And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
Paul left Athens not driven by persecution but by cold reception and little hope of fruit. He came to Corinth, that splendid city, and there worked as a tent-maker, for the Jews rightly taught their sons a trade, and an honest craft is no shame, not even for a scholar bred at Gamaliel's feet.
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Commenting on Acts 18:1-6
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia,.... Not from Berea in Macedonia, for from hence they came to the apostle while at Athens, and from whence he sent them, at least Timothy, to Thessalonica, to know the state of the saints there, as appears from Th1 3:1 and from hence they now came to the apostle at Corinth: when Paul was pressed in...
Verse 5. And when Silas and Timotheus, etc. They came to Paul according to his request, which he had sent by the brethren who accompanied him from Thessalonica, . Paul was pressed. Was urged; was borne away by an unusual impulse. It was deeply impressed on him as his duty. In spirit. In his mind, in his feelings.