THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS - Chapter 16 - Verse 8

Verse 8. But I will tarry at Ephesus. This passage proves that this letter was written from Ephesus. It is by such indications as this, usually, that we are able to determine the place where the epistles were written. In regard to the situation of Ephesus, See Barnes "Ac 18:19".

Until Pentecost. This was a Jewish festival occurring fifty days after the Passover; and hence called the Pentecost. See Barnes "Ac 2:1".

As there were Jews at Corinth, and doubtless in the church, they would understand the time which Paul referred to; and as he was a Jew, he naturally used their mode of reckoning time, where it would be understood. Doubtless the great festivals of the Jews were well known among most of the cities of Greece, as there were Sews in them an who were scrupulous in their observances. It is no improbable supposition, also, that Christians everywhere regarded this day with deep interest, as being the day on which the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles and on the people of Jerusalem, Ac 2.

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