Verse Acts 18:10. _NO MAN SHALL SET ON THEE_] Και ουδεις επιθησεται σοι, No man shall be permitted to _lay violent hands_ upon thee. It is very likely that the Jews had conspired his death; and his pr...
FOR I AM WITH THEE - I will attend, bless, and protect you. See the notes on Matthew 28:20. NO MAN SHALL SET ON THEE - No one who shall rise up against thee will be able to hurt thee. His life was in...
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...
PAUL AT CORINTH. Corinth (p. 832), the seat of the Roman proconsul, was to the Christian missionary as good a field as Athens was the opposite. A great seaport, it was much addicted to vice and luxury...
After this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth. There he found a Jew called Aquila, who was a native of Pontus, but who had newly arrived from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had decr...
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...
NO MAN. no one. SET ON THEE. lay (hands) on thee. HURT THEE. do thee evil. Greek. _kakoo._ See note on Acts 7:6. PEOPLE. Greek. _laos._ Here nsed generally....
_for I am with thee_ The pronoun is expressed emphatically in the Greek, _and no man shall set on thee to hurt_[HARM] _thee_. There will be assailants. Christ does not promise him freedom from attack....
ΔΙΌΤΙ ἘΓΏ ΕἸΜΙ ΜΕΤᾺ ΣΟΥ͂, _for I am with thee_. The pronoun is emphatically expressed. ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΑΚΩ͂ΣΑΊ ΣΕ, _to harm thee_. There will be assailants. Christ does not promise him freedom from attack. But...
Acts 18:1-11. PAUL GOES FROM ATHENS TO CORINTH, LABOURS THERE WITH HIS OWN HANDS FOR HIS MAINTENANCE. HE IS ENCOURAGED IN HIS PREACHING BY A VISION OF THE LORD...
_PAUL'S GREAT SUCCESS AT CORINTH ACTS 18:1-11:_ After Paul's sermon in the Areopagus and the good result of it he traveled to Corinth. At Corinth he associated with Aquila and his wife Priscilla. They...
AND CRISPUS,— St. Paul's labours in the synagogue had not been without some success; for _Crispus, one of the rulers_ of the synagogue, embraced Christianity with his whole family; and afterwards many...
IN CORINTH. Acts 18:1-17. Acts 18:1 After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. Acts 18:2 And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Ita...
See notes on verse 9...
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. FOR I AM WITH THEE, AND NO MAN SHALL SET ON THEE TO HURT THEE. From this it would seem that these...
3 While in Thessalonica he had been supported partly by gifts from Philippi, but now he engaged in tentmaking as a means of. livelihood. During his early days in Corinth his heart was continually occu...
ST PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY, 49, 50 A.D. (ACTS 15:36 TO ACTS 18:22) Having secured the formal recognition by the Twelve of Gentile Christianity, St. Paul was free to resume his missionary labo...
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...
FOR I AM WITH THEE. — The command was followed by a promise which met the special trial of the time. Men might be against him, but Christ was with him. The general promise given to the Church at large...
διότι ἐγώ : _fundamentum fiduciæ_, Bengel. ἐπιθ.: only here in this sense, but so in LXX, _aggrediri, cf._ Genesis 43:18; Exodus 21:14; 2 Chronicles 23:13;...
A GREAT MINISTRY IN A GREAT CITY Acts 18:1 Paul tells us, in 1 Corinthians 2:1, that he entered Corinth with fear and trembling and made no effort to attract by human wisdom or eloquence. From the f...
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...
Preaching in Corinth Following his normal pattern, Paul first preached in the synagogue in Corinth. During that time, Silas and Timothy once again joined the apostle's company. Silas may have come fro...
About this time the Lord greatly encourages Paul in a night vision. _“Fear not, but speak and be not silent, because I am with thee, and no one shall attack thee to hurt thee, for I have much people i...
And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. (6) And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his...
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...
_WITNESSES WANTED_ ‘Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace; for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have m...
_THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST_ ‘Be not afraid … for I am with thee.’ Acts 18:9 The _ living Christ as the life of His Church_ is the keynote of the Acts of the Apostles. Such is the glorious truth which...
− 10._Because I am. _This is the former reason why Paul, having subdued fear, must manfully and stoutly do his duty, because he hath God on his side. Whereto answereth the rejoicing of David, − “If...
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 I AM WITH THEE,.... According to his promise, Matthew 28:20 not only to assist in the ministry of the word, to give light into it, and liberty to preach it, and success in it, but to keep and pres...
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. Ver. 10. _For I am with thee_] As to behold thy behaviour (_Cave, spectat Deus_), so to support, de...
_Then spake the Lord_ The Lord Jesus; _in the night by a vision to Paul_ Who, probably, had been discouraged in view of the learning, politeness, and grandeur of many Gentile inhabitants of the city,...
MUCH PEOPLE IN THIS CITY; many who shall receive the gospel and be saved....
FOR I AM WITH THEE, AND NO MAN SHALL SET ON THEE TO HURT THEE; FOR I HAVE MUCH PEOPLE IN THIS CITY....
Success in preaching to the Gentiles:...
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...
NOW THE LORD SPOKE TO PAUL IN THE NIGHT BY A VISION, " DO NOT BE AFRAID, BUT SPEAK, AND DO NOT KEEP SILENT; 10 FOR I AM WITH YOU, AND NO ONE WILL ATTACK YOU TO HURT YOU; FOR I HAVE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS...
"for. am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for. have much people in this city"For. am with thee" This is the greatest protection that one could ever have. Sadly, even some professe...
7-11 The Lord knows those that are his, yea, and those that shall be his; for it is by his work upon them that they become his. Let us not despair concerning any place, when even in wicked Corinth Chr...
Christ, in this vision, useth two arguments to persuade Paul to continue preaching the gospel at Corinth: 1. Because he would be with him, to supply, support, and deliver him; as it is promised to Jer...
Acts 18:10 for G1360 I G1473 am G1510 (G5748) with G3326 you G4675 and G2532 one G3762 attack...
‘And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not hold your peace, for I am with you, and no man shall set on you to harm you, for I have much people in this...
SUCCESSFUL MINISTRY IN CORINTH (18:1-17). Paul had recognised that in a small town like Athens he could well spare his companions and had sent Timothy off to Thessalonica, and Silas to Macedonia, pos...
Acts 18:10. I HAVE MUCH PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. ‘How great is the mercy of God! Nineveh, Sodom, Corinth, no city is so corrupt that He does not send preachers of righteousness to the people.... Paul acco...
BECAUSE I AM WITH THEE (διοτ εγω ειμ μετα σου). Jesus had given this promise to all believers (Matthew 28:20) and here he renews it to Paul. This promise changes Paul's whole outlook. Jesus had spok...
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...
SO HE LEFT THEM. Paul now makes the house of a Gentile into his own synagogue, next door to the Jewish synagogue! TITUS JUSTUS may be the Titus to whom Paul wrote a letter. See introduction to _Titus....
_Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak._ PAUL’S VISION speaks to us about three things. I. The worker. Paul, at a time of sore discouragement and depression....
_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...
_After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth._ PAUL AT CORINTH Paul entered, not the grand, classical Corinth, but a sort of afterglow Corinth. The old city had been destroyed by...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 18:1 Corinth was Paul’s last major place of witness on his second journey. ⇐ ⇔...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 18:9 The Lord assured Paul that, “I HAVE MANY IN THIS CITY WHO ARE MY PEOPLE,” meaning that many in Corinth would come to faith in Christ. Yet Paul did not conclude that his work in...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 18:5. PRESSED IN SPIRIT.—According to the oldest authorities this should be _was held together by the word_, συνείχετο τῷ λόγῳ—_i.e._, either earnestly occupied with the busin...
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 6:9; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Timothy 4:17; 2 Timothy 4:22;...
I am with thee: therefore fear not all the learning, politeness, grandeur, or power of the inhabitants of this city. Speak and hold not thy peace — For thy labour shall not be in vain. For I have much...