as...
19:12 body (d-11) Or 'skin.' As 'skin' in Exodus 34:29 ,Exodus 34:30 ....
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...
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...
SO THAT FROM HIS BODY WERE BROUGHT UNTO THE SICK HANDKERCHIEFS OR APRONS. — Both words are, in the original, transliterated from the Latin, the former being _sudaria,_ used to wipe off sweat from brow...
ὥστε καὶ : so that even to the sick, _i.e._, to those who could not be reached by the hands of the Apostle. χρωτὸς : the σουδ. and σιμικ. had been in contact with the body of the Apostle, and thence d...
THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKING IN EPHESUS Acts 19:1 Paul had planted good seed at Corinth, and Apollos, in turn, had watered it, 1 Corinthians 3:6. Large numbers became his devoted followers. This, however,...
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...
Magnifying Jesus' Name God caused some great miracles to be worked through Paul. Even pieces of cloth, like a handkerchief or apron, which had touched his body could be placed on the body of the sick...
Aprons. It is likely such as he used in working, cured diseases, and cast out devils. What wonder, then, if God work miracles by the relics of martyrs and saints, to testify the sanctity of his servan...
We see divine healing became an exceedingly prominent auxiliary of the spiritual work during the Pauline revival at Ephesus, so that diseases were removed and demons exorcised by the mere application...
And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. (9) But when divers were hardened, and believed not,...
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...
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...
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...
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. Ver. 12. _Handkerchiefs or aprons_] Which having...
_And God_ To add the greater efficacy and success to this important doctrine; _wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul_ Who, as he abode longer at Ephesus than at any other city we read of, so h...
The success of the Gospel:...
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. Also in Ephesus Paul followed his usual method of...
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...
SO THAT EVEN HANDKERCHIEFS OR APRONS WERE BROUGHT FROM HIS BODY TO THE SICK, AND THE DISEASES LEFT THEM AND THE EVIL SPIRITS WENT OUT OF THEM. 1. Paul was so much in demand for help with the sick tha...
"insomuch that unto the sick were carried away from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the evil spirits went out"Insomuch that" This is. further description or clarification of what Luke means by ...
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...
HANDKERCHIEFS OR APRONS; our habit and attire being so different from what was used so long since, it cannot but occasion some variety in rendering these words; which some think to signify two things;...
Acts 19:12 so G2532 G5620 handkerchiefs G4676 or G2228 aprons G4612 brought G2018 (G5745) from G575 his...
‘And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul, (in so much that to the sick were carried away from his body cloths or aprons), and the evil spirits went out.' It was a period also of great si...
PAUL'S CONTINUING MINISTRY IN EPHESUS (19:8-20). Meanwhile we are reminded that Paul's' ministry continues in Ephesus in the proclamation of the Kingly Rule of God (compare Acts 1:3; Acts 8:12; Acts 1...
Acts 19:12. SO THAT FROM HIS BODY WERE BROUGHT UNTO THE SICK HANDKERCHIEFS OR APRONS, AND THE DISEASES DEPARTED FROM THEM. Σουδα ́ ρια (Lat. _sudaria)_ are the ordinary handkerchiefs so common in use...
HANDKERCHIEFS (σουδαρια). Latin word for συδορ (sweat). Used in Luke 19:20; John 11:44; John 20:7. In two papyri marriage-contracts this word occurs among the toilet articles in the dowry (Deissmann...
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...
_And he welt into the synagogue._ PAUL’S MINISTRY AT EPHESUS I. Wonderful preaching. 1. Manner of the preaching. (1) It was bold (Act 4:31; 2 Corinthians 7:4; Philippians 1:14). (2) It was logical...
_While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul … came to Ephesus._ --Ephesus was the third capital and starting point of Christianity At Jerusalem Christianity was born in the cradle of Judaism; Antioch had been...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 19:12 HANDKERCHIEFS OR APRONS. These were not magical objects. Rather, the Holy Spirit’s presence sometimes remained evident in connection with objects that Paul had touched (see not...
_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 ha...
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...
2 Kings 13:20; 2 Kings 13:21; 2 Kings 4:29; Acts 5:15...
Body [χ ρ ω τ ο ς]. Properly, the surface of the body, the skin; but, in medical language, of the body. Handkerchiefs [σ ο υ δ α ρ ι α]. See on Luke 19:20. Aprons [σ ι μ ι κ ι ν θ ι α]. Only here in...