Atos 18:27

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Querendo ele percorrer a Acaia, animaram-no os irmos e escreveram aos discpulos para o receberem. Tendo chegado, auxiliou muito aqueles que, mediante a graa, haviam crido;

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A Biblia Sagrada
Querendo ele passar Acaia, o animaram os irmos, e escreveram aos discpulos que o recebessem; o qual, tendo chegado, aproveitou muito aos que pela graa criam.

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Querendo ele passar Acaia, o animaram os irmos e escreveram aos discpulos que o recebessem; o qual, tendo chegado, aproveitou muito aos que pela graa criam.

Bible Verse Review
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the brethren: Acts 9:27, Romans 16:1, Romans 16:2, 1 Corinthians 16:3, 2 Corinthians 3:1, 2 Corinthians 3:2

exhorting: Colossians 4:10, 3 John 1:8-10

helped: 1 Corinthians 3:6, 1 Corinthians 3:10-14, 2 Corinthians 1:24, Philippians 1:25

believed: John 1:12, John 1:13, Romans 1:5, 1 Corinthians 15:10, Ephesians 2:8-10, Philippians 1:29, Colossians 2:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:14, Titus 3:4-6, James 1:16-18, 1 Peter 1:2, 1 Peter 1:3

Reciprocal: Ezra 8:36 - they furthered Acts 9:22 - confounded Acts 15:4 - received Acts 15:34 - it pleased Acts 18:12 - Achaia Romans 16:5 - Achaia 2 Corinthians 11:10 - the regions 2 Thessalonians 2:16 - through

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, c. The chief city of which was Corinth, and whither Apollos went, as appears from

Acts 19:1. What disposed him to go thither, after he had received a greater degree of light and knowledge, was no doubt that he might communicate it, to the good of others, to which he was moved by the Holy Ghost, who had work for him to do there: according to Beza's most ancient copy, there were Corinthians sojourning in Ephesus, who when they had heard him (Apollos), besought him that he would go with them into their country to which he agreeing, the Ephesians wrote to the disciples at Corinth to receive him, as follows:

the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; that is, the brethren at Ephesus, among whom Aquila was a principal one, wrote letters of recommendation to the brethren of the churches in Achaia, particularly at Corinth, not only that they would receive him into their houses, and hospitably entertain him as a Christian man, but admit him, and behave towards him as a preacher of the Gospel:

who when he was come; into Achaia, and to Corinth:

helped them much which had believed through grace; the phrase "through grace", is omitted in the Vulgate Latin version, but is in all the Greek copies, and may be connected either with the word "helped"; as the Syriac version, "he helped through grace"; and then the sense is, that Apollos, through the gifts of grace bestowed on him, or by the assistance of the grace of God, or both, greatly helped and contributed much to the advantage of the believers in those parts; as to the encouragement of their faith, and the increase of the joy of it; for the quickening, and comforting, and establishing them in the truths and doctrines of the Gospel, by his affectionate, fervent, and nervous way of preaching: or it may be connected with the word "believed", as it is in the Arabic version and in ours; and the meaning is, that he greatly assisted such who were already believers; and who became so, not of themselves, but through the grace of God; for faith is not of nature, nor the produce of man's free will, but is the gift of God's grace; it is a fruit of electing grace, an instance of distinguishing grace, it is owing to efficacious grace, and comes along with effectual calling grace, through the word preached, the means of grace; and is supported and maintained by the grace of God; the Ethiopic version renders it, "he preached much to them, who believed in the grace of God"; that is, in the Gospel, the doctrine of the grace of God, which they had received and professed; or in the love and favour of God, they were rooted and grounded in, and persuaded of.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Into Achaia - See the notes on Acts 18:12.

The brethren wrote - The brethren at Ephesus. Why he was disposed to go into Achaia the historian does not inform us. But he had heard of the success of Paul there; of the church which he had established; of the opposition of the Jews; and it was doubtless with a desire to establish that church, and with a wish to convince his unbelieving countrymen that their views of the Messiah were erroneous, and that Jesus of Nazareth corresponded with the predictions of the prophets, that he went there. Many of the Greeks at Corinth were greatly captivated with his winning eloquence 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:4-5, and his going there was the occasion of some unhappy divisions that sprung up in the church. But in all this he retained the confidence and love of Paul, 1 Corinthians 1:3. It was thus shown that Paul was superior to envy, and that great success by one minister need not excite the envy, or alienate the confidence and good will of another.

Helped them much - Strengthened them, and aided them in their controversies with the unbelieving Jews.

Which had believed through grace - The words “through grace” may either refer to Apollos, or to the Christians who had believed. If to him, it means that he was enabled by grace to strengthen the brethren there; if to them, it means that they had been led to believe by the grace or favor of God. Either interpretation makes good sense. Our translation has adopted what is most natural and obvious.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 18:27. When he was disposed to pass into Achaia — There is a very long and important addition here in the Codex Bezae, of which the following is a translation: But certain Corinthians, who sojourned at Ephesus, and heard him, entreated him to pass over with them to their own country. Then, when he had given his consent, the Ephesians wrote to the disciples at Corinth, that they should receive this man. Who, when he was come, c. The same addition is found in the later Syriac, and in the Itala version in the Codex Bezae.

Which had believed through grace. — These words may either refer to Apollo, or to the people at Corinth. It was through grace that they had believed and it was through grace that Apollo was enabled to help them much.

The words δια της χαριτος, through grace, are wanting in the Codex Bezae, the later Syriac, the Vulgate, one copy of the Itala, and in some of the fathers. But this omission might have been the effect of carelessness in the writers of those copies from which the foregoing were taken: the words convey the same idea that is expressed by St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 3:6: Paul planted, and Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. Though this eminent man became the instrument of mightily helping the believers in Corinth, yet he was also the innocent cause of a sort of schism among them. For some, taken by his commanding eloquence, began to range themselves on his side, and prefer him to all other teachers. This evil St. Paul reprehends and corrects in his first epistle to the Corinthians. St. Jerome says that Apollo became bishop of Corinth.