Acts 19:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

divers. some. Greek. tines. App-124.

hardened. Greek. skleruno. Romans 9:18; Hebrews 3:8; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 3:15; Hebrews 4:7.

believed not. were unbelieving. Greek. apeitheo. Compare Acts 14:2; Acts 17:5.

but spake evil. speaking evil. Greek. kakologeo. Here, Matthew 15:4.Mark 7:10; Mark 9:39.

that way. the way. See note on Acts 9:2.

multitude. Greek. plethos. See note on Acts 2:6.

departed. having withdrawn. Greek. aphistemi.

separated. Greek. aphorizo. Compare Acts 13:2.

school. Greek. schole. Literally leisure, then lecture or discussion, then place for such. Only here.

one. The texts omit.

Tyrannus. Evidently. -well-known teacher. He may have been. Rabbi, who had become. convert. "In towns where there were many Jews, both in Judea and elsewhere, they had. synagogue and. divinity school. "(Dr. John Lightfoot, Works, iii. 236.)

Acts 19:9

9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.