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Corinth: A City of Commerce and Corruption
Commentators paint a vivid picture of Corinth as a wealthy, strategic commercial hub, but also as one of the most morally corrupt cities of the ancient world. Scholars note it was famous for the temple of Aphrodite, which had sacred prostitutes, and the verb 'to Corinthianize' literally meant to practice sexual immorality. This was the challenging environment Paul willingly entered.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 18:1
18th Century
Theologian
CHAPTER 18
After these things. After what occurred at Athens, as recorded in the previous chapter.
Came to Corinth. Corinth …
AT Robertson
On Acts 18:1
To Corinth (εις Κορινθον). Mummius had captured and destroyed Corinth B.C. 146. It was restored by Julius Caesar B.C. 46 as a boom…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 18:1
19th Century
Bishop
There can be no doubt that the vow was that of the temporary Nazarite, as described in Numbers 6:1-21. It implied a separation from the wo…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 18:1
19th Century
Preacher
Another most important city in Greece, where he struck at the very center of the country by preaching the gospel, since these were the centers of c…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 18:1
Corinth was on a plateau overlooking the isthmus connecting central Greece to the north with the Peloponnesus to the south. It was built on the nor…
John Calvin
On Acts 18:1
16th Century
Theologian
This history is worthy of remembrance for this reason alone: it contains the first beginning of the Church of Corinth. This church was famous for g…
John Gill
On Acts 18:1
17th Century
Pastor
After these things
The Arabic version renders it, "after these words, or discourses"; after the apostle's disputatio…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 18:1–6
17th Century
Minister
Although Paul was entitled to support from the churches he planted and from the people to whom he preached, he nevertheless worked at his trade. An…