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Acts 18:7 KJV
Acts · chapter 18 · verse 7
And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.Acts 18:7 · King James Version
Acts 18:7 in context
5And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
6And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
7And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
8And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
9Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- worshippedsebōto revere, to worshipG4576 →
- departedmetabainōto pass over from one place to another, to remove, departG3327 →
- enterederchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- certaintisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
- thenceekeithenthence, from that placeG1564 →
- JustusioustosJustus = " just" , a surname of Joseph, called Barsabas. , of Titus, a Christian…G2459 →
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Here we are told, I. That Paul changed his quarters. Christ directed his disciples, when he sent them forth, not to go from house to house (Luk 10:7), but there might be occasion to do it, as Paul did here.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-11