But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
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Passages linked to 1 Corinthians 16:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 2:1 Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.
- Exodus 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
- Leviticus 23:15-21 “ ‘You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. The next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh. You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh. You shall present with the bread seven lambs without defect a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh. You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest. You shall make proclamation on the same day that there shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
- Acts 18:19 He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
- 1 Corinthians 15:32 If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
Ver. 8. But I will tarry at Ephesus] From thence then he wrote this Epistle, and not at Philippi, as the subscription hath it. See 1Co 16:5.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He altered this resolution afterward, for, Act 20:16, he…
He altered this resolution afterward, for, Act 20:16, he hasted, if it were possible, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. Pentecost was a Jewish feast, and not named here as a feast then celebrated by Christians, but as a known period of time; for the Jews computing time from their festivals, Christians who lived amongst them, and had some of them been converted from their religion, computed also their time from the Jewish festivals.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But I will tarry at Ephesus till Pentecost. The…
But I will tarry at Ephesus till Pentecost. The feast of weeks, or of harvest, which was fifty days from the passover; See Gill on Act 2:1 which though abrogated at the death of Christ, was observed by the Jews, and is mentioned by the apostle, not as a festival that the Christians were obliged to regard, or did regard, but as pointing out the time he intended to stay at Ephesus: and we elsewhere read, that he was greatly desirous of being at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, Act 20:16 not to keep it, but because there would then be abundance of people from all parts there, to whom he should have an opportunity of preaching the Gospel.
not to keep it, but because there would then be abundance of people from all parts there, to whom he should have an opportunity of preaching the Gospel.
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co1 16:9For a great door,.... Meaning an opportunity of ministering the word at Ephesus, a very populous city, and where he might have hope great good would be done. Some think that by this fair opportunity, or hopeful prospect, he means the populousness of the city; others, the conversion of some great men in it, which had made way for the introduction of Gospel there: but it seems rather to intend the desire that there appeared in many persons here to have the Gospel preached unto them; they flocked unto it; their hearts were opened to attend to it, and great numbers believed; and the apostle found a door of utterance in himself, and a door of entrance in them, which were reasons with him to tarry here.
And effectual is opened to me; not by him, but to him: this door was opened by him who has the key of David, that opens, and no man shuts; and the door of faith being opened by him, it was effectual to the quickening of sinners dead in trespasses and sins, to the enlightening of blind eyes, unstopping of deaf ears, and softening hard hearts; to the turning of souls from the power of Satan to God, to the quickening, comforting, and establishing of saints, and indeed to salvation to all that believe; which is the case when the word comes, not in word only, but in power; then it works effectually in them that believe; and since there was an opportunity of preaching the Gospel with such good effect, the apostle was desirous of making use of it:
and there are many adversaries; as there always are where the Gospel is preached, and especially with success, when sinners are converted, and saints are edified and comforted. The adversary Satan roars, and the posse of devils under him are employed one way or another to obstruct the Gospel if possible; false teachers are raised up to oppose it, and profane men are instigated by him to persecute the preachers and professors of it: so it was at Ephesus, the Jews disputed against it, and spoke evil of it; Demetrius the silversmith, and those of his craft, rose up in a tumultuous manner, crying, great is Diana of the Ephesians, stirring up the people against the apostle, and his companions; all which he had some foreviews of, and found to be true by experience, as may be seen in Act 19:21 and which, though to another man would have been a reason to have departed, was a reason with him to stay; to bear his testimony to the Gospel, to appear in the defence of it, against the disputers of this world, and to strengthen and establish the minds of weak believers in it, who might have been in some danger through so many adversaries; wherefore he saw and judged that his presence was necessary, and that it was proper for him to stay the time he mentions.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain I will stay at Ephesus - Where he was…
I will stay at Ephesus - Where he was at this time.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. I will tarry at Ephesus] And it…
Verse 8. I will tarry at Ephesus] And it is very probable that he did so; and that all these journeys were taken as he himself had projected. See note on 1Co 16:5.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain But I will tarry at Ephesus - This passage…
But I will tarry at Ephesus - This passage proves that this letter was written from Ephesus. It is by such indications as this usually that we are able to determine the place where the Epistles were written. In regard to the situation of Ephesus, see the note on Act 18:19.
Until Pentecost - This was a Jewish festival occurring fifty days after the Passover, and hence called the Pentecost. See the note at Act 2:1. As there were Jews at Corinth, and doubtless in the church, they would understand the time which Paul referred to; and as he was a Jew, he naturally used their mode of reckoning time where it would be understood. Doubtless the great festivals of the Jews were well known among most of the cities of Greece, as there were Jews in them all who were scrupulous in their observances. It is no improbable supposition, also, that Christians everywhere regarded this day with deep interest, as being the day on which the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles and on the people of Jerusalem, Acts 2.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain at Ephesus--whence Paul writes this Epistle. Compare Co1 16:19,…
at Ephesus--whence Paul writes this Epistle. Compare Co1 16:19, "Asia," wherein Ephesus was.
until Pentecost--He seems to have stayed as he here purposes: for just when the tumult which drove him away broke out, he was already intending to leave Ephesus (Act 19:21-22). Combined with Co1 5:7-8, this verse fixes the date of this Epistle to a few weeks before Pentecost, and very soon after the Passover.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. Until Pentecost—Erasmus and other commentators were sorely puzzled…
8. Until Pentecost—Erasmus and other commentators were sorely puzzled with this honourable mention of a Jewish feast to Gentile Christian readers. Of course, however, Gentile Christians were sufficiently associated with Jews in the Church to know the two principal feasts of passover and pentecost. Both had acquired a powerful Christian character from the crucifixion at the former and the gift of tongues at the latter. But in fact Paul mentions pentecost here as a date rather than an institution. So we speak of Christmas and holidays. The present verse conclusively shows that the epistle was written from Ephesus.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost]…
8. But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost] The narrative in the Acts agrees most minutely with this passage. We there find that St Paul had formed his plan of visiting Greece some time before he carried it into effect (Act_19:21); that he sent Timothy to Macedonia, whence it was intended that he should proceed to Corinth (Act_19:22, cf. 1Co_16:10 of this chapter, and ch. 1Co_4:7), and that ‘many adversaries’ arose who hindered the Apostle from following him. Cf. 1Co_16:9, and Act_19:23-41.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) But I will tarry at Ephesus.—In this and…
(8) But I will tarry at Ephesus.—In this and the following verse the Apostle returns to his immediate plans at Ephesus. It was probably now about Easter-time (see 1Co_16:7), and the hostility of enemies increases. (See Act_19:9-23.) That must be subdued. A door has been opened wide for the effectual spread of the gospel (Act_19:20). Of that the Apostle must avail himself. Therefore he will remain where he is until Pentecost. Duty to be done, and danger to be faced in the doing of it, were to such a man as St. Paul sufficient indications as to where he ought to be found.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. It is…
I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. It is possible that this intention was frustrated by the riot stirred up by the silversmiths. (Act_19:23-41) But, in any case, he stayed at Ephesus nearly as long as he intended, for the riot only occurred when he was already preparing to leave. (Act_19:21, Act_19:22)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 8. I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. He…
8. I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. He was then writing before Pentecost, which came in the latter part of the spring.
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William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain 8. “But I abide in Ephesus until Pentecost.” This…
8. “But I abide in Ephesus until Pentecost.” This verse shows that he wrote this letter in Ephesus, the metropolis of Lydia in Asia. Do not forget that the postscripts to all these letters are utterly devoid of Divine authenticity, none of them appearing in the original. They were not only added by an uninspired hand, but by persons who were very ignorant of the Scriptures, and hence, as in this case, sometimes flatly contradict the epistle itself.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost ;
But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost ;
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 16:8 Paul wrote this letter while in Ephesus (about…
16:8 Paul wrote this letter while in Ephesus (about AD 53–56; Acts 19:1–20:1). • Pentecost was in May or June.
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