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Acts 19:11

God was doing extraordinary and unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hand;   Miracles;   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;   Thompson Chain Reference - Healing;   Holy Spirit;   Miracles;   Paul;   Power;   Virtue, Healing;   Weakness-Power;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Spirit, the, Is God;   Miracles;   Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Asia;   Ephesus;   Mission;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Relics;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Church;   Miracles, Signs, Wonders;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bible;   Corinthians, Second Epistle to;   Sceva;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Exorcism;   Miracles;   Name (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ephesians, Epistle to the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ephesians;   Ephesus;   Miracle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Spiritual Gifts;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,
King James Version (1611)
And God wrought speciall miracles by the hands of Paul:
King James Version
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
English Standard Version
And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
New American Standard Bible
God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
New Century Version
God used Paul to do some very special miracles.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
Legacy Standard Bible
And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
Berean Standard Bible
God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
Contemporary English Version
God gave Paul the power to work great miracles.
Complete Jewish Bible
God did extraordinary miracles through Sha'ul.
Darby Translation
And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
Easy-to-Read Version
God used Paul to do some very special miracles.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And God wrought no small miracles by the handes of Paul,
George Lamsa Translation
And God wrought great miracles by the hands of Paul:
Good News Translation
God was performing unusual miracles through Paul.
Lexham English Bible
And God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
Literal Translation
And God did uncommon works of power through the hands of Paul,
American Standard Version
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
Bible in Basic English
And God did special works of power by the hands of Paul:
Hebrew Names Version
God worked special miracles by the hands of Sha'ul,
International Standard Version
God continued to do extraordinary miracles by Paul's hands.Mark 16:20; Acts 14:3;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And great power-works wrought Aloha by the hand of Paulos;
Murdock Translation
And God wrought very great miracles by the hand of Paul:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And God wrought speciall miracles by the handes of Paul.
English Revised Version
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
World English Bible
God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul,
Weymouth's New Testament
God also brought about extraordinary miracles through Paul's instrumentality.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And God dide vertues not smale bi the hoond of Poul,
Update Bible Version
And God did special miracles by the hands of Paul:
Webster's Bible Translation
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
New English Translation
God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul's hands,
New King James Version
Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,
New Living Translation
God gave Paul the power to perform unusual miracles.
New Life Bible
God used Paul to do powerful special works.
New Revised Standard
God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Mighty works, also, not the ordinary, God was working through the hands of Paul;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And God wrought by the hand of Paul more than common miracles.
Revised Standard Version
And God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And god wrought no small miracles by the hondes of Paul:
Young's Literal Translation
mighty works also -- not common -- was God working through the hands of Paul,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And God wroughte no small miracles by the handes of Paul,
Mace New Testament (1729)
the miracles which God wrought by the ministry of Paul being of such an extraordinary nature, that by applying the handkerchiefs,
THE MESSAGE
God did powerful things through Paul, things quite out of the ordinary. The word got around and people started taking pieces of clothing—handkerchiefs and scarves and the like—that had touched Paul's skin and then touching the sick with them. The touch did it—they were healed and whole.
Simplified Cowboy Version
God did some mighty powerful things through Paul while he was there.

Contextual Overview

8And he went into the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and arguing and persuading them about the kingdom of God. 9But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient [to the word of God], discrediting and speaking evil of the Way (Jesus, Christianity) before the congregation, Paul left them, taking the disciples with him, and went on holding daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus [instead of in the synagogue]. 10This continued for two years, so that all the inhabitants of [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor], Jews as well as Greeks, heard the word of the Lord [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ]. 11God was doing extraordinary and unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,12so that even handkerchiefs or face-towels or aprons that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out [of them].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 5:12, Acts 14:3, Acts 15:12, Acts 16:18, Mark 16:17-20, John 14:12, Romans 15:18, Romans 15:19, Galatians 3:5, Hebrews 2:4

Reciprocal: Matthew 8:15 - touched Matthew 14:36 - only Matthew 15:30 - great Mark 3:10 - pressed Luke 5:17 - power Acts 5:15 - they brought Acts 28:8 - laid 1 Corinthians 12:9 - the gifts 2 Corinthians 13:8 - General Galatians 2:8 - the same

Cross-References

Genesis 19:28
and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley [of the Dead Sea]; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a kiln (pottery furnace).
Genesis 19:29
Now when God ravaged and destroyed the cities of the plain [of Siddim], He remembered Abraham [and for that reason], and He sent [Abraham's nephew] Lot out of the midst of the destruction, when He destroyed the cities in which Lot had lived.
2 Kings 6:18
When the Arameans came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Please strike this people (nation) with blindness." And God struck them with blindness, in accordance with Elisha's request.
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labor of a fool so wearies him [because he is ignorant] that he does not even know how to go to a city.
Isaiah 57:10
"You were wearied by the length of your road, Yet you did not say, 'It is no use.' You found renewed strength, Therefore you did not grow weak.
Jeremiah 2:36
"Why do you go around and wander so much Changing your way? Also, you will be shamed by Egypt As you were shamed by Assyria.
Acts 13:11
"Now, watch! The hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, [so blind that you will be] unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he groped around, seeking people to lead him by the hand.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul. For the confirmation of the doctrine which he preached, and of his mission, as an apostle; and these were not any sort of miracles, common and vulgar ones, and much less things of chance, and what were merely accidental, as the word may signify; but they were rare and uncommon ones, and in which there was a visible display of the power of God; to whom as the efficient cause they are ascribed, the apostle being only an instrument God made use of.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Special miracles - Miracles that were remarkable; that were not common, or that were very unusual (οὐ τὰς τυχών ou tas tuchōn). This expression is Classical Greek. Thus, Longinus says of Moses that he was no common man - οὐχ ̓ ὁ τύχων ἀνήρ ouch ho tuchōn anēr.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 19:11. God wrought special miracles — Δυναμεις τε ου τας τυχαυσας, Miracles of no ordinary kind, i.e. extraordinary miracles.


 
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