Acts 19:18 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:18-20

Practical evidence of genuine repentance. The evidence which" many of them that believed" now came and gave, of the vitality of their faith and the reality of their repentance, was conclusive. And the very thought of it is refreshing as we read it. Here follow four grand evidences of a genuine "faith in Jesus" and "repentance from dead works." I. TO COME VOLUNTARILY AND CONFESS . II. TO DISCLOSE , AND TO DISCLOSE VOLUNTARILY , UNDER NO PRESSURE OF ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:18

Their deeds - Their actions; their evil course of life. The direct reference here is to the magical arts which had been used, but the word may also be designed to denote “iniquity” in general. They who make a profession of religion will be willing to confess their transgressions, and no man can have evidence that he is truly renewed who is not willing to confess as well as to forsake his sins, Romans 10:10; Proverbs 28:13, “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 19:17-20

Acts 19:17-20. And this Acknowledgment of the divine authority of Jesus and Paul, made in the absence of both; or this fact, concerning the possessed man, thus prevailing against the sons of Sceva; was known to all the Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus And became, doubtless, the common subject of conversation; and fear fell on them all For in this instance they saw a striking proof of the malice of the devil, whom they served, and of the power of Christ, whom they opposed; and both... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 19:8-32

Ephesus and the surrounding region (19:8-22)After Paul had preached for three months in the synagogue, the Jews forced him out, so he went and taught in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. He carried on his teaching work there for the next two years, during which the disciples took the message into the surrounding countryside (8-10). This activity seems to have resulted in churches being founded, without Paul’s help, in the towns of Colossae, Hierapolis and Laodicea (Colossians 2:1; Colossians 4:13),... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 19:18

confessed . Compare Matthew 3:6 . shewed = declared. See note on Acts 15:4 . deeds = practices. Greek. praxis. Elsewhere, Matthew 16:27 (works). Luke 23:51 .Romans 8:13 ; Romans 12:4 (office). Colossians 3:9 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 19:18

Many also of them that had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.At Corinth, many of the Christians came from among those who have been involved in the grossest of sins (1 Corinthians 6:9-11); and so it was here, that among the Christians were many who had been involved in the black arts of magic. Upon beholding the truth, however, they forsook their evil ways. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 19:18-20

Acts 19:18-20. And many that believed came, &c.— Exorcisms and incantations had been very much practised at Ephesus: the Gentiles there imagined that Diana, or the moon, presided over their incantations; but upon the disaster which befel these exorcists, many of them who had lately embraced the Christian religion came to the apostle, acknowledging that they also had formerly been guilty of sorcery and exorcisms, and confessed that they now looked upon such things as highly criminal. Nay,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:18-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 19:17-20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 19:8-32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 19:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 19:18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 19:18-20

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:1-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:6-20

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