Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Acts 18:1-28
Acts 18:2 . Claudius had commanded all jews to depart from Rome. Suetonius says that this was on account of Chrestus, [Christ] who continually excited disturbances. This edict was issued in the ninth year of Claudius, and in the year of the Lord 49. The inference we draw is, that the jews of Rome were playing the same game with the christians that had long been played in Jerusalem; and by consequence, had got themselves, and it is probable, all the christians of Hebrew extraction, banished... read more
Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Acts 18:1-28
Let's turn now to the eighteenth chapter of Acts as we continue our study through the Bible. At the end of the study last week, the end of chapter seventeen, we found Paul speaking to the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers there on Mars Hills proclaiming to them the glory and the marvels of the unknown God whom they worshipped ignorantly. And we found that again Paul's message left them with sort of divided feelings, some believing, and some remaining with Paul, and others sort of scoffing and... read more