Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Acts 18:9
(4) Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
(4) God does confirm and maintain the steadfastness of his servants.
(4) Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
(4) God does confirm and maintain the steadfastness of his servants.
Verse Acts 18:9. _THEN SPAKE THE LORD TO PAUL IN THE NIGHT BY A VISION_] It is likely that Paul was at this time much discouraged by the violent opposition of the Jews, and probably was in danger of...
BY A VISION - Compare the notes on Acts 9:10; Acts 16:9. BE NOT AFRAID - Perhaps Paul might have been intimidated by the learning, refinement, and splendor of Corinth; perhaps embarrassed in view of h...
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...
VISION. Greek. _horama._ See note on Acts 7:31. SPEAK. Greek. _laleo._ App-121. HOLD... THY PEACE. be... silent. Greek. _siopao._ Only here in Acts, ten times in the Gospels. This is the Figure of s...
_Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision_ The rendering of the first word makes it seem as though the original were an adverb of time. Render, "And the Lord said, &c" We may judge from th...
ἘΝ ΝΥΚΤῚ ΔΙ' ὉΡΆΜΑΤΟΣ with אB. _Vulg_. ‘nocte per visionem.’ 9. ΕἾΠΕΝ ΔῈ … ἘΝ ΝΥΚΤῚ ΔΙ' ὉΡΆΜΑΤΟΣ Τ. Π., _and the Lord spake to Paul in the night by a vision_. We may infer from the language used to hi...
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...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ, _см._ Acts 18:6. ΦΟΒΟΎ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΦΟΒΈΟΜΑΙ (G5399) бояться. _Praes. imper._ с _Отр.._ ΜΉ (G3361) может указывать на перерыв в развивающемся действ...
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...
9, 10. Although his success, when about leaving the synagogue must have been a source of some comfort to Paul, an incident occurred just at this period, which shows that he was far from being relieved...
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: THEN SPAKE THE LORD TO PAUL IN THE NIGHT BY A VISION, BE NOT AFRAID, BUT SPEAK, AND HOLD NOT...
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...
THEN SPAKE THE LORD TO PAUL. — We note the recurrence of these visions at each great crisis of the Apostle’s life. He had seen the Lord at his conversion (Acts 9:4), he had heard the same voice and se...
So at other crises in the Apostle's life, _cf._ Acts 22:17; Acts 27:23. ὁ Κ., _i.e._, Jesus. μὴ φοβοῦ, _cf._ Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 43:2, and for the phras
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...
− 9._And the Lord said. _Though the fruit of Paul’s doctrine (in that he gained some daily to Christ) might have encouraged him to go forward, yet is the heavenly oracle added for his farther confirma...
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...
THEN SPAKE THE LORD TO PAUL IN THE NIGHT BY A VISION,.... On a certain night as he was asleep, the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to him in a dream, and spake after this manner to him: BE NOT AFRAID; it...
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: Ver. 9. _But speak, and hold not thy peace_] _i.e._ Speak out the whole truth plainly and plent...
_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,...
Ministers of the gospel are at times liable to great fear and depression of spirits. But God is able to encourage and protect them. He would have them remember, that among their opposers may be many w...
Success in preaching to the Gentiles:...
THEN SPAKE THE LORD TO PAUL IN THE NIGHT BY A VISION, BE NOT AFRAID, BUT SPEAK, AND HOLD NOT THY PEACE;...
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...
"And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by. vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace" "Be not afraid" "Literally, 'stop being afraid'" (Robertson p. 298). "The Greek prohibits the con...
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...
IN THE NIGHT BY A VISION; as ACTS 16:9; it may be, by an angel. SPEAK, AND HOLD NOT THY PEACE; it is doubled again and again, as of greatest consequence: 1. To the Corinthians, whose salvation by thi...
9, 10. Although his success, when about leaving the synagogue must have been a source of some comfort to Paul, an incident occurred just at this period, which shows that he was far from being relieved...
Acts and Martyrdom of St. Matthew the Apostle And when what had come to pass was reported in the palace, the king Fulvanus, having learned what had been done by Matthew about his wife, and his son, a...
Acts 18:9 Now G1161 Lord G2962 spoke G2036 (G5627) Paul G3972 in G1223 night G3571 by G1722 vision...
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...
‘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...
Acts 18:9. THEN SPAKE THE LORD TO PAUL IN THE NIGHT BY A VISION. A form most probably appeared to the apostle when he heard the voice bidding him be of good courage (see for a similar vision, when a f...
BE NOT AFRAID, BUT SPEAK, AND HOLD NOT THY PEACE (Μη φοβου, αλλα λαλε κα μη σιωπησηις). Literally, "stop being afraid (μη with present middle imperative of φοβεω), but go on speaking (present active...
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....
_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...
_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...
_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....
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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 18:1 Corinth was Paul’s last major place of witness on his second journey. ⇐ ⇔...
_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 Thessalonians 2:2; 2 Corinthians 12:1; Acts 16:9; Acts 22:18;...