Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament
Acts 19:9
This Tyrannus, who received Paul and his meeting, after his expulsion from the synagogue, was evidently one of Paul's Jewish converts, keeping a private synagogue in the city.
This Tyrannus, who received Paul and his meeting, after his expulsion from the synagogue, was evidently one of Paul's Jewish converts, keeping a private synagogue in the city.
ACTS 19:9 Tura,nnou {B} The interesting addition in the Western text (“[Paul] argued daily in the hall of Tyrannus _from the fifth hour to the tenth_” [i.e. from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.]) may represe...
Verse Acts 19:9. _WHEN DIVERS WERE HARDENED_] τινες, When _some_ of them were hardened; several no doubt felt the power of Divine truth, and yielded consent. Our term _divers_, one of the most _bald_...
BUT WHEN DIVERS - When some were hardened. WERE HARDENED - When their hearts were hardened, and they became violently opposed to the gospel. When the truth made no impression on them. The word “harde...
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...
PAUL AT EPHESUS. After three months in the synagogue (Acts 18:19; Acts 18:26) Paul finds it necessary, as in other places, to leave it, and takes his followers to the lecture room of Tyrannus, where h...
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....
DIVERS. some. Greek. _tines._ App-124. HARDENED. Greek. _skleruno._ Romans 9:18; Hebrews 3:8; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 3:15;...
_But when divers were hardened, and believed not_ Perhaps there may be a little gain to those unfamiliar with older English in putting (as _Rev. Ver._) "some" for "divers," there seems to be none in g...
τινός omitted with אAB. _Vulg_. has ‘cujusdam.’ 9. ὩΣ ΔΈ ΤΙΝΕΣ ἘΣΚΛΗΡΎΝΟΝΤΟ ΚΑῚ ἨΠΕΊΘΟΥΝ, _but when divers were hardened, and believed not_, that is, refused the persuasion spoken of in the previous...
PAUL PREACHES TO THE JEWS FIRST AND AFTERWARDS TO THE GENTILES. THE WORD OF GOD PREVAILS MIGHTILY...
_TWELVE MEN WERE BAPTIZED AT EPHESUS ACTS 19:1-10:_ Paul went to Ephesus after Apollos had gone to Corinth. At Ephesus he met some disciples that had been baptized with John's baptism. The way that Pa...
ΈΣΚΛΗΡΎΝΟΝΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. от_ ΣΚΛΗΡΎΝΩ (G4645) ужесточать; _pass._ ожесточаться или быть ожесточенным, упорствовать (Bruce; TLNT). ΉΠΕΊΘΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΕΙΘΈΩ (G544) быть непокорным, о...
HE—SPAKE BOLDLY FOR THE SPACE OF THREE MONTHS,— Lord Barrington supposes, that after St. Paul had been some time at Ephesus, he visited the neighbouring towns of Asia, and then returned to Ephesus aga...
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...
But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus....
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...
19:9 way (c-12) See Note, ch. 9.2....
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...
THAT WAY] i.e. Christianity, see on Acts 9:2. THE SCHOOL] Tyrannus was probably a Gentile, who made his living by keeping a 'school' of philosophy. Paul no doubt appeared to the Ephesians as one of t...
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...
WHEN DIVERS WERE HARDENED AND BELIEVED NOT. — Better (the verb implying continuous action), _when some were growing hardened and disobedient._ SPAKE EVIL OF THAT WAY BEFORE THE MULTITUDE. — Better, as...
ἐσκληρύνοντο : only here and in Romans 9:18, but four times in Hebrews, three times as a quotation from Psalms 95:8, and once in direct reference to that passage, Acts 3:13, _cf._...
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...
Teaching in the School of Tyrannus Paul next entered into the synagogue to boldly teach the Jews about the gospel. It should be remembered that the apostle had already taught in the synagogue in Ephes...
(3) But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that (d) way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one (e) T...
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...
− 9._Seeing their hearts were hardened. _We do not read that Paul was heard so patiently and so favorably by the Jews at any place as at Ephesus at his first coming. For whereas others raising tumults...
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...
BUT WHEN DIVERS WERE HARDENED AND BELIEVED NOT,.... For though some were affected with and convinced by the arguments the apostle used, others were but the more hardened and remained incredulous: for...
But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. Ve...
_And he went into the synagogue_ As he used to do in other places; _and spake boldly_ Greek, επαρρησιαζετο, _he spake with freedom and confidence; for the space of three months, disputing_ Greek, διαλ...
DIVERS WERE HARDENED; by resisting and rejecting the truth. THAT WAY; the way of salvation which Paul preached. THE SCHOOL; the room or place where Tyrannus taught. When the preaching of the gospel...
The success of the Gospel:...
BUT WHEN DIVERS WERE HARDENED AND BELIEVED NOT, BUT SPAKE EVIL OF THAT WAY BEFORE THE MULTITUDE, HE DEPARTED FROM THEM, AND SEPARATED THE DISCIPLES, DISPUTING DAILY IN THE SCHOOL OF ONE TYRANNUS....
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...
BUT WHEN SOME WERE HARDENED AND DID NOT BELIEVE, BUT SPOKE EVIL OF THE WAY BEFORE THE MULTITUDE, HE DEPARTED FROM THEM AND WITHDREW THE DISCIPLES, REASONING DAILY IN THE SCHOOL OF TYRANNUS. 1. Some r...
"But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus"Some were har...
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...
DIVERS WERE HARDENED; the sun hardeneth what it doth not soften, and causeth a stench from dunghills, as well as a sweet smell from the mountains of spices; and Christ is for the falling, as well as f...
Tertullian On Prayer , to be sure, at that time (for elsewhere our Discipline is called "the Way"[74]...
Acts 19:9 But G1161 when G5613 some G5100 hardened G4645 (G5712) and G2532 believe G544 (G5707) evil...
‘But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.' Such contin...
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 19:9. BUT WHEN DIVERS WERE HARDENED... BUT SPAKE EVIL OF THAT WAY BEFORE THE MULTITUDE, HE DEPARTED FROM THEM. It was the old story which in Paul's weary life-work had so often been enacted and r...
BUT WHEN SOME WERE HARDENED (ως δε τινες εσκληρυνοντο). Imperfect passive of σκληρυνω, causative like _hiphil_ in Hebrew, to make hard (σκληρος) or rough or harsh (Matthew 25:24). In LXX and Hippocr...
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...
BUT SOME OF THEM WERE STUBBORN. Those who refused to believe severely opposed the Good News of Christ. So Paul left, taking all the believers with him, and began using the lecture hall of Tyrannus as...
_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...
_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...
_Disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus._ THE SCHOOL OF TYRANNUS The Greek word for “school” had a somewhat interesting history. Originally meaning “leisure,” it was applied to leisure as best...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 19:9 THE WAY refers to followers of Christ. See note on 9:1–2. ⇐...
_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...
1 Timothy 6:5; 2 Chronicles 30:8; 2 Chronicles 36:16; 2 Kings 17:14;...
The way — The Christian way of worshipping God. He departed — Leaving them their synagogue to themselves. Discoursing daily — Not on the Sabbath only, in the school of one Tyrannus — Which we do not f...