Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 19:31
The principal officers of Asia — The Asian priests, who presided over the public games, which they were then celebrating in honour of Diana.
The principal officers of Asia — The Asian priests, who presided over the public games, which they were then celebrating in honour of Diana.
Verse 31. _CERTAIN OF THE CHIEF OF ASIA_] Τινες των Ασιαρχων; Some of the _Asiarchs_. The _Asiarchs_ were those to whom the care and regulation of the public games were intrusted: they were a sort of...
CERTAIN OF THE CHIEF OF ASIA - τῶν Ἀσιαρχῶν tōn Asiarchōn. Of the Asiarchs. These were persons who presided over sacred things and over the public games. It was their business to see that the pro...
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...
CHIEF OF ASIA. Asiarchs. Greek. _Asiarches._ These were persons chosen for their wealth and position to preside over the public festivals and games, and defray the expenses. About this time. decree wa...
_And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends_ The Greek is one word, literally "Asiarchs." These were officers in the various cities of proconsular Asia, who were appointed to preside ove...
ΤΙΝῈΣ ΔῈ ΚΑῚ ΤΩ͂Ν ἈΣΙΑΡΧΩ͂Ν, ὌΝΤΕΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι ΦΊΛΟΙ, _and certain also of the chief officers of Asia, being his friends_. The Ἀσιαρχαί were officers in the various cities of proconsular Asia, appointed t...
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...
ΆΣΙΆΡΧΗΣ (G775) асиарх, титул городского управителя, который служил в течение определенного срока. Они предлагали пути решения городским советам и ставили задачи перед советами и собранием (R. A.Kears...
AND CERTAIN OF THE CHIEF OF ASIA,— It has been conjectured by many from this and the following passage, that the people at Ephesus were then celebrating the public games in honour of Diana: and as it...
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 30...
And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. AND CERTAIN OF THE CHIEF OF ASIA, WHICH WERE HIS FRIENDS,...
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...
19:31 Asiarchs (d-5) Honorary magistrates, of the principal persons of the province, specially charged with the public festivals....
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...
THE CHIEF OF ASIA] Gk. the 'Asiarchs.' They were officials, not of the city of Ephesus, but of the province of Asia, and were specially connected with the worship of the Roman emperor....
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 CERTAIN OF THE CHIEFS OF ASIA, WHICH WERE HIS FRIENDS. — Better, _Asiarchs._ The title was an official one, applied to the presidents of the games, who were selected from the chief cities of the p...
Ἀσιαρχῶν : “the chief officers of Asia,” R.V., _cf._ Γαλατάρχης, Βιθυνιάρχης, Συριάρχης, etc.; Mommsen, _Röm. Gesch._, v., 318 (Knabenbauer), officers, _i.e._, of the province of Asia, and so provinci...
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...
(8) And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring [him] that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. (8) There ought to be in all Christians, and especial...
_Some also of the rulers of Asia. They are called friends to St. Paul, but it is uncertain whether they were Christians, or others, who favoured him, and wished him well. (Witham)_...
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...
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 CERTAIN OF THE CHIEF OF ASIA,.... Or the Asiarchs; these were not princes of Asia, rulers or governors of provinces, or cities, or civil magistrates; but priests who presided over the games and di...
And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring _him_ that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. Ver. 31. _Certain of the chief of Asia_] Not rulers, but...
_When Paul would have entered in to the people_ Being above all fear, to plead the cause of his companions, and prove they were not gods which were made with hands; _the disciples suffered him not_ Be...
THEATRE; which was customarily used as a place for the public assembling of the citizens....
The effect of the speech:...
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...
THEN SOME OF THE OFFICIALS OF ASIA, WHO WERE HIS FRIENDS, SENT TO HIM PLEADING THAT HE WOULD NOT VENTURE INTO THE THEATER. 1. Paul had made friends with some high government officials. It does not ap...
21-31 Persons who came from afar to pay their devotions at the temple of Ephesus, bought little silver shrines, or models of the temple, to carry home with them. See how craftsmen make advantage to t...
CERTAIN OF THE CHIEF OF ASIA; such as had the oversight of the plays and shows in honour of their idol gods, and were usually their priests; and were of four countries; from whence they had their name...
Acts 19:31 Then G1161 G2532 some G5100 officials G775 were G5607 (G5752) his G846 friends G5384 sent...
PAUL'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM AND THEN TO ROME (19:21-28:31). Here we begin a new section of Acts. It commences with Paul's purposing to go to Jerusalem, followed by an incident, which, while it brings...
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...
‘And certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and besought him not to venture himself into the theatre.' This thought also occurred to certain of the Asiarchs who were friends of...
Acts 19:31. AND CERTAIN OF THE CHIEF OF ASIA. Literally, ‘Asiarchs.' These officials were ten in number, chosen annually to superintend and preside over the games and festivals held in honour of the e...
CERTAIN ALSO OF THE CHIEF OFFICERS OF ASIA (τινες δε κα των Ασιαρχων). These "Asiarchs" were ten officers elected by cities in the province who celebrated at their own cost public games and festival...
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...
_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 19:31 The ASIARCHS were the keepers of the imperial Roman cult in Asia. They were concerned about the safety of their fellow citizen Paul. ⇐
_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...
Acts 21:12; Acts 16:6; Acts 19:10; Proverbs 16:7...
Of the chief officers of Asia [τ ω ν α σ ι α ρ χ ω ν]. The Asiarchs. These were persons chosen from the province of Asia, on account of their influence and wealth, to preside at the public games and t...