“Look, the virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and they will name Him Immanuel,” which means “God with us.”
Acts 18:10 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) for I will be with you [See Matt. 28:20] and no one will attack you or hurt you, for I have many people in this city [i.e., who will be converted].” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For I am with you, and no man shall assault you to harm you, for I have many people in this city. [Isa. 43:5; Jer. 1:8.] American Standard Version (1901) for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city. Common English Bible I’m with you and no one who attacks you will harm you, for I have many people in this city.” Catholic Public Domain Version For I am with you. And no one will take hold of you, so as to do you harm. For many of the people in this city are with me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because I am with thee: and no man shall set upon thee, to hurt thee; for I have much people in this city. |
“Look, the virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and they will name Him Immanuel,” which means “God with us.”
God even knows the number of hairs on your head [Note: The average full head of hair has approximately 25,000 hairs].
[Then] go on teaching them [i.e., these new converts] to obey everything I have commanded you and my presence will be with you always, even to the end of the age.”
I have other sheep [also] which are not [presently] in this corral; I must lead them, too. They will hear my voice and become one flock [i.e., with the others], having one shepherd. [Note: This probably refers to believing Gentiles becoming God’s people, along with the Jews].
And not just [die] for the [Jewish] nation, but also that He would assemble together into one body the children of God who were scattered [throughout the world].
Symeon [i.e., Peter] reported how God first sent [someone to preach] to the Gentiles in order to reach a group of them [with the Gospel message] for His name.
So, Paul lived there [in Corinth] for eighteen months, teaching God’s message among the inhabitants [of the city].
Then the Lord spoke to Paul in a night vision [i.e., a divinely given dream]: “Do not be afraid, but speak up and do not hold [anything] back,
What then should we conclude from this? [Just this]: If God is on our side, who can [successfully] oppose us?
But God said to me, “My unearned favor is enough for you, for my power is made complete in [your] weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast, so that the power of Christ can rest on me.
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message could be fully proclaimed and that all the Gentiles could hear it. And I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. [Note: This is probably a figure of speech indicating that Paul had escaped some immediate danger. See Psa. 22:20-21].
May the Lord be with your spirit [i.e., close to you]. May God’s unearned favor be with you.