1 Thessalonians 2:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. ”

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul - The phrase “even I Paul,” seems to be used by way of emphasis. He had a special desire to go himself. He had sent Timothy to them 1 Thessalon...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul and the Thessalonian Church. The next two paragraphs describe ( a) the effect of Paul's preaching at Thessalonica, ( b) his anxiety with regard to the fate of the Church under stress of pers...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

would have . wished to. App-102. once and again . Compare Philippians 1:4 ; Philippians 1:16 . hindered . Greek. enkopto. See Acts 24:4 .
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18 Satan hindered us. Luke relates that Paul was in one instance hindered, ( Acts 20:3 ) inasmuch as the Jews laid an ambush for him in the way. The same thing, or something similar, may have...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. Even I Paul - He had already sent Timothy and Silas to them; but he himself was anxious to see them, and had...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But Satan hindered us.— When the Hebrews would express any thing remarkably great, they add the name of God to it; so they call great mountains, the mountains of God, —and the like: and thus, wh...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. Wherefore. ['Aleph (') A B Delta G f g, Vulgate read, dioti ( G1360 ) for dio ( G1352 ); E...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Nature of St. Paul's Life and Work at Thessalonica 2. The persecution at the Roman garrison-town of Philippi made a deep impression on St. Paul the Roman citizen ( Acts 16:19-40 ; Philippians...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

We would. — Not merely a conditional tense, but “we were ready to come — meant to come.” Even I Paul. — Rather, that is to say, I; Paul, not as if it were a great thing that one like him sho...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 ABSENCE AND LONGING 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 (R.V.) THE Apostle has said all that he means to say of the opposition of the Jews to the gospel, and in the vers...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

The Apostle's Glory and Joy 1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 The Christian worker always should wait on God till he gets the word of the message. There is an essential difference between delivering a se...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It is evident that some of the Jews in Thessalonica had been discounting the apostle in his absence. He very definitely defends himself against such detraction, asserting that his preaching had been...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) В¶ For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore we would have come unto you ,.... They not only had a will, and purposed in themselves, and entered into some resolutions to come unto them, but endeavoured to put them into execution: e...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. Ver. 18. But Satan hindered us ] He still doth his utmost to hinder the communion of saints, and to keep...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But we, brethren , &c. In this verse we have a remarkable instance, not so much of the transient affections of holy grief, desire, or joy, as of that abiding tenderness, that loving temper, whic...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

We are to consider now that which had great effect in producing the energetic, devoted response to the gospel such as we have seen in the Thessalonians. Certainly it is the Word of God itself that is...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Effects of the Christian Ministry. A. D. 51. 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This he adds further to satisfy them of his real affection to them, that he attempted to come to them once and again, that is, often, as Nehemiah 13:20 Philippians 4:16 . And that they might b...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short while (literally ‘a season of an hour'), in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire, because w...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Thessalonians 2:17 . Being taken from you. —R.V. “bereaved of you.” St. Paul, absent from Thessalonica, feels like a parent who has lost a child, and regards the...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 I. The Thessalonian Christians were peculiarly the Apostle's hope, being regarded by him, not simply as a conspicuous part of the reward in glory which was in store for him...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Verse. 1-3. Ye know our entrance into Thessalonica our exhortation was not of deceit, or error to lead astray the simple, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile, as is the character of the judaizin...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION CONTENTS .—Paul turns from the reports of others to the experience of the readers. They themselves knew that his entrance was not powerless; although maltreated in Philippi, he was e...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's attempts to visit the Thessalonians:
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 16:21 ; 2 Corinthians 11:12-14 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:17 ; Colossians 4:18 ; Job 33:14 ; Philemon 1:9 ; Philippians 4:16 ; Revelation 12:9-12 ; Revelation 2:10 ; Romans 1:13 ; R...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Heart Life of the Apostle Paul 1 Thessalonians 2:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of this remarkable chapter brings reminiscences of Paul's entrance into Thessalonica. This should...
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Satan — By those persecuting Jews, Acts 17:13 .

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes