Acts 18:11
in Acts 18So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.
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ASV
And he dwelt there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
KJV
And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
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This verse in Acts 18
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And he continued ... - Paul was not accustomed to remain long in a place. At Ephesus, indeed, he remained three years Act 20:31; and his stay at Corinth was caused by his success, and by the necessity of placing a church, collected out of such corrupt and dissolute materials, on a firm foundation.
This site's exposition
a year and six months
Paul continues at Corinth a year and six months teaching the word of God, the longest settled ministry Luke records for him outside Ephesus, and the letters written to this church later show how much material that extended teaching produced. The stability answers the promise of verse 10 in the plainest way scripture can answer a promise, by simply reporting that it held. Corinth becomes one of Paul's most extensively documented congregations precisely because he had the time here to lay a full foundation. The bench notes that the two epistles to the Corinthians, written after Paul had left, still address problems that a year and a half of teaching could raise but not fully settle in a young and worldly city.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
on Acts 18:9-11
Then spake the Lord to Paul . . . by a vision, Be not afraid . . . no man shall set on thee to hurt thee, &c.--From this it would seem that these signal successes were stirring up the wrath of the unbelieving Jews, and probably the apostle feared being driven by violence, as before, from this scene of such promising labor. He is reassured, however, from above.
The words behind it
13 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἐκάθισεν | ekathisen | He remained | G2523 → | 44 times |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| ἐνιαυτὸν | eniauton | a year | G1763 → | |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| μῆνας | menas | months | G3376 → | 18 times |
| ἓξ | hex | six | G1803 → | 13 times |
| διδάσκων | didaskon | teaching | G1321 → | 96 times |
| ἐν | en | among | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| λόγον | logon | word | G3056 → | 329 times |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| θεοῦ.¶ | theou | of God. | G2316 → | 1312 times |
ἐκάθισενHe remained
ekathisenG2523 →44 times
δὲnow
deG1161 →2765 times
ἐνιαυτὸνa year
eniautonG1763 →
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
μῆναςmonths
menasG3376 →18 times
ἓξsix
hexG1803 →13 times
διδάσκωνteaching
didaskonG1321 →96 times
ἐνamong
enG1722 →2738 times
αὐτοῖςthem
autoisG846 →5565 times
τὸνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
λόγονword
logonG3056 →329 times
τοῦ<the>
touG3588 →19766 times
θεοῦ.¶of God.
theouG2316 →1312 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 14:3So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
it leads to
- Hebrews 2:4
and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
- Romans 1:16
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ephesians 6:18–20
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
- Acts 20:32
And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
- Acts 20:24
But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good…
- Hebrews 2:4
Through
Acts 20:31Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
it leads to
- Acts 19:8
Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
- Acts 19:10
This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
- Acts 19:8
Through
Acts 19:10This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
it leads to
- Acts 20:31
Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
- Acts 20:31
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Calvin, Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles.