Acts 18:9 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:9

And the Lord said unto for then spake the Lord to, A.V. A vision ( ὅραμα ); literally, a thing seen, but always used of a wonderful "sight:" Matthew 17:9 of the Transfiguration, Acts 7:31 of the burning bush. But more commonly of a "vision," as in Acts 9:10 , Acts 9:12 ; Acts 10:3 , Acts 10:17 , Acts 10:19 ; Acts 11:5 ; Acts 12:9 ; Acts 16:9 . So in the LXX . ( Genesis 46:2 , etc.). St. Paul received a similar gracious token of the Lord's watchful care of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:9-10

God's grace in times of depression. The point of this gracious and comforting manifestation of God to his servant is that it came at a time of much perplexity, anxiety, and depression. It told of the Divine care of the earnest and faithful apostle, and gave him the restful assurance that, however men might oppose and trouble him, God accepted his service, and would surely guard him from all evil until his work in that city was complete. We may compare the proverbial assurance which has... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:9-11

The complement to human uncertainty found in Divine fidelity. It must be supposed either that the omniscient eye saw some signs of failing in Paul, or else that the greatness of the work and the severity of the trials before him were judged by Divine compassion to ask some special help. Notice, therefore, how true it is that— I. THE BEST AND STRONGEST OF HUMAN DEVOTION IS LIABLE TO SOME UNCERTAINTY . No reference is here made to the fickleness that owns to no... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 18:9

By a vision - Compare the notes on Acts 9:10; Acts 16:9.Be not afraid - Perhaps Paul might have been intimidated by the learning, refinement, and splendor of Corinth; perhaps embarrassed in view of his duty of addressing the rich, the polite, and the great. To this he may allude in 1 Corinthians 2:3; “And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.” In such circumstances it pleased God to meet him, and disarm his fears. This he did by assuring him of success. The fact that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 18:9-11

Acts 18:9-11. Then spake the Lord The Lord Jesus; in the night by a vision to Paul Who, probably, had been discouraged in view of the learning, politeness, and grandeur of many Gentile inhabitants of the city, to whom he was to speak, so that he was, as he himself expresses it, (1 Corinthians 2:3,) among them in weakness and fear, and in much trembling; which alarms were probably much increased by the violent assaults which had been made upon him in other places, and the contempt with... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 18:5-17

Eighteen months in Corinth (18:5-17)Meanwhile in Corinth, Paul was having the usual trouble with the Jews. They forced him out of the synagogue, so he went and preached in the house of Titius Justus, a Gentile God-fearer who lived next door (5-7). Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, himself believed (8; cf. 1 Corinthians 1:14), and possibly the new ruler of the synagogue, Sosthenes, later believed also (see v. 17; cf. 1 Corinthians 1:1).In spite of the constant opposition, Paul kept preaching,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 18:9

vision . Greek. horama. See note on Acts 7:31 . speak . Greek. laleo. App-121 . hold . . . thy peace = be. . . silent. Greek. siopao. Only here in Acts, ten times in the Gospels. This is the Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 18:9

And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace: for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.A vision ... The Lord repeatedly appeared to Paul to strengthen and encourage him in his proclamation of the truth.No ... man shall harm thee ... Almost at once, there would occur the most remarkable providence on behalf of Paul, in that those who sought to harm him were themselves dispersed and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 18:8-11

Acts 18:8-11. And Crispus,— St. Paul's labours in the synagogue had not been without some success; for Crispus, one of the rulers of the synagogue, embraced Christianity with his whole family; and afterwards manyother of the Corinthians, when they heard the Christian doctrine and the evidences of it, embraced the gospel, and were baptized, and were no doubt truly converted to God. His teaching so nigh the synagogueinthehouse of an uncircumcised Gentile, and his converting through grace and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 18:9

9-11. Then spake the Lord to Paul . . . by a vision, Be not afraid . . . no man shall set on thee to hurt thee, &c.—From this it would seem that these signal successes were stirring up the wrath of the unbelieving Jews, and probably the apostle feared being driven by violence, as before, from this scene of such promising labor. He is reassured, however, from above. read more