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使徒言行録 18:10

10 あなたには、わたしがついている。だれもあなたを襲って、危害を加えるようなことはない。この町には、わたしの民が大ぜいいる」。

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Minister, Christian;   Paul;   Vision;   Thompson Chain Reference - Witnessing to the Truth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Life, Natural;   Protection;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Achaia;   Corinth;   Corinthians, letters to the;   Election;   Paul;   Persecution;   Silas;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prayer;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Episcopacy;   Ordination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Corinth;   Gallio;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Church;   Corinth;   Greece;   1 Corinthians;   2 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Corinth;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Atonement (2);   Nazirite;   People ;   Predestination;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Corinth;   Hurt;   Teach;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for March 29;  

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I am: Exodus 4:12, Joshua 1:5, Joshua 1:9, Judges 2:18, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 43:2, Jeremiah 1:18, Jeremiah 1:19, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 28:20, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:22

and no: Isaiah 54:17, Jeremiah 15:20, Jeremiah 15:21, Matthew 10:30, Luke 21:18, Romans 8:31

for: Acts 15:14, Acts 15:18, John 10:16, John 11:52, Romans 10:20, Romans 10:21, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Reciprocal: Exodus 34:24 - desire Deuteronomy 20:3 - be ye terrified Joshua 6:27 - the Lord Judges 6:12 - The Lord Judges 7:9 - the same 1 Samuel 18:14 - the Lord 2 Kings 6:16 - Fear not 2 Chronicles 32:8 - with us Psalms 17:3 - thou hast Psalms 23:4 - for thou Psalms 64:1 - preserve Psalms 91:15 - I will be Proverbs 15:7 - lips Isaiah 43:5 - Fear not Jeremiah 1:8 - for I am Jeremiah 30:11 - I am Jeremiah 42:11 - for I Jeremiah 46:28 - for I am Daniel 10:12 - Fear not Haggai 1:13 - I am Matthew 9:37 - The harvest Luke 1:28 - the Lord Luke 1:30 - General John 7:44 - no man Acts 16:9 - a vision Acts 26:16 - in the Acts 26:17 - Delivering Acts 26:22 - obtained Acts 27:24 - Fear not 2 Corinthians 4:10 - that Ephesians 1:4 - as 1 Peter 3:14 - and be

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I am with thee,.... According to his promise, Matthew 28:20 not only to assist in the ministry of the word, to give light into it, and liberty to preach it, and success in it, but to keep and preserve him from being hurt by men:

and no man shall set on thee; attack thee, or lay hands on thee:

to hurt thee; to do any injury to thy person, to thy body, in any part of it: wicked men cannot strike a blow, or do the least damage to a servant of Christ without his permission; he can tie their hands, and restrain their rage.

For I have much people in this city; this wicked and luxurious city; there were many here who were yet in their sins, in a state of unregeneracy, whom God had chosen to be his people, and had taken into his covenant as such; were given to Christ as his peculiar people, and whom he had redeemed with his precious blood: they were his people both by gift and purchase, before they were called by grace; and because of this his interest in them, he will have his Gospel continued for the gathering them in to himself; for Christ will lose none of his, all shall come unto him: from all which it appears, that Christ has a people who are related to him, and he has an interest in, before they are effectually called by grace; for this refers not to the many Corinthians who had heard and believed, and were baptized, but to some that had not, and were yet to be called; not the Jews in this city, Christ's own nation, nor all the inhabitants of it who were in some sense Christ's people, being made and supported in their beings by him, are intended; but a special people among the Gentiles, the same with the other sheep Christ speaks of, John 10:16 not yet of his fold; a people beloved of God, chosen in Christ, given to him, and with whom a covenant was made in him, for whom Christ undertook, in whose name he acted, and for whom he received blessings and promises, as well as took the care and charge of their persons; for the sake of these he assumed human nature, and suffered and died; towards these his heart always is; his eye is upon them, and he knows them, and where they are; and therefore he will look them up and find them out, and they shall be brought to believe in him, and shall not perish, but have everlasting life: and it may be further observed, that Christ has "many" such, though they are but comparatively few, yet in themselves they are a great number; yea, he has sometimes many of these in the worst of places, and among the vilest of men; and for the sake of these, in order to select and separate them from the rest, is the Gospel preached and continued. The ministers of it are sent here and there, where such persons are, and there they are continued till they are gathered in; yea, on this account both the Gospel and its preachers are continued in the world; and even the world itself, for the sake of these, till they are brought in, and then it will be destroyed; and it may be also remarked, that for the encouragement of Gospel ministers, Christ promises his presence and protection, and which was fulfilled in the Apostle Paul at Corinth; who though he stayed there a year and six months, none were suffered to do him any injury; and when an insurrection was made within that time, yet the apostle escaped, and quietly departed elsewhere.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I am with thee - I will attend, bless, and protect you. See the notes on Matthew 28:20.

No man shall set on thee - No one who shall rise up against thee will be able to hurt thee. His life was in God’s hands, and he would preserve him in order that his people might be collected into the church.

For I have - Greek: there is to me; that is, I possess, or there belongs to me.

Much people - Many who should be regarded as his true friends, and who should be saved.

In this city - In that very city that was so voluptuous, so rich, so effeminate, and where there had been already so decided opposition shown to the gospel. This passage evidently means that God had a design or purpose to save many of that people, for it was given to Paul as an encouragement to him to labor there, evidently meaning that God would grant him success in his work. It cannot mean that the Lord meant to say that the great mass of the people, or that the moral and virtuous part, if there were any such, was then regarded as his people; but that he intended to convert many of those guilty and profligate Corinthians to himself, and to gather a people for his own service there. We may learn from this:

(1) That God has a purpose in regard to the salvation of sinners.

(2) That that purpose is so fixed in the mind of God that he can say that those in relation to whom it is formed are his.

(3) This is the ground of encouragement to the ministers of the gospel. Had God no purpose to save sinners, they could have no hope in their work.

(4) This plan may have reference to the most frivolous, the most guilty, and the most abandoned, and ministers should not be deterred by the amount or the degree of wickedness from attempting to save them.

(5) There may be more hope of success among a dissolute and profligate population, than among proud, cold, and skeptical philosophers. Paul had little success in philosophic Athens; he had great success in dissolute Corinth. There is often more hope of converting a man openly dissolute and abandoned, than one who prides himself on his philosophy, and is confident in his own wisdom.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 18:10. No man shall set on thee — Και ουδεις επιθησεται σοι, No man shall be permitted to lay violent hands upon thee. It is very likely that the Jews had conspired his death; and his preservation was an act of the especial interposition of Divine Providence.

I have much people in this city. — Εν τῃ πολει ταυτῃ, In this very city: there are many here who have not resisted my Spirit, and consequently are now under its teachings, and are ready to embrace my Gospel as soon as thou shalt declare it unto them.


 
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