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Acts 19 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Acts 19, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Acts 19 in the Greek

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Greek Transliteration Strong's Count KJV renderings
Παῦλος Paûlos G3972 10 Paul, Paulus
Ἄρτεμις Ártemis G735 5 Diana
πνεῦμα pneûma G4151 8 ghost, life, spirit, mind
Ἐφέσιος Ephésios G2180 4 Ephesian, of Ephesus
Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaîos G2453 6 Jew, of Judæa
Ἀσία Asía G773 4 Asia
πονηρός ponērós G4190 4 bad, evil, grievous, harm

How preachers through history handled this text

26 public-domain excerpts on Acts 19, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 7 Matthew Henry 6 Alexander MacLaren 6 Chrysostom 2 Spurgeon 2 George Whitefield 2 John Wesley 1

“Persons who came from afar to pay their devotions at the temple of Ephesus, bought little silver shrines, or models of the temple, to carry home with them. See how craftsmen make advantage to themselves of people's superstition, and serve their worldly ends by it. Men are jealous for that by which they get their wealth; and many set themselves against the gospel of Christ, because it calls men from all unlawful crafts, however much wealth is to be gotten by them. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Acts 19:21–31 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Corinth — Acts 19:1
  • Ephesus — Acts 19:1
  • Asia — Acts 19:10
  • Achaia — Acts 19:21
  • Jerusalem — Acts 19:21

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