Act 19:8 | RWP | e4.org | Spake boldly ( επαρρησιαζετο ). Imperfect middle, kept on at it for three months. Cf. same word in . Persuading ( πειθων ). Present active conative participle of πειθω , trying to persuade ( ). Paul's idea of the Kingdom of God was the church of God which he (Jesus, God's Son) had purchased with his own blood ( , calling Christ God). Nowhere else had Paul apparently been able to speak so long in the synagogue without interruption unless it was so at Corinth. These Jews were already interested ( ).

‏ Acts 19:8

Spake boldly ( επαρρησιαζετο ). Imperfect middle, kept on at it for three months. Cf. same word in 18:26.

Persuading ( πειθων ). Present active conative participle of πειθω, trying to persuade (28:23). Paul's idea of the Kingdom of God was the church of God which he (Jesus, God's Son) had purchased with his own blood (Ac 20:28, calling Christ God). Nowhere else had Paul apparently been able to speak so long in the synagogue without interruption unless it was so at Corinth. These Jews were already interested (18:30).