Acts 19:7

And all the men were about twelve.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
all	πάντες pantes	G3956	all · adjective — nominative plural masculine
men	ἄνδρες andres	G435	a man (properly as an individual male) · noun — nominative plural masculine
were	ἦν ēn	G2258	I (thou
about	ὡσεὶ hōsei	G5616	as if · preposition
twelve	δεκαδύο dekadýo	G1177	two and ten

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 19:1-7

Ephesus was a city of great note in Asia, famous for a temple built there to Diana, which was one of the wonders of the world: thither Paul came to preach the gospel while Apollos was at Corinth (Act 19:1); while he was watering there, Paul was planting here, and grudged not that Apollos entered into his labours and was building upon his foundation, but rejoiced in it, and went on in the new work that was cut out for him at Ephesus with the more cheerfulness and satisfaction, because he knew that such an able minister of the New Testament as Apollos was now at Corinth, carrying on the good work there. Though there were those that made him the head of a party against Paul (Co1 1:12), yet Paul…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 19:6

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them . . . they spake with tongues, &c.--See on Act 10:44-45.

Adam Clarke on Acts 19:6

They spake with tongues, and prophesied - They received the miraculous gift of different languages; and in those languages they taught to the people the great doctrines of the Christian religion; for this appears to be the meaning of the word προεφητευον, prophesied, as it is used above.

John Gill on Acts 19:7

And all the men were about twelve. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, have not the word "about"; but affirm, that the men were twelve; and indeed the number being so small, the historian might be at a certainty about it: these seem to be the first materials of a Gospel church at Ephesus, which afterwards was very large and flourishing, and very likely were some of the elders of it.

John Calvin on Acts 19:1-7

Acts 19:1-7 1. And it came to pass when Apollos was at Corinthus, that Paul, having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples, he said unto them, 2. Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? But they said unto him, Yea, we have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3. And he said unto them, Wherewith were ye then baptized? And they said, With the baptism of John 4. And Paul said, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, speaking to the people, that they should believe in Him who should come after him; that is, in Christ Jesus. 5. When they heard these things, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6. And…

The Church Fathers

All the men were about twelve, etc. But the judgments of God are a great abyss. Behold, recently deemed unworthy of the visitation of the apostles, Asia is now consecrated by the Apostolic number and elevated by the prophetic gift. And it should be noted that the Holy Spirit also here showed the signs of his coming upon the twelve disciples, and above upon the one hundred and twenty, which is the number twelve multiplied by ten, that sign in Jerusalem, this in Ephesus, which is a city of the Greeks. I believe to show that whether a person believes from among the Jews or the Gentiles, they only who communicate with the unity of the Catholic and Apostolic Church are fulfilled.
— Bede, Commentary on Acts

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Dictionary and topics

Baptism, John’s — Was not Christian baptism, nor was that which was practised by the disciples previous to our Lord’s crucifixion. Till then the New Testament economy did not exist. John’s baptism bound its subjects…
Diana — So called by the Romans; called Artemis by the Greeks, the “great” goddess worshipped among heathen nations under various modifications. Her most noted temple was that at Ephesus. It was built…
John, Third Epistle of — Is addressed to Caius, or Gaius, but whether to the Christian of that name in Macedonia (Acts 19: 29) or in Corinth (Rom. 16:23) or in Derbe (Acts 20:4) is uncertain. It was written for the purpose…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 19:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 19:6

Adam Clarke on Acts 19:6

John Gill on Acts 19:7

John Calvin on Acts 19:1-7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 19:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 19:6

Adam Clarke on Acts 19:6

John Gill on Acts 19:7

John Calvin on Acts 19:1-7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 19:6