Acts 18:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. ”

• Acts 18:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 l...

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• Acts 18:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 lux...

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• Acts 18:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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.

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• Acts 18:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  − 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,...

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• Acts 18:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. No man shall set on thee - Και ουδεις επιθησεται σοι, No man shall be permitted to lay violent hand...

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• Acts 18:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 m...

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• Acts 18:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Acts 18:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 mission...

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• Acts 18:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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 la...

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• Acts 18:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Great Ministry in a Great City Acts 18:1-17 Paul tells us, in 1 Corinthians 2:1-4 , that he entered Corinth with fear and trembling and made no effort to attract by human wisdom or eloquence...

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• Acts 18:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Acts 18:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 hi...

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• Acts 18:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Acts 18:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• Acts 18:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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,...

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• Acts 18:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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,...

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• Acts 18:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 wi...

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• Acts 18:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Paul Visits Corinth.       7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, w...

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• Acts 18:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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...

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• Acts 18:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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,...

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• Acts 18:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Acts 18:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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 mos...

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• Acts 18:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 ni...

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• Acts 18:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 destroye...

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• Acts 18:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 Be...

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• Acts 18:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Success in preaching to the Gentiles:

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• Acts 18:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ; 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; 2 Timothy 4:17 ; 2 Timothy 4:22 ; Acts 15:14 ; Acts 15:18 ; Exodus 4:12 ; Isaiah 41:10 ; Isaiah 43:2 ; Isaiah 54:17 ; Isaiah 8:10 ; Jeremiah 1:...

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• Acts 18:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  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 m...

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