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Acts 18:11

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So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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

9 notes on this verse
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 a half

Paul stayed a year and a half, the longest settled ministry Luke records for him outside Ephesus. Luke reports the promise of verse 10 holding. The two letters to the Corinthians, written after he left, show how much that teaching produced.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 39 · Written before 407.

proposed

"And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment-seat." Do you mark why those men were ever contriving to give a public turn to the misdemeanors they accused them of? After the year and six months, they set upon him. Because they had no longer the use of their own laws.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Ministers may be serving Christ, and promoting the great ends of their ministry, by writing good letters, as well as by preaching good sermons. 12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

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A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

proposed

He continued there a year and six months - A long time! But how few souls are now gained in a longer time than this? Generally both teachers and hearers.
And he continued there,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

continued there a year and six months--the whole period of this stay at Corinth, and not merely up to what is next recorded. During some part of this period he wrote his SECOND EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He continued there a year and six months - He was now confident that he was under the especial protection of God, and therefore continued teaching the word, τον λογον, the doctrine of God. It is very likely, that it was during his stay here that he wrote his first epistle to the Thessalonians, and the second not long after; and some think that the epistle to the Galatians was written during his stay at Corinth.

The words behind it

13 Greek words

Every 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.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 14:3

    So 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…

  • Through

    Acts 20:31

    Therefore 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.

  • Through

    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.

    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.

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About Acts

The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
Acts: the study guide →Read Acts 18 →

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; John Calvin, Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 39; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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