ACTS 19:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:”
God did extraordinary miracles (dynameis, mighty acts; literally 'not ordinary/customary') through Paul — Even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them — The extraordinary miracles (sēmeia ouk, literally 'not ordinary signs') surpass typical healings; contact-transmitted power (apokechrēstoi ta sōmata, handkerchiefs touched by him) suggests quasi-magical efficacy, yet Luke attributes all to God's agency.
Church Fathers on Acts 19:11
He departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. And this was done for the space of two years, so that all that were in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks. Acts 19:10 (a) Do you mark how much was effected by his persisting? Both Jews and Greeks heard: (c) all that dwelt in Asia: it was for this also that the Lord suffered him not to go into Asia Acts 16:6 (on a former occasion); waiting, as it seems to me,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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