Acts 18:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. ”

Acts 18:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And when Silas and Timotheus ... - They came to Paul according to the request which he had sent by the brethren who accompanied him from Thessalonica, Acts 17:15 . Paul was pressed - Was urg...
Acts 18:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul (c) was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Jesus [was] Christ. (c) Was very much grieved in mind: by which is signifi...
Acts 18:5 - 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 18:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And . Now. were come . came down. was pressed, &c . Read, was engrossed with or by (Greek. en) the word, i.e. his testimony. spirit . All thetexts read "word" (Greek. logos . App-121.10...
Acts 18:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. When Silas and Timotheus were come - We have seen, Acts 17...
Acts 18:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And when Silas and Timotheus were come, &c.— St. Paul was at Corinth some time before his two assistants came up to him, and so long he frequented the synagogue; but when Timothy was come from...
Acts 18:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia -...
Acts 18:5 - 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 18:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia. — We learn from 1 Thessalonians 2:18 , that the latter had come to St. Paul at Athens, but had been almost immediately sent back to Thessalon...
Acts 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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...
Acts 18:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia ,.... Not from Berea in Macedonia, for from hence they came to the apostle while at Athens, and from whence he sent them, at least Timothy, to T...
Acts 18:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. Ver. 5. And when Silas and Timothy ] Good people one ki...
Acts 18:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia Silas seems to have stayed a considerable time at Berea; but Timotheus, having come to the apostle while he was at Athens, and having been sent...
Acts 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Were come from Macedonia; according as was ordered by him, Acts 17:14,15 . Pressed in the spirit; more than ordinarily affected, the Spirit of God influencing his spirit, so that he felt an an...
Acts 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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...
Acts 18:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

pressed Or, constrained by the Word. Compare ( 2 Corinthians 5:14 ).
Acts 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul at Corinth. Aquila and Priscilla and the beginning of the work:
Acts 18:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:2 ; 2 Corinthians 5:14 ; Acts 17:14 ; Acts 17:15 ; Acts 17:16 ; Acts 4:20 ; Acts 10:42 ; Acts 17:3 ; Acts 18:28 ; Acts 2:36 ; Acts 20:21 ; Acts 9:22 ; D...
Acts 18:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia — Silas seems to have stayed a considerable time at Berea: but Timotheus had come to the apostle while he was at Athens, and been sent by him t...

Acts 18:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 18:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 18:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 18:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 18:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 18:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 18:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 18:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 18:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 18:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 18:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 18:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 18:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 18:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 18:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 18:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 18:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 18:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 18:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 18:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 18:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 18:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 18:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 18:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes