使徒行伝 18:4-5 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:1-17

Paul at Corinth. I. HIS WORK AT CORINTH . 1. Its humble and self-denying beginning . ( Acts 18:1-4 .). 2. Courageous progress. ( Acts 18:5-8 .) When Timothy and Silas came, Paul, instead of throwing the work upon their shoulders, only redoubles his activity. How useful and how happy "the tie that binds" men's hearts in Christian love and work ( Philippians 2:22 )! tie continues to witness to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah. The previous work in the synagogue... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:3-4

Tent-making a sermon. Paul has left the mockers, the procrastinators, and the believers, each to reap the fruits he has sown, and, departing from Athens, has reached Corinth. And here we find him the center of so natural a touch of history, that it speaks its own fidelity. No "cunningly devised" history would have interpolated such an incident as this before us. Nothing but the truth of history could find its niche here. So distinctly as it is recorded, it must be charged with some useful... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:4

Jews and Greeks for the Jews and the Greeks, A.V. Observe again the influence of the synagogue upon the Greek population. Reasoned (see Acts 17:2 , Acts 17:17 , note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:4-17

The testimony. The kernel of the gospel is the truth that Jesus was the Christ. He was the Person spoken of by all the prophets as to come. Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Mary, born in the reign of Augustus Caesar, and crucified in that of Tiberius; known to his contemporaries in Judaea and Galilee as a Teacher and a Prophet, known to later ages by the Gospels which record his life and death and resurrection from the dead; is God's Christ. He came into the world, in accordance with the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:5

But for and, A.V.; Timothy for Timotheus, A.V.; came down for were come down, A.V.; constrained by the Word for pressed in spirit, A.V. and T.R.; testifying for and testified, A.V.; the Christ for Christ, A.V. When Silas and Timothy , etc. It is probable that Silas had returned by St. Paul's directions to Beraea, and Timothy to Thessalonica from Athens. If there were extant a letter of Paul to the Beraeans, it would probably mention his sending back Silas to them,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:5-11

(or Acts 18:9 , Acts 18:10 ) Faithful ministry. I. THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN THE MESSENGER . 1. Testify by a special access of zeal in preaching the Word. Times when we should make unusual efforts to persuade men. We need to guard against monotony. The presence of sympathetic fellow-workers is a great encouragement and incitement. 2. Called out by the blaspheming opposition of unbelievers. If Christians knew what is said against Christ, they would not be so quiet... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 18:4

And he reasoned ... - See the notes on Acts 17:2. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 18:5

And when Silas and Timotheus ... - They came to Paul according to the request which he had sent by the brethren who accompanied him from Thessalonica, Acts 17:15.Paul was pressed - Was urged; was borne away by an unusual impulse. It was deeply impressed on him as his duty.In spirit - In his mind; in his feelings. His love to Christ was so great, and his conviction of the truth so strong, that he labored to make known to them the truth that Jesus Was the Messiah.That Jesus was Christ - That... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 18:4

Acts 18:4. And he reasoned in the synagogue, &c. The Jews being numerous in Corinth, Paul, according to his custom, began his ministry in the synagogue; and persuaded That is, endeavoured to persuade; the Jews and Greeks It is probable that most of these Greeks, since they attended the Jewish synagogue, were a kind of proselytes. It is possible, however, that some of them might not be such, but Gentiles, who were drawn out of curiosity to attend in the synagogue (though they did not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 18:5-6

Acts 18:5-6. And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia Silas seems to have stayed a considerable time at Berea; but Timotheus, having come to the apostle while he was at Athens, and having been sent back by him to comfort and confirm the church at Thessalonica, now left that city to join Paul at Corinth; and in his way calling upon Silas at Berea, they travelled together to Corinth, where they found the apostle, and gave him the agreeable information that the Thessalonian... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:3-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:4-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:5-11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 18:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 18:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 18:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 18:5-6

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