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Acts 19:22 KJV
Acts · chapter 19 · verse 22
So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.Acts 19:22 · King James Version
Acts 19:22 in context
20So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
21After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
22So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
23And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
24For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ministereddiakoneōto be a servant, attendant, domestic, to serve, wait upon, to minister to one, render…G1247 →
- MacedoniamakedoniaMacedonia = " extended land" , a country bounded on the south by Thessaly and…G3109 →
- TimotheustimotheosTimothy = " honouring God" , a resident of Lystra, apparently, whose father was a…G5095 →
- ErastuserastosErastus = " beloved" , a companion of the apostle Paul, the chamberlain or rather…G2037 →
- himselfautoshimself, herself, themselves, itself, he, she, it, the sameG846 →
- stayedepechōto have or hold upon, apply, to observe, attend to, to give attention to, to hold…G1907 →
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I. Paul is here brought into some trouble at Ephesus, just when he is forecasting to go thence, and to cut out work for himself elsewhere. See here, 1. How he laid his purpose of going to other places, Act 19:21, Act 19:22.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-41