A Caesar of the Roman Empire. What he did here was used by the Lord for the carrying out of His ministry of the building up of His church, just as what Caesar Augustus did was used by God for the fulfillment of the prophecy concerning the birthplace of Christ (Luke 2:1-7).

See note Acts 13:5¹.

See note James 2:2¹ (so also in vv. 19, 26).

See note Acts 13:14¹.

Indicating that some Greeks were attending the Jewish synagogues (Mark 1:21 and note Mark 1:21^1d) to listen to the word of God.

It was at this time in Corinth that Paul wrote his first Epistle to the church in Thessalonica (1 Thes. 1:1), after Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia with information concerning the church there (1 Thes. 3:6 and note 1 Thes. 3:6¹).

Or, pressed by.

See note Acts 13:47¹.

See note Acts 16:31¹.

See note Acts 10:10^3a.

Lit., sat.

See note 1 Cor. 1:1³.

A private vow for thanksgiving performed in any place by the Jews, with the shearing of the hair. It differed from the Nazarite vow, which had to be carried out in Jerusalem with the shaving of the head (Acts 21:24 and note 3; Num. 6:1-5, 18; cf. 1 Cor. 11:6, where it is shown that there is a difference between shearing and shaving). Paul was a Jew and kept the vow, but he would not and did not impose it on the Gentiles. According to the principle of his teaching concerning God's New Testament economy, Paul should have given up all the Jewish practices, which belonged to the Old Testament dispensation. However, he still had this vow, and it seems that God tolerated it, probably because it was a vow carried out in private outside Jerusalem and would not have had much effect on the believers.

See note Acts 13:5¹.

This was the end of Paul's second ministry journey, which began in Acts 15:40.

This was the start of Paul's third ministry journey, which ended in Acts 21:17.

Not the doctrine concerning the Lord but the practical way in which the New Testament believers should walk. See note Acts 9:2^1c.

This indicates that Apollos did not have a complete revelation of God's New Testament economy, although he had been instructed in the way of the Lord. Hence, there was a deficiency in the result of his ministry (Acts 19:2 and note Acts 19:2^2a).

Lit., the grace; indicating the particular grace which Apollos enjoyed in the Lord. This grace is just God Himself in Christ as the portion to the believers in Christ (see note John 1:14^6d and note 1 Cor. 15:10^1a).