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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:1

And it came to pass - while Apollos was at Corinth - The Codex Bezae begins this chapter differently. But then Paul was desirous, according to his own counsel, to go to Jerusalem, the Spirit commanded him to return into Asia: then, passing through the upper parts, he came to Ephesus. This addition is also found in the Latin or Itala part of the same MS., and in the margin of the later Syriac. Paul having passed through the upper coasts - That is, through those parts of Asia Minor that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:2

Have ye received the Holy Ghost - It is likely that these were Asiatic Jews, who, having been at Jerusalem about twenty-six years before this, had heard the preaching of John, and received his baptism, believing in the coming Christ, whom John had proclaimed; but it appears that till this time they had got no farther instruction in the Christian religion. Paul, perceiving this, asked them if they had received the Holy Ghost since they believed? For it was the common privilege of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:4

That they should believe on him which should come after - John baptized them with the baptism of repentance; this was common to all the baptisms administered by the Jews to proselytes; but telling them that they should believe on him who was coming, was peculiar to John's baptism. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:5

When they heard this, etc. - As there is no evidence in the New Testament of persons being rebaptized, unless this be one, many criticisms have been hazarded to prove that these persons were not rebaptized. I see no need of this. To be a Christian, a man must be baptized in the Christian faith: these persons had not been baptized into that faith, and therefore were not Christians: they felt this, and were immediately baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. This is a plain case; but let one... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:6

They spake with tongues, and prophesied - They received the miraculous gift of different languages; and in those languages they taught to the people the great doctrines of the Christian religion; for this appears to be the meaning of the word προεφητευον , prophesied, as it is used above. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:1

Verse 1− 1.Luke showeth here that the Church of Ephesus was not only confirmed and increased by Paul’s return, but also that there was a miracle wrought there, because the visible graces of the Spirit were given to certain rude and new disciples. Furthermore, it is not known whether they were inhabitants of the city or strangers; neither doth it greatly skill. It is not to be doubted but that they were Jews, because they had received the baptism of John; also, it is to be thought that they... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:2

Verse 2− 2.Whether they had received the Holy Ghost. The end of the history doth show that Paul doth not speak in this place of the Spirit of regeneration, but of the special gifts which God gave to divers at the beginning of the gospel, for the common edifying of the Church. But now upon this interrogation of Paul ariseth a question, whether the Spirit were common to all everywhere at that time? For if he were given only to a few, why doth he join him with faith, as if they were so linked... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:4

Verse 4− 4.John truly Paul’s admonition tended to this end, that these men being convict of their ignorance might desire to go forward. He saith that John preached of Christ who was to come. Therefore he sent out his disciples, − (354) that running in the course they might go towards Christ who was not as yet revealed. Wherefore, to the end these men may not flatter themselves, and refuse to go forward, he showeth that they be yet far from the mark. For the feeling of want doth enforce men to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:5

Verse 5− 5.When they heard these things. Because the men of old had conceived an opinion that the baptism of John and of Christ were diverse, it was no inconvenient − (356) thing for them to be baptized again, who were only prepared with the baptism of John. But that that diversity was falsely and wickedly by them believed, it appeareth by this, in that it was a pledge and token of the same adoption, and of the same newness of life, which we have at this day in our baptism; and, therefore, we... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:1

Country for coasts, A.V.; found for finding, A.V. and T.R. The upper country ( τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη ); the inland districts of Galatia and Phrygia, through which St. Paul journeyed on his way to Ephesus, as distinguished from the seacoast on which Ephesus stood. Disciples . They were like Apollos, believers in the Lord Jesus through the preaching of John the Baptist. It looks as if they were companions of Apollos, and had come with him from Alexandria, perhaps for some... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:1

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