“ So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. ”
So mightily grew the word of God - So powerfully. It had such efficacy and power in this wicked city. That power must have been mighty which would thus make them willing not only to cease to prac...
Miracles, Exorcisms, Burning of Books of Magic. Peter's shadow cured the sick ( Acts 5:15 ); Paul's minor articles of clothing do the same, according to the widespread belief of antiquity in the in...
mightily . according to strength (Greek. Kratos. App-172.) grew . Greek. auxano. Compare Acts 6:7 ; Acts 12:24 . God . The texts read "the Lord". prevailed . Same word as in. Acts 19:16...
− 20. Grew mightily [ lions. ] The word κατα κρατος doth signify that the word increased not a little, (or that these proceedings were not common) as if he should say, that in those incr...
DISCOURSE: 1795 GENUINE REPENTANCE Acts 19:18-20 . And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and...
So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. So mightily grew the word of God, and prevailed - The Codex Bezae reads this verse thus: "So mightily grew the word of the Lord, and prevailed; and the...
And many that believed came, &c.— Exorcisms and incantations had been very much practised at Ephesus: the Gentiles there imagined that Diana, or the moon, presided over their incantations; but...
So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Ephesus 1-41. Paul at Ephesus. Opposition of the manufacturers of idols. St. Paul, leaving Antioch in S. Galatia (see Acts 18:23 ), approached Ephesus not by the usual level route leading through...
So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. — The verbs imply a continuous growth. The better MSS. give, “the word of the Lord.”
the Power of Jesus' Name Acts 19:13-29 Where God's spirit is mightily at work, Satan is not far away. Here the enemy's emissaries were mean enough to use the name of Jesus to get themselves a f...
The result of the work of Apollos was manifest when Paul reached Ephesus. There he found a company of sincere disciples to Jesus as He had been revealed by John. To them Paul declared the truth in it...
And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. (9) But when divers were hardened, and believed not,...
So mightily grew the word of God, and prevailed. Over conjuring books, conjurers themselves, yea, even the devils; the power of God going along with it, many were converted; which is meant by the i...
So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. Ver. 20. So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed ] Happy it is for a people or person, when the word falls upon their spirits in the power o...
And this Acknowledgment of the divine authority of Jesus and Paul, made in the absence of both; or this fact, concerning the possessed man, thus prevailing against the sons of Sceva; was known to...
Paul returned to Ephesus, as he had promised. Of course there was an assembly there already, as chapter 18:27 intimates; but he found certain disciples who, at his questioning, tell him they had not...
The Disgrace of the Exorcists. 13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi...
The increase which the seed of the word had made was very remarkable; or it is a great instance of the power of God's word, when it makes men willing to part with their beloved and accustomed sins, a...
Paul's Continuing Ministry in Ephesus (19:8-20). Meanwhile we are reminded that Paul's' ministry continues in Ephesus in the proclamation of the Kingly Rule of God (compare Acts 1:3 ; Acts 8:12...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 19:13 . Vagabond .— I.e. , wandering about, or strolling Jews, exorcists , by profession (compare Matthew 12:8 ). “They appear to have regarded Paul as one of their own c...
Acts 19:1 . Paul came to Ephesus, a city of Ionia, built by the Amezones. Its temple of Diana was one of the seven wonders of the world; but Pompey plundered it of all its riches. This city is now...
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul … came to Ephesus. --Ephesus was the third capital and starting point of Christianity At Jerusalem Christianity was born in the cradle of Judaism; Antioch had be...
EXPOSITION Acts 19:1 Country for coasts, A.V.; found for finding, A.V. and T.R. The upper country (τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη); the inland districts of Galatia and Phrygia, through whi...
A further result of this event:
2 Thessalonians 3:1 ; Acts 12:24 ; Acts 6:7 ; Isaiah 55:11
So powerfully did the word of God grow — In extent, and prevail — In power and efficacy.