Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Crispus (Krispov). Though a Jew and ruler of the synagogue (cf. Acts 13:15), he had a Latin name. Paul baptized him (I Corinthians 1:14) himself, perhaps because of his prominence, apparently letting Silas and Timothy baptize most of the converts (I Corinthians 1:14-17). Probably he followed Paul to the house of Titus Justus. It looked like ruin for the synagogue.
With all his house (sun olw tw oikw autou). Another household conversion, for Crispus "believed (episteusen) in the Lord with all his house."
Hearing believed and were baptized (akouontev episteuon kai ebaptizonto). Present active participle and imperfect indicatives active and passive, expressing repetition for the "many" others who kept coming to the Lord in Corinth. It was a continual revival after Silas and Timothy came and a great church was gathered here during the nearly two years that Paul laboured in Corinth (possibly AD 51 and 52).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 18:8:
John 4:53
Acts 13:15
Acts 18:17
Acts 20:3
1 Corinthians 1:14
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