for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
1. He was now able to discuss Jesus with the Jews and refute their arguments.
2. He was showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ (Messiah) that all Jews were looking for in great anticipation.
ACTS 18:28 dhmosi,a| evpideiknu,j The Western text (î38 D 383 614 itd) expands the account so as to read dhmosi,a| dialego,menoj kai. (î38 om. kai,) evpideiknu,j...
Verse Acts 18:28. _HE MIGHTILY CONVINCED THE JEWS_] ευτονως διακατηλεγχετο; _He vehemently confuted_ the Jews; and that _publicly_, not in private conferences, but in his public preaching: _showing b...
FOR HE MIGHTILY CONVINCED THE JEWS - He did it by strong arguments; he bore down all opposition, and effectually silenced them. AND THAT PUBLICLY - In his public preaching in the synagogue and elsewh...
CHAPTER 18 _ 1. In Corinth with Aquila and Priscilla. His Testimony and Separation from the Jews (Acts 18:1)._ 2. Encouragement from the Lord in a vision (Acts 18:9). 3. Paul and Gallio (Acts 18:12...
APOLLOS AT EPHESUS. Apollos is well known to us from 1 Cor.; his name was adopted by one of the Corinthian parties as their standard (1 Corinthians 1:12 *). Here we learn more about him, that he was a...
A Jew called Apollos, who was a native of Alexandria and a man of culture, arrived in Ephesus. He was able to use the scriptures to great effect. This man had been instructed in The Way of the Lord. H...
PREACHING IN CORINTH (Acts 18:1-11) Its very position made Corinth (G2882) a key city of Greece. Greece is almost cut in two by the sea. On one side is the Saronic Gulf with its port of Cenchrea and...
MIGHTILY. Greek. _eutonos._ Only here and Luke 23:10. A medical word. CONVINCED. confuted. Greek. _diakatelenchomai._ Only here. PUBLICKLY. Greek. _demosia._ See note on Acts 5:18....
_for he mightily convinced the Jews_ The verb expresses more than is given thus. He brought the objections of the Jews to the test of Scripture and CONFUTED them. The disciples, who had already believ...
ΕΥ̓ΤΌΝΩΣ ΓᾺΡ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ἸΟΥΔΑΊΟΙΣ ΔΙΑΚΑΤΗΛΈΓΧΕΤΟ, _for he mightily confuted the Jews_. The verb implies that Apollos brought the objections of the Jews to the test (ἔλεγχος) of Scripture, and shewed them t...
24–28. VISIT OF APOLLOS TO EPHESUS, AND HIS TEACHING THERE. HE IS MORE FULLY INSTRUCTED BY AQUILA AND PRISCILLA, AND AFTERWARDS PASSING OVER INTO ACHAIA, PREACHES CHRIST THERE WITH GREAT POWER...
_AN ACCOUNT OF APOLLO'S SPIRITUAL GROWTH ACTS 18:24-28:_ Apollos came to Ephesus. He was powerful in speech and prudent. This man had a great knowledge of Scriptures, but he knew only the baptism of J...
ΕΎΤΌΝΩΣ (G2159) мужественно, ΔΙΑΚΑΤΗΛΈΓΧΕΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΔΙΑΚΑΤΕΛΈΓΧΟΜΑΙ (G1246) отказываться, опровергать соперника в споре (RWP). Оба предложных сочетания могут иметь двойное префект...
DISCOURSE: 1793 CHARACTER AND MINISTRY OF APOLLOS Acts 18:24. And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man was instruct...
FOR HE MIGHTILY CONVINCED THE JEWS,— The proper and full meaning of this passage seems to be as follows: "Apollos, with great judgment, earnestness and power, reasoned with the Jews in their public as...
AT EPHESUS. Acts 18:24 Acts 19:41 a. Apollos teaching the baptism of John is corrected by Priscilla and Aquila. Acts 19:24-28. Acts 19:24
See notes on verse 27...
For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. FOR HE MIGHTILY CONVINCED THE JEWS, [ eutonoos (G2159) diakateelengcheto (G1246)] - 'stoutly...
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...
Apollos at Ephesus. 24. Apollos] The name is a contraction of Apollonius. He is mentioned again Acts 19:1; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:4.;...
CONVINCED] RV 'confuted,'...
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY, AUG. 52 A.D. TO PENTECOST 56 A.D. (ACTS 18:23 TO ACTS 21:16) 23. Visit to Galatia. St. Paul revisits Antioch in Syria and the Churches of Galatia and Phrygia, founded in the...
SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONCLUDED) 1-18. St. Paul at Corinth. Corinth was the capital of the Roman province of Achaia. The ancient town had been entirely destroyed in 146 b.c. by the Roman general...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 18 PAUL GOES TO CORINTH, 18:1-4 V1 After this, Paul left Athens and he went to Corinth. V2 In Corinth, he met a *Jew called Aquila. Aquila had...
HE MIGHTILY CONVINCED THE JEWS. — The conclusion to which he led the Jews was the same as that which St. Paul urged on them. The process was, perhaps, somewhat different, as the line of argument in th...
εὐτόνως : “powerfully,” only in Luke, _cf._ Luke 23:10, “vehemently,” like Latin, _intente, acriter_, Joshua 6 (7):8 (- νος, 2Ma 12:23, 4Ma 7:10, A R); found also in classical Greek, and may be one of...
NEW HELPERS IN THE GOSPEL Acts 18:18 In unimportant matters Paul was still amenable to Hebrew customs and rites, Acts 18:18. Probably he desired to conciliate his Judaizing opponents so far as he cou...
Leaving Athens, the center of the intellectual life of Greece, Paul came to Corinth, its commercial center. There he joined Aquila, and gave himself to the work of tent-making, while reasoning on the...
Apollos At Ephesus, an Alexandrian Jew named Apollos, who was an eloquent speaker, began to preach about Jesus. Luke assured Theophilus that Apollos was mighty in the scriptures and very accurate in...
_“For he powerfully argued down the Jews, showing conclusively by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.”_ Apollos, before his sanctification, eclipsed all by his native eloquence, electrified by hi...
REFLECTIONS It must have been a blessed time in the Church, when Ministers, ordained of God the Holy Ghost, found their minds disposed in the intervals of public service, to labor in private for their...
And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. (25) This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spiri...
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...
_CONVINCED FROM THE SCRIPTURES_ ‘For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ.’ Acts 18:28 ‘He convinced.’ But what was the process which he...
− 28._He overcame the Jews. _By this it appeareth to what use that ability which Apollos had (in that he was mighty in the Holy Scriptures) did serve; to wit, because he had a strong and forcible proo...
At Thessalonica Paul twice received succour from Philippi; at Corinth, where money and commerce abounded, he does not take it, but quietly works with two of his countrymen of the same trade as himself...
FOR HE MIGHTILY CONVINCED THE JEWS,.... His reasoning was so strong and nervous, his arguments so weighty and powerful, and the passages he produced out of the Old Testament so full and pertinent, tha...
For he mightily convinced the Jews, _and that_ publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. Ver. 28. _Convinced the Jews_] Who might have been convinced out of their own Cabala, that C...
_And when_ Having received this more perfect instruction in the Christian faith; _he was disposed to pass into Achaia_ That he might preach the word at Corinth, and other places in that province; _the...
for he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ. Paul had probably reached Antioch in the early summer of the year 52, but he did not spend much...
The beginning of the third missionary journey:...
Paul leaves Athens and is directed to Corinth, a city as loose and licentious as Athens, but where the gospel nevertheless found a response. There he found a Jew named Aquila who had come with his wif...
24-28 Apollos taught in the gospel of Christ, as far as John's ministry would carry him, and no further. We cannot but think he had heard of Christ's death and resurrection, but he was not informed a...
MIGHTILY; with great constancy, perseverance, and enduring of opposition. SHOWING BY THE SCRIPTURES THAT JESUS WAS CHRIST; as ACTS 17:3. Some think that Christ ought to be the subject, and Jesus the p...
Methodius Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna gs are placed under Thee as their Cause and Author, as He who brought all things into being out of nothing, and gave to what was unstable a firm coherence;...
Acts 18:28 for G1063 vigorously G2159 refuted G1246 (G5711) Jews G2453 publicly G1219 showing G1925 (G5723) from...
THE MINISTRY OF APOLLOS IN ACHAIA (18:27-28). ‘And when he was minded to pass over into Achaia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him, and when he was come, he helped...
Acts 18:28. FOR HE MIGHTILY CONVINCED THE JEWS, AND THAT PUBLICLY, SHOWING BY THE SCRIPTURES THAT JESUS WAS CHRIST. His special training in the Alexandrian school of Philo, coupled with his great know...
POWERFULLY (ευτονως). Adverb from ευτονος (ευ, well, τεινω, to stretch), well-strung, at full stretch.CONFUTED (διακατηλεγχετο). Imperfect middle of the double compound verb δια-κατ-ελεγχομα, to c...
THAT JESUS Apollos' ministry seems to have gone no further; Jesus was the long expected Messiah. Of Paul's doctrine of justification through the blood, and sanctification through the Spirit, he seems...
Paul had been preaching the gospel at Athens to the most famous men of that city gathered at Areopagus. Acts 18:1. _After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth:_ Another most i...
CONTENTS: Paul at Corinth. The careless Gallio. Paul takes a Jewish vow. Apollos at Ephesus. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paul, Aquila, Priscilla, Claudius, Silas, Timothy, Justus, Crispus, Gallio, Sosthenes,...
Acts 18:2. _Claudius had commanded all jews to depart from Rome._ Suetonius says that this was on account of Chrestus, [Christ] who continually excited disturbances. This edict was issued in the ninth...
A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS. Alexandria was the cultural center of the Greek-speaking Jews. The Septuagint [Greek translation of the Old Testament] was written there; and the most magnificent synagogu...
_And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him._ THE DUTY OF THE CHURCH AT HOME TO THE WORK AND THE WORKERS ABROAD 1. We should give our Ch...
And after he had spent some time [at Antioch] he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia._--_ PAUL’S THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY 1. Nothing was said as to who went with him from C...
_And he went through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches._ PAUL AS A MODEL FOR ALL GOSPEL MINISTERS He recognises the importance of-- I. Establishing new converts in the faith. In this visit...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 18:23. THE REGION OF GALATIA AND PHRYGIA.—See on Acts 16:6. Acts 18:24. A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS—a diminutive or pet name for Apollomos, which occurs in Codex D. (Ramsay)....
EXPOSITION ACTS 18:1 _He _for _Paul, _A.V. and T.R. AFTER THESE THINGS, etc. No hint is given by St. Luke as to the length of Paul's sojourn at Athens. But as the double journey of the Beroeans, who...
Let's turn now to the eighteenth chapter of Acts as we continue our study through the Bible. At the end of the study last week, the end of chapter seventeen, we found Paul speaking to the Epicurean an...
1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Corinthians 15:4; Acts 17:3; Acts 18:25; Acts
Mightily [ε υ τ ο ν ω ς]. See on Luke 23:10. Convinced [δ ι α κ α τ η λ ε γ χ ε τ ο]. Only here in New Testament. See on tell him his fault, Matthew 18:15. The compound here is a very strong expressio...