Act 19:29, 2Cor 8:19 | JFB | STEP | 29. having caught Gaius and Aristarchus —disappointed of Paul, as at Thessalonica ( ). They are mentioned in ; and probably . If it was in the house of Aquila and Priscilla that he found an asylum (see ), that would explain , where he says of them that "for his life they laid down their own necks" [HOWSON ]. rushed . . . into the theatre —a vast pile, whose ruins are even now a wreck of immense grandeur [SIR C. FELLOWES , Asia Minor, 1839].

Acts 19:29

29. having caught Gaius and Aristarchus—disappointed of Paul, as at Thessalonica (Ac 17:5, 6). They are mentioned in Ac 20:4; 27:2; Ro 16:23; 1Co 1:14; and probably 3Jo 1. If it was in the house of Aquila and Priscilla that he found an asylum (see 1Co 16:9), that would explain Ro 16:3, 4, where he says of them that "for his life they laid down their own necks" [HOWSON].

rushed . . . into the theatre—a vast pile, whose ruins are even now a wreck of immense grandeur [SIR C. FELLOWES, Asia Minor, 1839].

2 Corinthians 8:19

19. not that only—not only praised in all the churches.

chosen—by vote: so the Greek.

of the churches—therefore these companions of Paul are called "messengers of the churches" (2Co 8:23).

to travel—to Jerusalem.

with this grace—Greek, "in the case of this grace," or "gift."

to the glory of the same Lord—The oldest manuscripts omit "same."

declaration of your ready mind—The oldest manuscripts read, "our," not your. This and the previous clause, "to the glory of the same Lord," do not follow "administered by us," but "chosen of the churches to travel," &c. The union of the brother with Paul in this affair of the collection was done to guard against suspicions injurious "to the glory" of the Lord. It was also done in order to produce a "readiness" on the part of Paul and the brother to undertake the office which each, by himself, would have been less ready to undertake, for fear of suspicions arising (2Co 8:20) as to their appropriation of any of the money.