SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:7
¶ Y saliendo de allí, entr en casa de uno llamado Tito el Justo, temeroso de Dios, la casa del cual estaba junto a la sinagoga.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Acts 18:7
Verse 7. And he departed thence] From his former lodging, or that quarter of the city where he had dwelt before with Aquila and Priscilla; and went to lodge with Justus, apparently a proselyte of the gate. This person is called Titus, and Titus Justus, in several MSS. and versions.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 7. And he departed thence , etc.]. Not from Corinth, but from the synagogue: and entered into a certain mans house named Justus ; he did not return to Aquila and Priscilla, because they were Jews, lest he should be thought not to abide by his words, that he would henceforth go to the Gentiles; wherefore as he came out of the synagogue, he turned into a house adjoining to it, which belonged to one Justus: in one copy of Bezas, and in some others, and in the Vulgate Latin version, he is called Titus Justus; and in the Arabic version, Titus the son of Justus; the Syriac version only reads Titus: whether this is not the same Titus, who afterwards was a companion of the apostle, and to whom he wrote an epistle, may be inquired. One that worshipped God ; a Gentile, but a religious man, such an one as Cornelius: he might be a proselyte either of the gate, or of righteousness; though if he was the same with Titus, he could not be the latter, because he was not circumcised, ( Galatians 2:3) whose house joined hard to the synagogue; had this man been a Jew, his house might very well have been taken for the house which was tsnkh tybl wms , near to the synagogue, in which travellers were entertained, and ate, and drank, and lodged f922 ; and that he was the person appointed to take care of them, and so a very suitable house for Paul, a stranger, to take up his lodging in. The Ethiopic version adds, very wrongly, taking it from the beginning of the next verse, because he was the ruler of the synagogue; as if Justus was the ruler of the synagogue; and this the reason why his house was so near; whereas not he, but Crispus, was the ruler, as follows.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-11 - The Lord knows those that are his, yea, and those that shall be his for it is by his work upon them that they become his. Let us no despair concerning any place, when even in wicked Corinth Christ ha much people. He will gather in his chosen flock from the places wher they are scattered Thus encouraged, the apostle continued at Corinth and a numerous and flourishing church grew up.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ μεταβας 3327 5631 V-2AAP-NSM εκειθεν 1564 ADV ηλθεν 2064 5627 V-2AAI-3S εις 1519 PREP οικιαν 3614 N-ASF τινος 5100 X-GSM ονοματι 3686 N-DSN ιουστου 2459 N-GSM σεβομενου 4576 5740 V-PNP-GSM τον 3588 T-ASM θεον 2316 N-ASM ου 3739 R-GSM η 3588 T-NSF οικια 3614 N-NSF ην 2258 5713 V-IXI-3S συνομορουσα 4927 5723 V-PAP-NSF τη 3588 T-DSF συναγωγη 4864 N-DSF
Robertson's NT Word Studies
18:7 {Titus Justus} (titou ioustou). So Aleph E Vulgate, while B has Titiau ioustou, while most MSS. have only ioustou. Evidently a Roman citizen and not Titus, brother of Luke, of #Ga 2:1. We had Barsabbas Justus (#Ac 1:23) and Paul speaks of Jesus Justus (#Co 4:11). The Titii were a famous family of potters in Corinth. this Roman was a God-fearer whose house "joined hard to the synagogue" (en sunomorousa tei sunagwgei). Periphrastic imperfect active of sunomorew, a late (Byzantine) word, here only in the N.T., followed by the associative instrumental case, from sunomoros (sun, homoros from homos, joint, and horos, boundary) having joint boundaries, right next to. Whether Paul chose this location for his work because it was next to the synagogue, we do not know, but it caught the attendants at the synagogue worship. In Ephesus when Paul had to leave the synagogue he went to the school house of Tyrannus (#19:9f.). The lines are being drawn between the Christians and the Jews, drawn by the Jews themselves.
