“And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.”
Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks — Paul's Sabbath synagogue engagement continues unchanged; he seeks persuasion (peithō) through reasoned discourse rather than miraculous demonstration.
Church Fathers on Acts 18:4
he came to them, and because he was of the same craft, he abode with them and wrought: for by occupation they were tent-makers. Acts 18:3 Lo, what a justification he found for dwelling in the same house with them! For because here, of all places, it was necessary that he should not receive, as he himself says, That wherein they glory, they may be found, even as we 2 Corinthians 11:12, it is providentially ordered that he there abides. And he reasoned in the synagogue every…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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