Acts 19:9 Meaning and Explanation
“But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.”
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Read Full Chapter →When some harden themselves and publicly malign the Way, Paul withdraws the disciples and reasons daily in the school of Tyrannus.
What Does Acts 19:9 Mean?
Three months of patience end when opposition turns public and abusive. Some are hardened and speak evil of that way before the crowd, so Paul follows his settled practice (Acts 13:46; 18:6): he departs without quarreling, separates the disciples, and moves the teaching to the lecture hall of Tyrannus, where he reasons every day.
Hardness closes one door; God opens a larger one. The synagogue heard Paul on sabbaths, but the school hears him daily, and from that classroom the word will reach a whole province (v. 10). When scorn comes, the servant of Christ does not stop teaching; he changes rooms and keeps going.
Acts 19:9 in the Original Language
hodos (ὁδός), 'way' -- a road or journey; the earliest name for the faith was "the Way."
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What does Acts 19:9 mean?
When some harden themselves and publicly malign the Way, Paul withdraws the disciples and reasons daily in the school of Tyrannus.