Acts 18:1-3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 18:1

After these things - After what occurred at Athens, as recorded in the previous chapter.Came to Corinth - Corinth was the capital of Achaia, called anciently Ephyra, and was seated on the isthmus which divides the Peloponnesus from Attica. The city itself stood on a little island; it had two ports, Lecheeum on the west, and Cenchrea on the east. It was one of the most populous and wealthy cities of Greece, and at the same time one of the most luxurious, effeminate, ostentatious, and dissolute.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 18:2

And found a certain Jew - Aquila is mentioned elsewhere as the friend of Paul, Romans 16:3; 2 Timothy 4:19; 1 Corinthians 16:19. Though a Jew by birth, yet it is evident that he became a convert to the Christian faith.Born in Pontus - See the notes on Acts 2:9.Lately come from Italy - Though the command of Claudius extended only to Rome, yet it was probably deemed not safe to remain, or it might have been difficult to procure occupation in any part of Italy.Because that Claudius - Claudius was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 18:3

The same craft - Of the same trade or occupation.And wrought - And worked at that occupation. Why he did it the historian does not affirm; but it seems pretty evident that it was because he had no other means of maintenance. He also labored for his own support in Ephesus Acts 20:34 and at Thessalonica, 2 Thessalonians 3:9-10. The apostle was not ashamed of honest industry for a livelihood; nor did he deem it any disparagement that a minister of the gospel should labor with his own hands.For by... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 18:1

Acts 18:1. And after these things Paul departed, &c. After having so unsuccessfully preached to the philosophers and others in Athens, the apostle judged it needless any longer to attempt the conversion of men so frivolous, easy, indolent, and wise in their own eyes. He therefore left them as incorrigible, and proceeded forward to Corinth, now become more considerable for the number, learning, and wealth of its inhabitants, than even Athens itself. Corinth was situated on an isthmus, or... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 18:2-3

Acts 18:2-3. And found a certain Jew Afterward converted to the faith of Christ, (Acts 18:26,) doubtless by the instrumentality of Paul; born in Pontus A province of the Lesser Asia, not far from Galatia and Cappadocia; lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla Who also became an eminent Christian; because that Claudius The Roman emperor; had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome All who were Jews by birth; whether they were Jews or Christians by religion, the Romans were too... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 18:1-4

Across to Corinth (18:1-4)Corinth was a strategic commercial centre situated on a well used Roman road. It was also an important port, and like many ports it was full of all sorts of vice. Its reputation was so bad that people referred to a person of loose morals as one who ‘behaved like a Corinthian’. Yet Paul planted a church there and, not surprisingly, it became one of the most colourful and unorthodox churches of all.As he often did on his travels, Paul earned his living in Corinth by... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 18:1

Paul . Texts read "he". departed . See Acts 1:1 , Acts 1:4 . to . Greek. eis. App-104 . Probably in spring of A.D. 52. See App-180 . Corinth . At this time the political capital of Greece and seat of the Roman proconsul (Acts 18:12 ), as Athens was its literary centre. Its situation on an isthmus, with harbours on two seas, Lechaeum and Cenchreae, made it of great commercial importance, goods being transhipped and carried across the isthmus from one harbour to another, as was the case at... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 18:2

found = having found. certain . Greek. tis. App-123 . named = by name. Aquila . See Romans 16:3 . 1Co 16:19 . 2 Timothy 4:19 . born, &c . = a Pontian by race. lately . Greek. prosphatos. Only here. The adjective prosphatos, found in Hebrews 10:20 , was common in medical writers. with . Read "and". Priscilla . Aquila is never mentioned apart from his wife. Both these are Latin names. Their Jewish names are not given, because . Greek. dia. App-104 .Acts 18:2 . Claudius . This... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 18:3

of the same craft . Greek. homotechnos. Only here. A word applied by physicians to one another. The medical profession was called the healing art (Greek. techne) . abode = was abiding. See Acts 16:15 . wrought = was working. Greek. ergazomai. by their occupation = as to their craft. Greek. techne. tentmakers . Greek. skenopoios. Only here. They wove the black cloth of goat's or camel's hair of which tents were made. Every Jewish boy was taught some handicraft. Compare 1 Corinthians... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 18:1

The conclusion of the second missionary tour is recorded in this chapter (Acts 18:23a) and the beginning of the third (Acts 18:23b). Paul left Athens for Corinth where he met Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:1-4); great success attended his efforts during eighteen months work at Corinth (Acts 18:5-11); Jewish opposition came to a climax soon after Gallio became proconsul, but it was frustrated (Acts 18:12-17); Paul concluded the second journey via Cenchraea and Ephesus to Antioch in Syria (Acts... read more

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