Acts 18:9-10

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 18:4-17

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 18:5-11

(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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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 18:9

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

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

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