Act 19:8, 10 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 8. Spake boldly-three months ] We have often remarked that St. Paul, in every place, made his first offers of salvation to the Jews ; and it was only when they rejected it, that he turned to the Gentiles ; see . And the same line of conduct he pursues here: he goes to the school of Tyrannus, at least a public place, to which all might resort, when they obstinately rejected the Gospel in the synagogue. Disputing and persuading ] διαλεγομενουςκαιπειθων, Holding conversations with them, in order to persuade them of the truth of the doctrine of Christ.

‏ Acts 19:8

Verse 8. Spake boldly-three months] We have often remarked that St. Paul, in every place, made his first offers of salvation to the Jews; and it was only when they rejected it, that he turned to the Gentiles; see Ac 18:6. And the same line of conduct he pursues here: he goes to the school of Tyrannus, at least a public place, to which all might resort, when they obstinately rejected the Gospel in the synagogue.

Disputing and persuading] διαλεγομενουςκαιπειθων, Holding conversations with them, in order to persuade them of the truth of the doctrine of Christ.

‏ Acts 19:10

Verse 10. By the space of two years] The schoolhouse of Tyrannus was his regular chapel; and it is likely that in it he taught Christianity, as Tyrannus taught languages or sciences.

All they-in Asia heard the word] Meaning, probably, the Proconsular Asia, for the extent of which See Clarke on Ac 16:6.

Jews and Greeks.] For, although he ceased preaching in the synagogues of the Jews, yet they continued to hear him in the school of Tyrannus. But it is likely that Paul did not confine himself to this place, but went about through the different towns and villages; without which, how could all Asia have heard the word? By Greeks, we are to understand, not only the proselytes of the gate, but the heathens in general.