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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Acts 18:1 - 18:1
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Act 18:1-22. Paul’s arrival and labors at Corinth, where he is rejoined by Silas and Timothy, and, under divine encouragement, makes a long stay - At length, retracing his steps, by Ephesus, Caesarea, and Jerusalem, he returns for the last time to Antioch, thus completing his second missionary journey.
came to Corinth - rebuilt by Julius Caesar on the isthmus between the Aegean and Ionian Seas; the capital of the Roman province of Achaia, and the residence of the proconsul; a large and populous mercantile city, and the center of commerce alike for East and West; having a considerable Jewish population, larger, probably, at this time than usual, owing to the banishment of the Jews from Rome by Claudius Caesar (Act 18:2). Such a city was a noble field for the Gospel, which, once established there, would naturally diffuse itself far and wide.