Acts 18:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. ”

Acts 18:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And Crispus - He is mentioned in 1 Corinthians 1:14 as having been one of the few whom Paul baptized with his own hands. The conversion of such a man must have tended greatly to exasperate the...
Acts 18:8 - 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 18:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Crispus . See 1 Corinthians 1:14 . chief, &c . Greek. archisunagogos. Here and Acts 18:17 translated chief ruler, &c. In all other places, ruler, &c. See note on Acts 13:15 . b...
Acts 18:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. Crispus the chief ruler of the synagogue - Thi...
Acts 18:8 - 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...
Acts 18:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. And Crispus, the chief ruler of the sy...
Acts 18:8 - 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 18:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord. — The article does not necessarily show that there was only one ruler — commonly, as at the Pisidian Antioch ( Acts 13:15 ), the...
Acts 18:8 - 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 18:8 - 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 18:8 - 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 18:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue ,.... This was a Jewish name; frequent mention is made of R. Crispa in the Jewish writings k this person, either through hearing Paul before he departed...
Acts 18:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. Ver. 8. And many of the Corinthians ] When...
Acts 18:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He entered into a man's house, named Justus A Gentile, but a worshipper of the true God: and he preached there, though probably he still lodged with Aquila. He the rather chose to preach in the hou...
Acts 18:8 - 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 18:8 - 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...
Acts 18:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The chief ruler: there were several rulers in a synagogue, which we find frequent mention of, as Matthew 9:18 Mark 5:22 . Their office and place was, to advise and give order about the affairs...
Acts 18:8 - 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 18:8 - 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 18:8 - 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 18:8 - 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 18:8 - 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 18:8 - 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 18:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Success in preaching to the Gentiles:
Acts 18:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:13-17 ; 1 Corinthians 1:14 ; Acts 10:2 ; Acts 16:14 ; Acts 16:15 ; Acts 16:34 ; Acts 2:37-41 ; Acts 8:12 ; Acts 8:35-38 ; Acts 13:15 ; Acts 18:17 ; Genesis 17:27 ; Genesi...
Acts 18:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And many hearing — The conversation of Crispus, and the preaching of Paul.

Acts 18:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 18:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 18:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 18:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 18:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 18:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 18:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 18:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 18:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 18:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 18:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 18:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 18:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 18:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 18:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 18:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 18:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 18:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 18:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 18:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 18:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 18:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes