READ Acts 18 COMMENTARY: : 5      And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. (4912 “pressed” [sunecho] means engrossed, to hold together, to compress, devoted entirely, keep on doing, devoted exclusively, occupied, be taken with, to urge or to hold completely.) DEVOTION:  When Paul first arrived in Corinth from Athens, he worked at his craft of tent making. On each Sabbath he would go to the synagogue and present Christ to those who would listen. He gave reasons why Jesus was the Christ or Messiah for which the Jews were waiting. When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, he was able to spend all his time preaching to the Jews. Apparently, they had brought money from Macedonia, so that, he didn’t have to make tents…