Acts 18:5
And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
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4Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
Cross References
Job 32:18For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
Daniel 9:25Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.
Luke 12:50But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
John 3:28You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
John 15:27And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
Matthew Henry on Acts 18:2-7
Paul Visits Corinth. 1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And when Silas and… Read the whole commentary →