Acts 19:9

Acts 19:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
• New International Version (NIV)But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

Context of Acts 19:9

7There were about twelve men in all. 8Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. 10This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord. 11God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,

Acts 19:9 word by word

ὡς δέ τινες ἐσκληρύνοντο καὶ ἠπείθουν κακολογοῦντες τὴν ὁδὸν ἐνώπιον τοῦ πλήθους, ἀποστὰς ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀφώρισεν τοὺς μαθητὰς καθ᾽ ἡμέραν διαλεγόμενος ἐν τῇ σχολῇ ΤυράννουRead the interlinear

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• whenὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• some of themτιςtis · oneG5100
• stubbornlyσκληρύνωsklērunō · to hardenG4645
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• refused to believeἀπειθέωapeitheō · to disobeyG544
• publiclyἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
• publiclyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• publiclyπλῆθοςplēthos · multitudeG4128
• malignedκακολογέωkakologeō · to curse/revileG2551
• Wayὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• tookἀφορίζωaphorizō · to separateG873
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• leftἀφίστημιaphistēmi · to leaveG868
• leftἀπόapo · away fromG575
• ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• to conduct daily discussionsδιαλέγωdialegomai · to disputeG1256
• to conduct daily discussionsκατάkata · according toG2596
• to conduct daily discussionsἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• lecture hallσχολήscholē · lecture hallG4981
• of TyrannusΤύραννοςTurannos · TyrannusG5181

Cross-references for Acts 19:9

• Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
• Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
• Acts 18:6But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
• 2 Kings 17:14But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
• 2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
• 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
• Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
• Psalms 95:8do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
• Isaiah 8:14And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
• Jeremiah 7:26Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
• Jeremiah 19:15“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”
• John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
• Romans 9:18Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
• Romans 11:7What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
• Hebrews 3:13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
• Acts 19:23About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.

Commentaries on Acts 19:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9When divers were hardened - , When some of them were hardened; several no doubt felt the power of Divine truth, and yielded consent. Our term divers, one of the most bald in our language, has too general a meaning for this place. Behold the effect of the word of God! It is a savour of life unto life, or death unto death, according as it is received or rejected. The twelve men mentioned above received it affectionately, and they were made partakers of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9But when divers - When some were hardened. Were hardened - When their hearts were hardened, and they became violently opposed to the gospel. When the truth made no impression on them. The word “harden,” as applied to the heart, is often used to denote “insensibility, and opposition to the gospel.” But spake evil of that way - Of the gospel - the way, path, or manner in which God saves people. See Acts 16:17; Acts 18:26; Matthew 7:13-14. Separated the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-12Verses 8-12 When arguments and persuasions only harden men in unbelief and blasphemy, we must separate ourselves and others from such unholy company. God was pleased to confirm the teaching of these holy men of old, that if their hearers believed them not, they might believe the works.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-41This section describes Paul's third mission journey, which happened around AD 53 to 57. Paul visited Galatia and Phrygia again to build stronger relationships with the disciples (18:23). He then traveled to Ephesus, where he stayed for more than two years (19:1, 8–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-108-10. he went into the synagogue and spake boldly for ... three months, &c.--See on Ac 17:2, 3.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 19:9

• Greece
• School
• Tyrannus
• Unbelief
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on Acts 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings