Acts 18:27

'was disposed. wished. Greek. boulomai. App-102.

exhorting. Greek. protrepomai. Only here. According to the order in the Greek this refers to Apollos, and it should read, "the brethren, having encouraged him, wrote".

receive. Greek. apodechomai. See note on Acts 2:41.

helped. Greek. sumballo. See note on Acts 4:15.

through. Greek. dia. App-104.Acts 18:1.

grace. App-184.

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²⁷ And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

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