And when he had landed at Cæsarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
22. When he came down to Caesarea. Though Luke saith in a word that Paul saluted the Church at Jerusalem, yet is it certain that he was drawn thither with some great necessity. And yet we may gather by this text that he stayed not long at Jerusalem, peradventure because things fell not out as he would.
Paul didn't flee Corinth when trouble came, as he had from other places; the storm rose and fell too quickly. He stayed working as long as he labored fruitfully, then took solemn leave of the brethren with counsels and prayers, commending what was good and warning against false apostles' wiles.
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Commenting on Acts 18:18-23
And a certain Jew named Apollos,.... Who by some is thought to be the same with Apelles, Rom 16:10, his name is Greek, though he was a Jew, not only by religion, but by birth, being of a Jewish extract: born at Alexandria; in Egypt, which was built by Alexander the great, from whence it had its name; it was the metropolis of Egypt, and...