Acts 18:10
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
Acts 18:10 in other translations
| BSB | For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.” |
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| WEB | for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” |
| ASV | for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city. |
| YLT | because I am with thee, and no one shall set on thee to do thee evil; because I have much people in this city;' |
| DARBY | because I am with thee, and no one shall set upon thee to injure thee; because I have much people in this city. |
| BBE | For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town. |
| Webster | For I am with thee, and no man shall lay hands on thee, to hurt thee: for I have many people in this city. |
What does Acts 18:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 18:9-11
9-11. Then spake the Lord to Paul ... by a vision, Be not afraid ... no man shall set on thee to hurt thee, &c.--From this it would seem that these signal successes were stirring up the wrath of the unbelieving Jews, and probably the apostle feared being driven by violence, as before, from this scene of such promising labor. He is reassured, however, from above.
Barnes' Notes
No man shall set on thee. No one who shall rise up against thee shall be able to hurt thee. His life was in God's hands, and he would preserve him, in order that his people might be collected into the church.
For I have. Greek, There is to me; i.e., I possess, or there belongs to me.
Much people. Many who should be regarded as his true friends, and who should be saved.
In this city. In that very city that was so voluptuous, so rich, so effeminate, and where there had been already so decided opposition shown to the gospel. This passage evidently means that God had a design or purpose to save many of that people; for it was given to Paul as all encouragement to him to labour there, evidently meaning that God would grant him success in his work. It cannot mean that the Lord meant to say that the great mass of the people, or that the moral and virtuous part, if there were any such, was then regarded as his people; but that he intended to convert many of those guilty and profligate Corinthians to himself, and to gather a people for his own service there. We may learn from this,
(1.) that God has a purpose in regard to the salvation of sinners.
(2.) That that purpose is so fixed in the mind of God, that he can say that those in relation to whom it is formed are his. There is no chance; no hap-hazard; no doubt in regard to his gathering them to himself.
(3.) This is the ground of encouragement to the ministers of the gospel. Had God no purpose to save sinners, they could have no hope in their work.
(4.) This plan may have reference to the most gay, and guilty, and abandoned population; and ministers should not be deterred by the amount or the degree of wickedness from attempting to save them.
(5.) There may be more hope of success among a dissolute and profligate population, than among proud, and cold, and skeptical philosophers. Paul had little success in philosophic Athens; he had great success in dissolute Corinth. There is often more hope of converting a man openly dissolute and abandoned, than one who prides himself on his philosophy, and is confident in his own wisdom.
(g) "I am with thee" Mt 28:20. (%) "set on thee" "Lay hands on" (|) "much people in this city" "many"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 18:7-11
The Lord knows those that are his, yea, and those that shall be his; for it is by his work upon them that they become his. Let us not despair concerning any place, when even in wicked Corinth Christ had much people. He will gather in his chosen flock from the places where they are scattered Thus encouraged, the apostle continued at Corinth, and a numerous and flourishing church grew up.
Acts 18:10 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 18:10
- 2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
- Exodus 4:12
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
- Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Isaiah 41:10
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
- John 10:16
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
- 2 Timothy 4:22
The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.
- Jeremiah 15:20-21
And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
- Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
- Isaiah 43:2
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
- Matthew 10:30
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
- Joshua 1:9
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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Context
- Acts 18:9
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
- Acts 18:10
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
- Acts 18:11
And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
Acts 18:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque yo estoy contigo, y ninguno te podrá hacer mal; porque yo tengo mucho pueblo en esta ciudad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | parce que je suis avec toi; et personne ne mettra les mains sur toi pour te faire du mal, parce que j’ai un grand peuple dans cette ville. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn ich bin mit dir, und niemand soll dich angreifen, dir Übles zu tun; denn ich habe ein großes Volk in dieser Stadt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | propter quod ego sum tecum, et nemo apponetur tibi ut noceat te: quoniam populus est mihi multus in hac civitate. |