“And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,”
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus — He found some disciples there — Paul's return to Ephesus, promised in 18:21, receives terse announcement. 'Found some disciples' (mathētai) begins the Ephesian section.
Church Fathers on Acts 19:1
Who when he had come, helped them much which had believed through grace: for he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ. Acts 18:28 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper coasts — meaning what we have read as to Cæsarea and the other places — came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples Acts 19:1,
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