<p>19:9 The Western text here adds that Paul preached in Ephesus from 11a.m. to 4 p.m.- the siesta period. Whilst working with his own hands to support himself, he somehow persuaded men and women to break their usual sleep pattern to come and hear him. F.F. Bruce has commented that more Ephesians were awake at 1a.m. than 1 p.m.</p><p><i>But when some were hardened and disobedient</i>- Paul maybe recalled this case when he wrote to the Romans of how some Jews were hardened when they rejected the message of the Lord Jesus (Rom. 9:18 cp. Heb. 3:8,15). </p><p><i>Speaking evil of the Way before the crowd, he departed from them</i>- This is typical of how when men cannot answer the truth of Christ presented to them, they then attack the messengers on a personal level. Paul's way of dealing with this slander campaign was to just remove the converts as far as he could from exposure to it.</p><p><em>And separated the disciples</em>- The same ones as in :1?</p><p><em>Reasoning daily </em><i>in the school of Tyrannus<em>- </em></i>First century preaching wasn&rsquo;t merely bald statement of facts nor a pouty presentation of propositional Truth. A very wide range of words is used to describe the preaching of the Gospel. It included able intellectual argument, skilful, thoughtful use and study of the Scriptures by the public speakers, careful, closely reasoned and patient argument. Their preaching is recorded through words like <em>diamarturesthai</em>, to testify strenuously, elegcho, to show to be wrong, <em>peitho</em>, to win by words,<em> ekithemi</em>, to set forth, <em>diamar</em>, to bear full witness, <em>dianoigo</em>, to open what was previously closed, <em>parrhesia</em>, to speak with fearless candour, <em>katagellein</em>, to proclaim forcefully, <em>dialegesthai, </em>to argue, <em>diakatelenchein</em>, to confute powerfully. The intellectual energy of Paul powers through the narrative in passages like Acts 19: &ldquo;Disputing and persuading&hellip; disputing daily&hellip; Paul purposed in the spirit&hellip; this Paul has persuaded and turned away much people&rdquo;.</p>