Acts 19:20

So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. — The verbs imply a continuous growth. The better MSS. give, “the word of the Lord.”

Related Commentaries of Acts 19:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 woul...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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, accordi...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mightily . according to strength (Greek. Kratos. App-172.) grew . Greek. auxano. Compare Acts 6:7 ; Acts 12:24 . God . The texts read "the...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 20. Grew mightily [ lions. ] The word κατα κρατος doth signify that the word increased not a little, (or that these proceedings were n...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1795 GENUINE REPENTANCE Acts 19:18-20 . And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which u...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And many that believed came, &c.— Exorcisms and incantations had been very much practised at Ephesus: the Gentiles there imagined that Diana, o...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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 Ep...
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 eno...
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 revea...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So mightily grew the word of God, and prevailed. Over conjuring books, conjurers themselves, yea, even the devils; the power of God going along wit...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, whe...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 pr...
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 discipl...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Disgrace of the Exorcists. 13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, t...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 K...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘So mightily grew the word of the Lord and prevailed.' Thus was the mighty working of the word revealed. The word of the Lord grew mightily and prev...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 19:13 . Vagabond .— I.e. , wandering about, or strolling Jews, exorcists , by profession (compare Matthew 12:8 ). “They...
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 Pompe...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

And he welt into the synagogue. Paul’s ministry at Ephesus I. Wonderful preaching. 1. Manner of the preaching. (1) It was bold (Act 4:31;...
The Biblical Illustrator

So mightily grew the Word of God and prevailed. The growing and prevailing gospel 1. This is a despatch from the seat of war announcing a glori...
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 in...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A further result of this event:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So mightily grew the Word of God and prevailed. The beating which the exorcists received in consequence of their unwarranted use of the name of Je...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 3:1 ; Acts 12:24 ; Acts 6:7 ; Isaiah 55:11
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So powerfully did the word of God grow — In extent, and prevail — In power and efficacy.

²⁰ So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

Related Commentaries of Acts 19:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 19:20