Tree of Life Version
Acts 18:5
5Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became occupied with the message, urgently testifying to the Jewish people that Yeshua is the Messiah.
Acts 18:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
- New International Version (NIV)When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
Context of Acts 18:5
3and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and began working, for by trade they were tent-makers. 4And he was debating every Shabbat in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jewish and Greek people. Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became occupied with the message, urgently testifying to the Jewish people that Yeshua is the Messiah. 6But when they resisted and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said, “Your blood be upon your own heads—I am clean! From now on, I will go to the Gentiles.” 7After leaving there, Paul went into the house of a man named Titius Justus, a God-fearer whose house was next door to the synagogue.
Read all of Acts 18Acts 18:5 word by word
Ὡς δὲ κατῆλθον ἀπὸ τῆς Μακεδονίας ὅ τε Σιλᾶς καὶ ὁ Τιμόθεος, συνείχετο τῷ λόγῳ ὁ Παῦλος διαμαρτυρόμενος τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις εἶναι τὸν χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- whenὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- ·τεte · and/bothG5037
- SilasΣίλαςSilas · SilasG4609
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- TimotheusΤιμόθεοςTimotheos · TimothyG5095
- were comeκατέρχομαιkaterchomai · to descendG2718
- fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
- MacedoniaΜακεδονίαMakedonia · MacedoniaG3109
- PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
- was pressedσυνέχωsunechō · to hold/oppressG4912
- in the spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
- and testifiedδιαμαρτύρομαιdiamarturomai · to testify solemnlyG1263
- to the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
Cross-references for Acts 18:5
- Acts 17:14Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:2We sent Timothy, our brother and co-worker for God in proclaiming the Good News of Messiah, in order to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
- Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
- Acts 17:16Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was aroused within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.
- Job 32:18For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me;
- Jeremiah 6:11So I am full of the wrath of Adonai. I am weary of holding it in! Pour it out on a child in the street, on young men gathered together. For husband will be taken with wife, the aged with the very old.
- Jeremiah 20:9But if I say: “I won’t mention Him, or speak any more in His Name,” then it is like fire burning in my heart— shut up in my bones— I weary myself holding it in, but I cannot.
- Ezekiel 3:14The Ruach lifted me up and took me away. I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit. The hand of Adonai was strong upon me.
- Micah 3:8Nevertheless I myself am filled with power— with the Ruach Adonai— with judgment, and with might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
- Luke 12:50But I have an immersion to endure, and how distressed I am until it is finished!
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Messiah compels us, since we have concluded that One died for all; as a result all died.
- Philippians 1:23I am torn between the two—having a desire to leave and be with Messiah, which is far better;
- Acts 18:28For he powerfully refuted the Jewish people in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that the Messiah was Yeshua.
- Acts 2:36“Therefore let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him—this Yeshua whom you had crucified—both Lord and Messiah!”
- Acts 9:22But Saul kept growing stronger, and he was confounding the Jewish people living in Damascus by proving that Yeshua is the Messiah.
- Acts 10:42And He commanded us to proclaim to the people and to testify that He is the One ordained by God as Judge of the living and the dead.
Commentaries on Acts 18:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5When Silas and Timotheus were come - We have seen, Acts 17:13, that when Paul was obliged to leave Berea, because of the persecution raised up against him in that place, he left Silas and Timotheus behind; to whom he afterwards sent word to rejoin him at Athens with all speed. It appears, from 1 Thessalonians 3:10, that, on Timothy's coming to Athens, Paul immediately sent him, and probably Silas with him, to comfort and establish the Church at…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And when Silas and Timotheus - They came to Paul according to the request which he had sent by the brethren who accompanied him from Thessalonica, Acts 17:15. Paul was pressed - Was urged; was borne away by an unusual impulse. It was deeply impressed on him as his duty. In spirit - In his mind; in his feelings. His love to Christ was so great, and his conviction of the truth so strong, that he labored to make known to them the truth that Jesus Was the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6Paul followed his usual practice of preaching to the Jews first. After encountering rejection and opposition, he then reached out to the Gentiles (13:42–49; see 3:25–26; 26:20; Romans 1:16; 2:10; 3:29, 30; 4:9–12). Paul probably wrote his letters to the Christians in Thessalonica after Silas and Timothy returned from Macedonia with a report on the situation there (see 1 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Thessalonians Book Introduction, “Setting”).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia--that is, from Thessalonica, whither Silas had probably accompanied Timothy when sent back from Athens (see on Ac 17:15). Paul was pressed in the spirit--rather (according to what is certainly the true reading) "was pressed with the word"; expressing not only his zeal and assiduity in preaching it, but some inward pressure which at this time he experienced in the work (to convey which more clearly…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 18
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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