Acts 18:10, Acts 18:9 KJV

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 18:10

Harm for hurt, A.V. I have much people , etc. We may infer from this intimation from him who "knoweth them that are his," which led to St. Paul staying on at Corinth upwards of a year and six months ( Acts 18:11 ), that the shortness of his stay at Athens was because the Lord had not much people there. For the encouraging promise of protection in the midst of danger given to St. Paul by Christ in this vision, comp. Jeremiah 1:17-19 . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 18:10

For I am with thee - I will attend, bless, and protect you. See the notes on Matthew 28:20.No man shall set on thee - No one who shall rise up against thee will be able to hurt thee. His life was in God’s hands, and he would preserve him in order that his people might be collected into the church.For I have - Greek: there is to me; that is, I possess, or there belongs to me.Much people - Many who should be regarded as his true friends, and who should be saved.In this city - In that very city... 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 18:10

no man = no one. set on thee = lay (hands) on thee. hurt thee = do thee evil. Greek. kakoo. See note on Acts 7:6 . people . Greek. laos. Here nsed generally. 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 18:10

10. I have much people in this city—"whom in virtue of their election to eternal life He already designates as His" (compare :-) [BAUMGARTEN]. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 18:1-17

Ministry in Corinth 18:1-17Silas and Timothy had evidently rejoined Paul in Athens (1 Thessalonians 3:1). Before leaving Athens, Paul sent Timothy back to Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 3:2) and Silas back to somewhere in Macedonia (Acts 18:5), perhaps Philippi (cf. Philippians 4:16). Paul entered Corinth without these brethren, but they joined him in Corinth later (Acts 18:5; 1 Thessalonians 3:6). read more