Acts 19:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. ”

• Acts 19:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Timotheus - Timothy. He was a proper person to send there to visit the churches, as he had been there before with Paul, when they were established, Acts 16:3 ; Acts 17:14 . And Erastus - Er...

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• Acts 19:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  sent . Greek. apostello. App-174. Compare 1 Corinthians 4:17 . ministered . Greek. diakoneo. App-190. Erastus . Compare Romans 16:23 ; 2 Timothy 4:20 . stayed . Literally held on. Greek...

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• Acts 19:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. So he sent into Macedonia - He desired Timothy to go as far as Corin...

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• Acts 19:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Timotheus and Erastus:— Timothy was a person very proper to be employed on this occasion; not only on account of his excellent character, but also as he had formerly been at Macedonia with St. Paul...

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• Acts 19:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto h...

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• Acts 19:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Acts 19:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Timotheus and Erastus. — Light is thrown on the mission of the former by 1 Corinthians 4:17 . He was sent on in advance to warn and exhort, and so to save the Apostle from the necessity of using s...

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• Acts 19:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Acts 19:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Acts 19:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. (22) So he sent...

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• Acts 19:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  So he sent into Macedonia ,.... To Philippi, or Thessalonica, or Berea, or some of the places there, to let them know of his coming, and to prepare for him: two of them that ministered unto him ;...

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• Acts 19:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. Ver. 22. In Asia ] i.e. At Ephesus, the chief city of Asia the...

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• Acts 19:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  After these things , &c. After the extraordinary cures performed, and conversions made, at Ephesus, which have been mentioned above, Paul, being much concerned about the spiritual welfare of his...

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• Acts 19:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Acts 19:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Tumult at Ephesus.       21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Acha...

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• Acts 19:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ministered unto him; this great apostle had not any to minister unto him out of state, but out of necessity, being he could not himself attend to all the offices of the church. These were employed...

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• Acts 19:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  PAUL'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM AND THEN TO ROME (19:21-28:31). Here we begin a new section of Acts. It commences with Paul's purposing to go to Jerusalem, followed by an incident, which, while it bri...

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• Acts 19:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 19:22 . Timothy .—See on Acts 16:1 . Erastus .—Whether the city treasurer of Corinth ( Romans 16:23 ) or Paul’s helper in Rome ( 2 Timothy 4:20 ), or whether both were th...

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• Acts 19:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Acts 19:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Acts 19:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Acts 19:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Tumult of Demetrius. Some plans of Paul:

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• Acts 19:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Thessalonians 1:8 ; 2 Corinthians 1:16 ; 2 Corinthians 11:9 ; 2 Corinthians 2:13 ; 2 Corinthians 8:1 ; 2 Timothy 4:20 ; Acts 13:5 ; Acts 16:10 ; Acts 16:3 ; Acts 16:9 ; Acts 18:5 ; Acts...

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