Silas and Timotheus] see Acts 17:15. They brought money with them, so that Paul no longer worked with his hands, but gave himself entirely to preaching (2 Corinthians 11:9; Philippians 4:15).

Was pressed in the spirit] RV 'was constrained by the word,' i.e. devoted himself continually to preaching.

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