{"id":27526,"date":"2022-09-24T12:15:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T17:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-acts-1810\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T12:15:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T17:15:48","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-acts-1810","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-acts-1810\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 18:10"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 10<\/strong>. <em> for I am with thee<\/em> ] The pronoun is expressed emphatically in the Greek, <em> and no man shall set on thee to hurt<\/em> [ <strong> harm<\/strong> ] <em> thee<\/em>. There will be assailants. Christ does not promise him freedom from attack. But the enemy shall not be able to do him violence. And this appearance of Christ would give the Apostle the confidence of the prophet of old (<span class='bible'>2Ki 6:16<\/span>), &ldquo;They that be with us are more than they that be with them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em> for I have much people in this city<\/em> ] How important and extensive was the Christian community at Corinth we may gather from the Epistles which St Paul wrote afterwards to the Church there. And as the city was one of the great centres of commercial activity at this period, we can see how important it was (humanly speaking) for the Church to make good its footing there from the first. The Lord mercifully by this vision gave his servant assurance that his words should be largely blessed, and rising up thus comforted, he was ready for any task.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\"><B>For I am with thee &#8211; <\/B>I will attend, bless, and protect you. See the notes on <span class='bible'>Mat 28:20<\/span>.<\/P> <P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\"><B>No man shall set on thee &#8211; <\/B>No one who shall rise up against thee will be able to hurt thee. His life was in Gods hands, and he would preserve him in order that his people might be collected into the church.<\/P> <P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\"><B>For I have &#8211; <\/B>Greek: there is to me; that is, I possess, or there belongs to me.<\/P> <P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\"><B>Much people &#8211; <\/B>Many who should be regarded as his true friends, and who should be saved.<\/P> <P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\"><B>In this city &#8211; <\/B>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:<\/P> <P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\">(1) That God has a purpose in regard to the salvation of sinners.<\/P> <P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\">(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.<\/P> <P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\">(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.<\/P> <P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\">(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.<\/P> <P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\">(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.<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Albert Barnes&#8217; Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> Verse <span class='bible'>10<\/span>. <I><B>No man shall set on thee<\/B><\/I>]    , No man shall be permitted to <I>lay violent hands<\/I> 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.<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> <I><B>I have much people in this city.<\/B><\/I>]    , <I>In this<\/I> <I>very city<\/I>: 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.<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Adam Clarke&#8217;s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> Christ, in this vision, useth two arguments to persuade Paul to continue preaching the gospel at Corinth: <\/P> <P STYLE=\"margin-left: 0.85em;text-indent: -0.85em\"> 1. Because he would be with him, to supply, support, and deliver him; as it is promised to Jeremiah, <span class='bible'>Jer 1:19<\/span>, and to all the faithful ministers of Christ, <span class='bible'>Mat 28:20<\/span>. This promise was fulfilled to Paul, and to other of Gods servants; whatsoever troubles they met with, even when they were killed, they were not hurt, <span class='bible'>Rom 8:36-39<\/span>. <\/P> <P STYLE=\"margin-left: 0.85em;text-indent: -0.85em\"> 2. The other reason why Paul was commanded to tarry was, because there were many that God would have called by his ministry; and thus those who were not his people God calleth his people, as <span class='bible'>Hos 1:10<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2:23<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P><B>10. I have much people in thiscity<\/B>&#8220;whom in virtue of their election to eternal life Healready designates as His&#8221; (compare <span class='bible'>Ac13:48<\/span>) [BAUMGARTEN].<\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown&#8217;s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>For I am with thee<\/strong>,&#8230;. According to his promise, <span class='bible'>Mt 28:20<\/span> 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:<\/p>\n<p><strong>and no man shall set on thee<\/strong>; attack thee, or lay hands on thee:<\/p>\n<p><strong>to hurt thee<\/strong>; 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For I have much people in this city<\/strong>; 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&#8217;s own nation, nor all the inhabitants of it who were in some sense Christ&#8217;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, <span class='bible'>Joh 10:16<\/span> 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 &#8220;many&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> <B>Because I am with thee <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">    <\/SPAN><\/span>). Jesus had given this promise to all believers (<span class='bible'>Mt 28:20<\/span>) and here he renews it to Paul. This promise changes Paul&#8217;s whole outlook. Jesus had spoken to Paul before, on the way to Damascus (<span class='bible'>9:4<\/span>), in Jerusalem (<span class='bible'>22:17f.<\/span>), in Troas (<span class='bible'>16:9<\/span>), in great crises of his life. He will hear him again (<span class='bible'>Acts 23:11<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Acts 27:23<\/span>). Paul knows the voice of Jesus.<\/P> <P><B>No man shall set on thee to harm thee <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">     <\/SPAN><\/span>). Future direct middle indicative of <span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>, old and common verb, here in direct middle to lay or throw oneself upon, to attack. Jesus kept that promise in Corinth for Paul. <span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"> <\/SPAN><\/span> is genitive articular infinitive of purpose of <span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>, to do harm to. Paul would now face all the rabbis without fear.<\/P> <P><B>I have much people <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">   <\/SPAN><\/span>). Dative of personal interest. &#8220;There is to me much people,&#8221; not yet saved, but who will be if Paul holds on. There is the problem for every preacher and pastor, how to win the elect to Christ. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Robertson&#8217;s Word Pictures in the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:0.965em'>1) <strong>&#8220;For I am with thee,&#8221;<\/strong> (kioti ego eimi meta sou)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because I am with you,&#8221; and He, the Lord, means more than all who can be against a child of God, <span class='bible'>Act 23:11<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Heb 13:5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 34:7<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mat 28:20<\/span>. He gives comfort, support, and protection, accompanied by inner peace and joy, to those who do His will, <span class='bible'>2Co 1:3-4<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rom 5:5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 15:11<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 16:33<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>2) <strong>&#8220;And no man shall set on thee to hurt thee:<\/strong> (kai oudeis epithesetai soi tou kakosai se) &#8220;And not even one shall set on you to ill treat you,&#8221; opposition shall not succeed or triumph, <span class='bible'>Isa 54:17<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Jer 1:19<\/span>; For the Lord is with His people alway, in blessing labors of love, as they obey Him, and chastening them for their profit, when they are wrong, to bring them back to a life of fruitbearing, <span class='bible'>Mat 28:20<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Ti 4:17-18<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Heb 12:6-11<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>3) <strong>&#8220;For I have much people in this city. <\/strong> (dioti laos esti moi polus en te polei taute) &#8220;Because I have a great many people existing in this city,&#8221; already in the city. How they had come to be or to (exist already as) His, is not told. Some hold that they were unsaved, but God just foreknew that they were going to be saved. This interpretation seems to be borne out of presumption, without scriptural justification. The greater likelihood, based on certain scriptural justification, is that in this international port city, converts from Pentecost had found their way there and already won many to the Lord, though they needed to be taught the way of the Lord more perfectly, as certified in <span class='bible'>Act 18:11<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Act 2:1-47<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> &#8722; <\/p>\n<p> 10.  Because I am.  This is the former reason why Paul, having subdued fear, must manfully and stoutly do his duty, because he hath God on his side. Whereto answereth the rejoicing of David, &#8722; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>If I shall walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I shall fear none ill: because thou art with me,&#8221; ( <span class='bible'>Psa 23:4<\/span>.) <\/p>\n<p> Again, &#8722; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>If tents be pitched about me,&#8221; etc., ( <span class='bible'>Psa 27:3<\/span>.) &#8722; <\/p>\n<p> The question is, whether he did not perceive that God was present with him elsewhere, as he had had experience of his help in divers places. For the promise is general, &#8722; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>I am with you until the end of the world,&#8221;  ( <span class='bible'>Mat 28:20<\/span>.) &#8722; <\/p>\n<p> Neither is it lawful for us to mistrust so often as we obey his calling, but that he will be present with us. But it is an usual thing with the Lord to apply that unto certain kinds when the matter so requireth, which he hath promised to do in all affairs; and we know that when we come to the push, then are we most desirous of help. Moreover, these two members are joined together, &#8220;I am with thee, and no man shall hurt thee.&#8221; For it falleth out sometimes that God doth help us, and yet doth he, to look to, suffer us to be oppressed, as he forsook not Paul even in the midst of death; and here he promiseth the peculiar defense of his hand, whereby he shall be preserved from the violence of his enemies. &#8722; <\/p>\n<p> But the question is, whether Paul needed any such confirmation, who ought to have been willing to enter [undergo] all manner [of] dangers. For what if he had been to suffer death, should he therefore have fainted through fear? I answer, that if at any time God pronounce that his servants shall be safe for a time, that doth no whit hinder, but that they may prepare themselves to suffer death valiantly; but as we distinguish between profitable and necessary, so we must note that there be some promises, which, if the faithful want, they must needs faint and sink down; &#8722;  (323) and that other some are added when it is expedient so to be, which, though they be taken away, (because the grace of God doth nevertheless remain firm and sure,) the faith of the godly doth not fail. After this sort, Paul is commanded not to fear, because his enemies shall not touch him; and if so be he should have been oppressed even then with their violence, yet would he not have been afraid, but God would have his boldness and courage to increase even by this, because he should be without danger. If at any time the Lord bear with us so far forth, we are not to despise such a comfort of our infirmity. In the mean season, let this be sufficient for us to tread under foot all corrupt fear of the flesh, that so long as we fight under his banner we cannot be forsaken of him. And when it is said, &#8220;No man shall gainstand thee to do thee hurt,&#8221; the Lord doth not mean that he shall be free from violence and tumult whom the Jews did afterward deadly invade; but his meaning is, that their attempts shall be frustrate, because the Lord had determined to deliver him out of their hands. Therefore, we must fight stoutly that we may win the field. &#8722;  (324) &#8722; <\/p>\n<p> Because I have much people.  The second reason why he should take a good heart is, because the Lord will raise up a great and populous church there, though it be to be doubted whether this member depend upon that which goeth next before; for the text will run fitly thus, Because the Lord determined by the hand of Paul to gather together a great church, he would not suffer the enemies to interrupt the course of his labors, as if he should have said, I will help thee, that thou mayest not fail my people whose minister I have appointed thee to be. I do willingly embrace this exposition, that divers reasons are not inferred which are to be read apart, but that they be so distinguished that they agree together. Furthermore, the Lord calleth those his people, who, though they might then for good causes be counted strangers, yet because they were written in the book of life, and were forthwith to be admitted into his family, they have this title given them not improperly. For we know that many sheep wander without the flock for a time, as the sheep have many wolves among them. Therefore whom the Lord determined shortly after to gather to himself, those doth he take for his people in respect of their future faith. But let us remember, that those are engrafted into the body of Christ who appertain unto the same by the eternal adoption of God; as it is written, &#8722; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Thine they were and thou gavest them me&#8221; ( <span class='bible'>Joh 17:6<\/span>.) &#8722; <\/p>\n<p>  (323) &#8722; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>  Penitus,&#8221; altogether. <\/p>\n<p>  (324) &#8722; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>  Victoria,&#8221; victory. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Calvin&#8217;s Complete Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(10) <strong>For I am with thee.<\/strong>The command was followed by a promise which met the special trial of the time. Men might be against him, but Christ was with him. The general promise given to the Church at large, Lo! I am with you always (<span class='bible'>Mat. 28:20<\/span>), received a personal application, I am with <em>thee;<\/em> and though called to a life of suffering, there was for the time an assurance that the wrath of men should be restrained, and that his work should not be hindered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I have much people in this city.<\/strong>The words remind us once more of those which Elijah had heard at a moment of like weakness, Yet have I left me seven thousand men in Israel (<span class='bible'>1Ki. 19:18<\/span>). Even in the sinful streets of Corinth, among those plunged deepest into its sin (<span class='bible'>1Co. 5:10-11<\/span>), there were souls yearning for deliverance, in whom conscience was not dead, and was waiting only for the call to repentance.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> 10<\/strong>. <strong> <\/strong> <strong> I have much people<\/strong> Not, as Dr. Hackett has it, &ldquo;Many who are <em> appointed <\/em> to become such,&rdquo; for nothing is said of any such <em> appointment. <\/em> They were not <em> appointed <\/em> to become Christians any more than all the Corinthians. In all was the same power of acceptance, and of all the same appointment to accept. Yet divine prescience foresaw who would exercise the power to accept, and styles that class, more or less, by anticipation, the Lord&rsquo;s people.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Whedon&#8217;s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> 10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. <strong> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Ver. 10. <strong> For I am with thee<\/strong> ] As to behold thy behaviour ( <em> Cave, spectat Deus<\/em> ), so to support, defend, and deliver thee. If a child be in the dark, yet, having his father by the hand, he fears nothing. David feared not the &#8220;vale of the shadow of death,&#8221; that is, death in its most horrid and hideous representations, and all because God was with him, <span class='bible'>Psa 23:4<\/span> . <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> 10. <\/strong> <strong> <\/strong> <strong> . <\/strong> <strong> <\/strong> ] See ref. and examples of this usage in Wetst.: <strong> shall set on thee<\/strong> , as E. V.<\/p>\n<p><strong>    <\/strong> ] See <span class='bible'>Joh 10:16<\/span> . As our Lord <em> forewarned<\/em> Paul in Jerusalem that <em> they would not<\/em> receive his testimony concerning Him, so here He <em> encourages<\/em> him, by a promise of much success in Corinth. The word  , the express title beforetime <em> of the Jews<\/em> , is still used now, notwithstanding <em> their secession<\/em> .<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Henry Alford&#8217;s Greek Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <span class='bible'>Act 18:10<\/span> .   : <em> fundamentum fiduci<\/em> , Bengel.  .: only here in this sense, but so in LXX, <em> aggrediri, cf.<\/em> <span class='bible'>Gen 43:18<\/span> , <span class='bible'>Exo 21:14<\/span> , <span class='bible'>2Ch 23:13<\/span> , <span class='bible'>Jdg 16:7<\/span> .   : infinitive with  , probably to express conceived or intended result, Burton, p. 157 and also p. 148, <em> i.e.<\/em> , an event indicated by the context not to have actually taken place.  : &ldquo;qui mei sunt et mei fient&rdquo;: Bengel even in Corinth, proverbial for its vice, Christ has His &ldquo;chosen people,&rdquo; and in Cenchreae, where all the vices of a seafaring population found a home, &ldquo;Christianity wrought its miracle,&rdquo; so Renan, <em> Saint Paul<\/em> , p. 219, <em> cf.<\/em> the Apostle&rsquo;s own description, <span class='bible'>1Co 6:9-11<\/span> : &ldquo;in Corinth the Gospel had been put to a supreme test, and nowhere had it triumphed more gloriously&rdquo;. No wonder that in facing this stronghold of the powers of darkness St. Paul needed an assurance similar to that which cheered the heart of an Elijah, <span class='bible'>1Ki 19:18<\/span> . But whilst the new faith thus gained adherents chiefly from the lowest social grade, <em> cf.<\/em> also <span class='bible'>1Co 1:26<\/span> , which indicates that there were some in the higher social ranks and some versed in the learning of the schools who welcomed the Gospel; to a Crispus, a Gaius, a Stephanas, we may add Erastus, the public treasurer of the city, <span class='bible'>Rom 16:23<\/span> , an office which in a place like Corinth carried with it considerable influence and position (as even Renan admits, although he regards him as the only adherent won from the upper classes), and the readiness with which the Corinthian Church responded to St. Paul&rsquo;s appeal for the poor saints indicates that many of its members had some means at their disposal ( <em> cf.<\/em> the striking account of Paul&rsquo;s work at Corinth by McGiffert, p. 267, and Orr, <em> Some Neglected Factors in Early Christianity<\/em> , p. 108).<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>no man = no one. <\/p>\n<p>set on thee = lay (hands) on thee. <\/p>\n<p>hurt thee = do thee evil. Greek. kakoo. See note on Act 7:6. <\/p>\n<p>people. Greek. laos. Here nsed generally. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>10. . ] See ref. and examples of this usage in Wetst.:-shall set on thee, as E. V.<\/p>\n<p>   ] See Joh 10:16. As our Lord forewarned Paul in Jerusalem that they would not receive his testimony concerning Him, so here He encourages him, by a promise of much success in Corinth. The word , the express title beforetime of the Jews, is still used now, notwithstanding their secession.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Greek Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Act 18:10. , I) The foundation of confidence.-, no man) This is fulfilled in Act 18:14-15.-) will set on, will direct himself against. Neuter, as frequently in the LXX.-[-, people-much) Since so few at Athens had received the faith, the comfort now administered was of the greatest advantage to him; and accordingly he subsequently exhibited extraordinary patience in bearing with the Corinthians, with the hope that their nation might be won over to the faith, of whom he might otherwise have become easily wearied: 2Co 10:6, Having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.-V. g.]<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>I am: Exo 4:12, Jos 1:5, Jos 1:9, Jdg 2:18, Isa 8:10, Isa 41:10, Isa 43:2, Jer 1:18, Jer 1:19, Mat 1:23, Mat 28:20, 2Co 12:9, 2Ti 4:17, 2Ti 4:22 <\/p>\n<p>and no: Isa 54:17, Jer 15:20, Jer 15:21, Mat 10:30, Luk 21:18, Rom 8:31 <\/p>\n<p>for: Act 15:14, Act 15:18, Joh 10:16, Joh 11:52, Rom 10:20, Rom 10:21, 1Co 6:9-11 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: Exo 34:24 &#8211; desire Deu 20:3 &#8211; be ye terrified Jos 6:27 &#8211; the Lord Jdg 6:12 &#8211; The Lord Jdg 7:9 &#8211; the same 1Sa 18:14 &#8211; the Lord 2Ki 6:16 &#8211; Fear not 2Ch 32:8 &#8211; with us Psa 17:3 &#8211; thou hast Psa 23:4 &#8211; for thou Psa 64:1 &#8211; preserve Psa 91:15 &#8211; I will be Pro 15:7 &#8211; lips Isa 43:5 &#8211; Fear not Jer 1:8 &#8211; for I am Jer 30:11 &#8211; I am Jer 42:11 &#8211; for I Jer 46:28 &#8211; for I am Dan 10:12 &#8211; Fear not Hag 1:13 &#8211; I am Mat 9:37 &#8211; The harvest Luk 1:28 &#8211; the Lord Luk 1:30 &#8211; General Joh 7:44 &#8211; no man Act 16:9 &#8211; a vision Act 26:16 &#8211; in the Act 26:17 &#8211; Delivering Act 26:22 &#8211; obtained Act 27:24 &#8211; Fear not 2Co 4:10 &#8211; that Eph 1:4 &#8211; as 1Pe 3:14 &#8211; and be<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>0<\/p>\n<p>Act 18:10. No man . . . to hurt thee. Paul was to be opposed, but he would not be overcome by the enemy because the Lord assured him that He would be with him. This is the same assurance that he wrote to the brethren in Rome (Rom 8:31). I have much people in this city. This was said in prospect because the Lord knew there were many who would accept the Gospel when Paul reached them with it. It was said on the same principle that Jesus meant when he said &#8220;I have other sheep&#8221; in Joh 10:16.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Act 18:10. I have much people in this city. How great is the mercy of God! Nineveh, Sodom, Corinth,no city is so corrupt that He does not send preachers of righteousness to the people. . . . Paul accomplished a greater work in the wicked city of Corinth than in the learned city of Athens; Paul had the pleasure of changing these impure and sinful souls into pure brides, whom he conducted to Christ, and to whom he could afterwards say, Ye were thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers, extortioners; but ye are washed, sanctified, justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the spirit of our God. . . . All this teaches us not to grow weary, even when we are dealing with the worst of men (Starke and others, quoted by Lange on this passage).<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>See notes on verse 9<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. 10. for I am with thee ] The pronoun is expressed emphatically in the Greek, and no man shall set on thee to hurt [ harm ] thee. 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