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Acts 19:9 KJV
Acts · chapter 19 · verse 9
But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.Acts 19:9 · King James Version
Acts 19:9 in context
7And all the men were about twelve.
8And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- multitudeplēthosa multitude, a great number, of men or things, the whole number, the whole multitude, the…G4128 →
- separatedaphorizōto mark off from others by boundaries, to limit, to separate, in a bad sense to exclude…G873 →
- disciplesmathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- disputingdialegomaito think different things with one s self, mingle thought with thought, to ponder…G1256 →
- hardenedsklērynōto make hard, harden, metaph., to render obstinate, stubborn, to be hardened, to become…G4645 →
- departedaphistēmito make stand off, cause to withdraw, to remove, to excite to revolt, to stand off, to…G868 →
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Paul is here very busy at Ephesus to do good. I. He begins, as usual, in the Jews' synagogue, and makes the first offer of the gospel to them, that he might gather in the lost sheep of the house of Israel, who were now scattered upon the mountains. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-12