The foregoing chapter acquainted us with the small success which St. Paul found of his ministry at Athens: upon his preaching Jesus and the resurrection there, the philosophers and wise men mocked and derided him. If natural dispositions and abilities had fitted men for grace, we might have expected... [ Continue Reading ]
The apostle being now come to Corinth, where he was altogether. stranger, and wanting money for his subsistence, the providence of God directed him to the house of Aquila and Priscilla; who being of the same trade with himself, TENT-MAKERS, he works with his own hands to maintain himself, that he mi... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe here, How vehemently desirous the holy apostle was to plant. Christian church at Corinth, and to bring the Jews of Corinth to embrace the gospel: HE WAS PRESSED IN SPIRIT, AND TESTIFIED, that is, reasoned with them with great vehemency and earnestness of affection, as well as with great judg... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe here, 1. That the opposition which St. Paul met with while he lodged in the house of Aquila and Priscilla, moved him to change his quarters, and betake himself to. new lodging: he goes into the house of Justus, by birth. Gentile, but. Jewish proselyte, whose house joined nigh to the synagogu... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe here, 1. How St. Paul, taking heart from the foregoing promise made by God unto him, goes on courageously in the work of his ministry at Corinth; but the unbelieving Jews were so enraged against him, that they combined together as one man, and WITH ONE ACCORD MADE INSURRECTION AGAINST PAUL.... [ Continue Reading ]
A farther account is here given of the laborious travels of the great apostle St. Paul; namely, from Corinth to Ephesus, from Ephesus to Cesarea, from Cesarea to Antioch, &c. Where observe, 1. That St. Paul having continued. year and. half at Corinth, and planted. church there, which yet soon after... [ Continue Reading ]
The first thing here observable, is, How the wisdom of God provided for the several churches, that in the absence of one powerful preacher they were supplied with another; when the providence of God called St. Paul from Ephesus and Corinth, it brought Apollos thither: so that what Paul planted, Apol... [ Continue Reading ]