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“ And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. ”

Acts 18:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he reasoned ... - See the notes on Acts 17:2 .
Acts 18:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and (b) persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. (2) The truth ought always to be freely uttered, yet nonetheless the doctrine may be moderated in accor...
Acts 18:4 - 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...
Acts 18:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

reasoned . Greek. dialegomai. See Acts 17:2 ; Acts 17:17 . synagogue . App-120. In the museum at Corinth is. fragment of. stone with the inscription, ( suna ) goge hebr ( aion ). synagogue o...
Acts 18:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 4. He disputed in the synagogue It is a wonder how that crept in which is in the Latin books, − (317) that Paul put in the name of Christ: unless it were because some reader would supply...
Acts 18:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath - Discoursed at large concerning Jesus as the Messiah, proving this p...
Acts 18:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And he reasoned, &c.— Philo informs us, that many Jews inhabited Corinth, and the chief and best parts of Peloponnesus. And St. Luke in this place, as well as St. Paul in his two epistles to th...
Acts 18:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. And he reasoned ('or discoursed') in the synagogue overt sabbath, and persuaded, х epeithen ( G3982...
Acts 18:4 - 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...
Acts 18:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. — It is necessary to remind the reader that the latter word does not mean Greek-speaking Jews, or proselytes in the full sense of the word, but, as elsewhere (...
Acts 18:4 - 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...
Acts 18:4 - 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...
Acts 18:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth; (2) And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; because that (Claudius had...
Acts 18:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath ,.... In Corinth there was a synagogue of the Jews, in which they met together for worship on the seventh day of the week, which was their sabbath; and...
Acts 18:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. Ver. 4. Persuaded the Jews ] Men may speak persuasively, but God only can persuade. Genesis 9:27 , Japheth'...
Acts 18:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he reasoned in the synagogue , &c. The Jews being numerous in Corinth, Paul, according to his custom, began his ministry in the synagogue; and persuaded That is, endeavoured to persuade;...
Acts 18:4 - 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...
Acts 18:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul Visits Corinth. 1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila,...
Acts 18:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He reasoned in the synagogue; or argued and disputed, giving his reasons out of Scripture, and answering their objections. And persuaded the Jews; not only using cogent arguments, but, as some un...
Acts 18:4 - 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,...
Acts 18:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 18:1 . Paul .—Omitted in the best texts. How long the Apostle stayed in Athens—Weiseler suggests fourteen days; Ramsay, three or four weeks—and how he came to Corinth , wh...
Acts 18:4 - 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...
Acts 18:4 - 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...
Acts 18:4 - 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...
Acts 18:4 - 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...
Acts 18:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul at Corinth. Aquila and Priscilla and the beginning of the work:
Acts 18:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 32:11 ; 2 Corinthians 5:11 ; Acts 13:14 ; Acts 14:1 ; Acts 17:11 ; Acts 17:1-3 ; Acts 17:17 ; Acts 19:8 ; Acts 13:43 ; Acts 18:13 ; Acts 19:26 ; Acts 26:28 ; Acts 28:23 ; G...

Acts 18:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 18:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 18:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 18:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 18:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 18:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 18:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 18:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 18:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 18:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 18:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 18:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 18:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 18:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 18:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 18:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 18:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 18:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 18:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 18:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 18:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 18:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge