Acts 18:23

And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
spent	ποιήσας poiēsas	G4160	to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine
some	τινὰ tina	G5100	some or any person or object · indefinite pronoun — accusative singular masculine
time	χρόνον chronon	G5550	a space of time (in general · noun — accusative singular masculine
departed	ἐξῆλθεν exēlthen	G1831	to issue (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
over	διερχόμενος dierchomenos	G1330	to traverse (literally) · verb — present middle or passive deponent participle, nominative singular masculine
country	χώραν chōran	G5561	room · noun — accusative singular feminine
Galatia	Γαλατικὴν Galatikēn	G1054	Galatic or relating to Galatia · adjective — accusative singular feminine, a people or place name
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
Phrygia	Φρυγίαν, Phrugian	G5435	Phrygia · noun — accusative singular feminine, a place
order	καθεξῆς kathexēs	G2517	thereafter · adverb
strengthening	ἐπιστηρίζων epistērizōn	G1991	to support further · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine
all	πάντας pantas	G3956	all · adjective — accusative plural masculine
disciples	μαθητάς.¶ mathētas	G3101	a learner · noun — accusative plural masculine

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Cross-references

Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the…
Acts 16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
Acts 15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
Acts 15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
1 Corinthians 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
Galatians 4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Deuteronomy 3:28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the la…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 18:18-23

We have here Paul in motion, as we have had him at Corinth for some time at rest, but in both busy, very busy, in the service of Christ; if he sat still, if he went about, still it was to do good. Here is, I. Paul's departure from Corinth, Act 18:18. 1. He did not go away till some time after the trouble he met with there; from other places he had departed when the storm arose, but not from Corinth, because there it had no sooner risen than it fell again. Some tell us that Gallio did privately countenance Paul, and took him into his favour, and that this occasioned a correspondence between Paul and Seneca, Gallio's brother, which some of the ancients speak of. After this he tarried there yet…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 18:23

PAUL'S THIRD AND LAST MISSIONARY JOURNEY--HE VISITS THE CHURCHES OF GALATIA AND PHRYGIA. (Acts 18:23-21:16) And after he had spent some time there--but probably not long. he departed--little thinking, probably, he was never more to return to Antioch. went over all . . . Galatia and Phrygia in order--visiting the several churches in succession. See on Act 16:6. Galatia is mentioned first here, as he would come to it first from Antioch. It was on this visitation that he ordained the weekly collection (Co1 16:1-2), which has been since adopted generally, and converted into a public usage throughout Christendom. Timotheus and Erastus, Gaius and Aristarchus, appear to have accompanied him on…

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Adam Clarke on Acts 18:23

Went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia - Both were provinces of Asia Minor: see on Act 2:10 (note). In order - Καθεξης, A word peculiar to St. Luke; see his Gospel, Luk 1:3; Luk 8:1; and his history of the Acts, Act 3:24; Act 11:4, and the place above; the only places where this word occurs in the New Testament. It properly signifies, in order, distinctly, particularly; from κατα, according to, and ἑξη, order, as opposed to confusion, indistinctness, etc. If St. Paul went up to Jerusalem at this time, which we are left to infer, for Luke has not expressed it, (Act 18:22), it was his fourth journey thither; and this is generally supposed to have been the twenty-first year after his…

Dictionary and topics

Colosse — more properly Colos’sae, was a city of Phrygia in Asia Minor, in the upper part of the basin of the Maeander, on the Lycus. Hierapolis and Laodicea were in its immediate neighborhood. (Colossians…
Galatia — Has been called the “Gallia” of the East, Roman writers calling its inhabitants Galli. They were an intermixture of Gauls and Greeks, and hence were called Gallo-Graeci, and the country…
Galatians, Epistle to — The genuineness of this epistle is not called in question. Its Pauline origin is universally acknowledged. Occasion of. The churches of Galatia were founded by Paul himself (Acts 16:6; Gal. 1:8;…
Galatians, The Epistle To The — was written by the apostle St. Paul not long after his journey through Galatia and Phrygia, (Acts 18:23) and probably in the early portion of his two-and-a-half-years stay at Ephesus, which…
Iconium — The capital of ancient Lycaonia. It was first visited by Paul and Barnabas from Antioch-in-Pisidia during the apostle’s first missionary journey (Acts 13:50, 51). Here they were persecuted by the…
Lycaonia — An inland province of Asia Minor, on the west of Cappadocia and the south of Galatia. It was a Roman province, and its chief towns were Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. The “speech of Lycaonia” (Acts…
Lystra — A town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, in a wild district and among a rude population. Here Paul preached the gospel after he had been driven by persecution from Iconium (Acts 14:2-7). Here also he…
Paul — =Saul (q.v.) was born about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably the name Paul was also given to him in infancy “for use in the Gentile world,” as “Saul” would be…
Phrygia — Dry, an irregular and ill-defined district in Asia Minor. It was divided into two parts, the Greater Phrygia on the south, and the Lesser Phrygia on the west. It is the Greater Phrygia that is spoken…
Titus — Honourable, was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch, and accompanied them to the council at Jerusalem (Gal. 2:1-3; Acts 15:2), although his name nowhere occurs in the Acts of the Apostles. He appears…

Acts 18:23

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 18:18-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 18:23

Adam Clarke on Acts 18:23

Dictionary and topics

Acts 18:23

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 18:18-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 18:23

Adam Clarke on Acts 18:23

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Acts 18:23

John Calvin on Acts 18:18-23

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 18:23–end