Acts 19:1
New International Version
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples

New Living Translation
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers.

English Standard Version
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.

Berean Standard Bible
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples

Berean Literal Bible
Now it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper parts to come to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,

King James Bible
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

New King James Version
And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples

New American Standard Bible
Now it happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples.

NASB 1995
It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples.

NASB 1977
And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found some disciples,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper regions and came to Ephesus and found some disciples.

Amplified Bible
It happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the upper [inland] districts and came down to Ephesus, and found some disciples.

Christian Standard Bible
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples

Holman Christian Standard Bible
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples:

Contemporary English Version
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled across the hill country to Ephesus, where he met some of the Lord's followers.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior provinces to get to the city of Ephesus. He met some disciples in Ephesus

Good News Translation
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the province and arrived in Ephesus. There he found some disciples

International Standard Version
It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul passed through the inland districts and came to Ephesus. He found a few disciples there

Majority Standard Bible
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples

NET Bible
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there

New Heart English Bible
It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper region, came to Ephesus; and finding certain disciples,

Weymouth New Testament
During the stay of Apollos in Corinth, Paul, after passing through the inland districts, came to Ephesus, where he found a few disciples.

World English Bible
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And it came to pass, in Apollos being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,

Berean Literal Bible
Now it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper parts to come to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,

Young's Literal Translation
And it came to pass, in Apollos' being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,

Smith's Literal Translation
And it was in Apollos' being in Corinth, Paul having passed through the higher parts, came to Ephesus: and having found certain disciples,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
AND it came to pass, while Apollo was at Corinth, that Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Now it happened that, while Apollo was at Corinth, Paul, after he had journeyed through the upper regions, arrived at Ephesus. And he met with certain disciples.

New American Bible
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the country and came [down] to Ephesus where he found some disciples.

New Revised Standard Version
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul passed through the interior regions and came to Ephesus, where he found some disciples.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
AND it came to pass, that while Apol’los was at Cor’inth, Paul traveled through the northern countries and came to Eph'e-sus, and inquired of the disciples whom he found there,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when Apollo was in Corinthus, Paulus went about in the upper countries and came to Ephesaus, and was questioning those disciples whom he had found there:
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, after passing through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,

Godbey New Testament
And it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul having come through the upper regions came down into Ephesus: and found certain disciples,

Haweis New Testament
NOW it came to pass that during the time Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, after passing through the upper provinces, came to Ephesus; and finding certain disciples,

Mace New Testament
Whilst Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having pass'd through the upper provinces of Asia, arrived at Ephesus, where finding some disciples, he said to them,

Weymouth New Testament
During the stay of Apollos in Corinth, Paul, after passing through the inland districts, came to Ephesus, where he found a few disciples.

Worrell New Testament
And it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples;

Worsley New Testament
Now it came to pass while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul having passed through the upper parts of Asia came to Ephesus:

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Holy Spirit Received at Ephesus
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”…

Cross References
Acts 18:24-28
Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures. / He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. / And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. ...

Acts 18:1-3
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. / There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them, / and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

Acts 18:19-21
When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews. / When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined. / But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.

Acts 20:1-3
When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia. / After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece, / where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.

Acts 16:6-10
After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia. / And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them. / So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas. ...

Acts 13:1-3
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul. / While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” / And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

Acts 14:26-28
From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed. / When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. / And they spent a long time there with the disciples.

Acts 15:36-41
Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.” / Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark. / But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work. ...

Acts 17:1-3
When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. / As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, / explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

Acts 21:29
For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

1 Corinthians 1:1-2
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, / To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

1 Corinthians 16:8-9
But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, / because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.

2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

2 Corinthians 11:28
Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

Romans 15:19
by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.


Treasury of Scripture

And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

that.

Acts 18:24-28
And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus…

1 Corinthians 1:12
Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:4-7
For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? …

Paul.

Acts 18:23
And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

came.

Acts 18:19-21
And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews…

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Acts 19
1. The Holy Spirit is given by Paul's hands.
8. The Jews blaspheme his doctrine, which is confirmed by miracles.
13. The Jewish exorcists,
16. are beaten by a man who had an evil spirit.
19. Conjuring books are burnt.
21. Demetrius, for love of gain, raises an uproar against Paul;
35. which is appeased by the town clerk.














While Apollos was at Corinth
This phrase sets the geographical and narrative context for the events that follow. Apollos, a learned Jew from Alexandria, had been ministering in Corinth. His presence there is significant because it highlights the early spread of Christianity and the interconnectedness of the early church. Corinth was a major city in ancient Greece, known for its wealth and immorality, making it a challenging yet crucial mission field. Apollos' work in Corinth underscores the collaborative nature of early Christian ministry, where different leaders worked in various regions to spread the Gospel.

Paul traveled through the interior
The phrase indicates Paul's missionary journey through the inland regions of Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. This journey reflects Paul's relentless dedication to spreading the Gospel, often traveling through difficult and dangerous terrains. The "interior" suggests areas that were less accessible and perhaps less evangelized, demonstrating Paul's commitment to reaching all people, not just those in major urban centers. This journey is part of Paul's third missionary journey, emphasizing his strategic approach to church planting and strengthening existing congregations.

and came to Ephesus
Ephesus was a major city in the Roman province of Asia, known for its temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was a center of commerce and pagan worship, making it a significant location for Paul's ministry. Paul's arrival in Ephesus marks a pivotal moment in his missionary work, as he would spend a considerable amount of time there, establishing a strong Christian community. The city's cultural and religious diversity presented both challenges and opportunities for the spread of Christianity.

There he found some disciples
The term "disciples" here refers to individuals who were followers of Jesus, though their understanding of the Gospel may have been incomplete. The Greek word for "disciples" (μαθητάς, mathētas) implies learners or students, indicating that these individuals were open to further teaching and growth in their faith. Paul's encounter with these disciples highlights the ongoing process of discipleship and the need for continued teaching and clarification of the Gospel message. This meeting sets the stage for the subsequent events in Ephesus, where Paul would further instruct and empower these believers.

XIX.

(1) Paul having passed through the upper coasts.--This implies a route passing from Galatia and Phrygia through the interior, and coming thence to Ephesus. The "coast," in the modern sense of the term, St. Paul did not even approach.

Verse 1. - Country for coasts, A.V.; found for finding, A.V. and T.R. The upper country (τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη); the inland districts of Galatia and Phrygia, through which St. Paul journeyed on his way to Ephesus, as distinguished from the seacoast on which Ephesus stood. Disciples. They were like Apollos, believers in the Lord Jesus through the preaching of John the Baptist. It looks as if they were companions of Apollos, and had come with him from Alexandria, perhaps for some purpose of trade or Commerce.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
While
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Apollos
Ἀπολλῶ (Apollō)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 625: Apollos, a Jew of Alexandria. Probably from the same as Apollonia; Apollos, an Israelite.

was
εἶναι (einai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

at
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Corinth,
Κορίνθῳ (Korinthō)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2882: Corinthus, a city of Greece.

Paul
Παῦλον (Paulon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3972: Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle.

passed through
διελθόντα (dielthonta)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1330: To pass through, spread (as a report). From dia and erchomai; to traverse.

the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

interior
ἀνωτερικὰ (anōterika)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 510: Upper, higher-lying, inland. From anoteros; superior, i.e. more remote.

[and] came
ἐλθεῖν (elthein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

Ephesus.
Ἔφεσον (Epheson)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2181: Ephesus, a coast city, capital of the Roman province Asia. Probably of foreign origin; Ephesus, a city of Asia Minor.

[There]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he found
εὑρεῖν (heurein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

some
τινας (tinas)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

disciples
μαθητάς (mathētas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3101: A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil.


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