Acts 18:23
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And having spent some time there , he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.
Webster's Revision
And after he had spent some time there, he departed and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
World English Bible
Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, stablishing all the disciples.
Clarke's Acts 18:23 Bible Commentary
Went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia - Both were provinces of Asia Minor: see on Acts 2:10 (note).
In order - Καθεξης, A word peculiar to St. Luke; see his Gospel, Luke 1:3; Luke 8:1; and his history of the Acts, Acts 3:24; Acts 11:4, and the place above; the only places where this word occurs in the New Testament. It properly signifies, in order, distinctly, particularly; from κατα, according to, and ἑξη, order, as opposed to confusion, indistinctness, etc. If St. Paul went up to Jerusalem at this time, which we are left to infer, for Luke has not expressed it, (Acts 18:22), it was his fourth journey thither; and this is generally supposed to have been the twenty-first year after his conversion. His first journey is mentioned Acts 9:26; his second, Acts 11:30; his third, Acts 15:4; and his fourth, Acts 18:22, the place above.
Barnes's Acts 18:23 Bible Commentary
The country of Galatia and Phrygia - He had been over these regions before, preaching the gospel, Acts 16:6.
Strengthening - Establishing them by exhortation and counsel. See the notes on Acts 14:22.
Wesley's Acts 18:23 Bible Commentary
18:23 He went over the country of Galatia and Phrygia - It is supposed, spending about four years therein, including the time he stayed at Ephesus.
