Acts 18:7

A certain man’s house. Paul used this house for teaching and worship. He probably still lived with Aquila and Priscilla. Justus. This was a Roman surname (cf. on ch. 1:23). Textual evidence may also be cited (cf. p. 10) for the name Titius Justus. There is no reason to infer from this fact, however, that he is the same as the Titus of Gal. 2:3, whom Paul later left in Crete. The name Titus was among the more common Roman names. The Titus who was sent to Crete was, however, closely connected with the church at Corinth, as appears from 2 Cor. 7:14; 8:16, 23. The Justus here named was an uncircumcised Gentile like Titus and attended the synagogue as a “God fearer” (see below under “worshipped”). Worshipped. Gr. sebomai, “to reverence,” “to worship.” The form of the word here used is applied to “religious proselytes” (ch. 13:43) and to “devout Greeks” (ch. 17:4; see on ch. 10:2). His house was therefore an appropriate place in which both Jews and Gentiles might meet, and to which Gentiles doubtless would be more ready to come than to one belonging to a Jew. Joined hard. Or, “was adjoining”; “was next door” (RSV). Evidently, after Paul was opposed in the synagogue at Corinth, he chose a nearby place for meetings, so that it would be easy for any Jews who might change their feelings toward the gospel, to come. But this proximity would also be an additional cause for bitterness, especially when the number of Paul’s adherents began to increase, and when even a ruler of the synagogue accepted the gospel (v. 8).