Acts 18:1-22 KJV

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 18:9-11

Acts 18:9-11Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak. Paul’s visionspeaks to us about three things.I. The worker. Paul, at a time of sore discouragement and depression. The best of men are but men at the best. The strongest men, apart from a firm faith in the Lord God, are as weak as the weakest. Now if any working Christian feels weak and discouraged, let it rally him to know that no affliction has overtaken him but such as is common to men.II. The... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 18:12

Acts 18:12; Acts 18:17And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection.Gallio and PaulThe proconsul of Achaia had ended his term of office, and the proconsul appointed by the emperor was Marcus Annaeus Novatus, who, having been adopted by the friendly rhetorician Lucius Junius Gallio, had taken the name of Lucius Junius Antaeus Gallio. Very different was the estimate of his contemporaries from that which has made his name since proverbial for indifferentism. The brother of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 18:17

Acts 18:17And Gallio cared for none of those things.The indifferentism of GallioGallio is one of the most unfortunate characters in all history. It has been his fate to suffer at the hands of foes and friends. It was once the fashion to regard him in the light of this single incident, and to condemn him as selfishly indifferent to all interests but his own. Since he has been studied in the light of his history and character as described by other pens, the verdict has been reversed, and this... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 18:18-23

Acts 18:18-23And Paul after this tarried there a good while.Preparing for labour1. Paul has conquered his position in Corinth. He seemed to have acquired a right to remain there. And after tarrying “a good while” he “took his leave of the brethren.” This is a new tone. Paul has not often gone away from a city in this quiet, friendly manner. His going out has often been amidst tumult and battle. But now he must take leave of the brethren. He had “shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.”... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 18:21

Acts 18:21I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem.The duty of observing the sacrament of the Lord’s SupperWhen our Lord came to be baptized He satisfied John by saying, “Suffer it to be so, for thus it behoveth us to fulfil all righteousness”--i.e., it becomes us to observe every righteous ordinance of God. The same spirit that animated the Master directed the conduct of His disciples; everywhere they were distinguished by a reverence for the ordinances of religion. And if... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 18:1

1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; Ver. 1. And came to Corinth ] A city very rich, but very loose and luxurious. Magna cognatio ut rei sic nominis, divitiis et vitiis. The Corinthians had within their city the temple of Isis, and without it the temple of Venus, to whom there were well nigh a thousand courtesans consecrated. They held fornication to be no sin; hence the apostle is so earnest against it, 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 . read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 18:2

2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. Ver. 2. Had commanded all Jews, &c. ] Wicked men are sick of the saints, and long to be rid of them, not considering that they bear up the pillars of the earth, and that God gratifies his children with the preservation of the wicked, as he did Paul with the lives of those infidels that were in the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 18:3

3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. Ver. 3. He abode with them and wrought ] Being no less busy in his shop among his tents than in his study among his books and parchments, 2 Timothy 4:13 . So Musculus, persecuted and driven out of his place, was forced for a poor living to dig and weave. (Melch. Adam.) And another late martyr, though he were one of the greatest scholars in Christendom, yet in banishment or... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 18:4

4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. Ver. 4. Persuaded the Jews ] Men may speak persuasively, but God only can persuade. Genesis 9:27 , Japheth’s children were to be won by persuasion. Therefore Christ sent forth to them not soldiers, but fishers, who might work upon them docendo non ducendo, monendo non minaudo, by informing them, not by enforcing them. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 18:5

5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. Ver. 5. And when Silas and Timothy ] Good people one kindle another. Paul was much heated with the zeal of God by the company of these two good men. Two flints, though both cold, yet yield fire when smitten together. Billets one kindle another. Iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the face of a man his friend. read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 18:9-11

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 18:12

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 18:17

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 18:18-23

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 18:21

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 18:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 18:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 18:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 18:4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 18:5

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