What does Acts 14:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many,a they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,"
Verse Acts 14:21. _PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY_] Derbe, a city in the same province. Acts 14:6. _THEY RETURNED AGAIN TO LYSTRA, AND_ TO _ICONIUM_] Behold the _courage_ of these Christian men! Th...
HAD TAUGHT MANY - Or, rather, had made many disciples (margin). TO LYSTRA - Acts 14:6. AND TO ICONIUM - Acts 14:1. We have here a remarkable instance of the courage of the apostles. In these very pla...
CHAPTER 14 _ 1. The work in Iconium and the persecution of the Apostles (Acts 14:1)._ 2. In Derbe and Lystra; the Impotent Man healed (Acts 14:7). 3. The Stoning of Paul and further ministries (Act...
CLOSE OF THE FIRST TOUR. The places already visited are now taken in the reverse order, but no further information is given about them. Acts 14:23. An appointment of elders is made (_cf._ Titus 1:5) i...
ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
WHEN THEY HAD. having. HAD TAUGHT. having made disciples of. Greek. _matheteuo._ Only here, Matthew 13:52; Matthew 27:57; Matthew 28:19....
_and had taught many_ Better, "and had made many disciples." Perhaps "Gaius of Derbe," whom St Luke mentions as one of Paul's companions in a subsequent journey (Acts 20:4), may have been one of these...
CHANGE OF FEELING IN THE MULTITUDE. PAUL IS STONED. THE APOSTLES VISIT DERBE, AND THEN RETURN, BY THE ROUTE BY WHICH THEY CAME, TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA...
_PAUL AND BARNABAS RETURN TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA ACTS 14:21-28:_ Paul and Barnabas shared salvation through Jesus every where they went. Their preaching brought many to the faith of Christ. They return t...
ΕΎΑΓΓΕΛΙΣΆΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΕΎΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΟΜΑΙ, _см._ Acts 14:7. ΜΑΘΗΤΕΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΜΑΘΗΤΕΎΩ (G3100) делать учеником (_см._ Matthew 28:19). ΎΠΈΣΤΡΕΨΑΝ _aor...
AT DERBE. Acts 14:20 b, Acts 14:21 a. Acts 14:20 b and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe. Acts 14:21 a And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had made many discip...
21, 22. Having been compelled to fly from Antioch to Iconium, and from Iconium to Lystra, wading into deeper dangers at every step, who can tell the feelings with which the wounded missionary enters t...
And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, AND WHEN THEY HAD PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY, AND HAD TAUG...
6 Lystra seems to be the first place Paul preached without first proclaiming to the Jews in the synagogue, for it seems that there were not enough Jews to have a place of worship. Hence this is the fi...
FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-7. Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. The gospel meets with great success among both Jews and Gentiles in this populous city, and miracles are wrought in confirmatio...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 14 PAUL AND BARNABAS IN ICONIUM, 14:1-7 V1 What happened in Pisidian Antioch also happened in Iconium. Paul and Barnabas went to the *synagogue...
AND HAD TAUGHT MANY. — Better, _made many disciples._ The word is the same as in Matthew 28:19. Among these we may note Gaius, or Caius, afterwards conspicuous as one of St. Paul’s companions (Acts 20...
ωὐαγγελ.: continuous preaching, present participle, and the result, many disciples; not “having taught many,” A.V., but “had made many disciples,” R.V., _cf._ Matthew 28:19. No doubt they pursued the...
ESTABLISHING THE NEW BELIEVERS Acts 14:14-28 In Paul's address we have distinct anticipations of the early Chapter s of the Epistle to the Romans. How fickle a mob is! Now, enthusiastic loyalty; aga...
In Iconium there was largely a repetition of the experiences at Antioch. Becoming aware of the growing hostility, Paul and Barnabas passed on, and came to Lystra. There is a marked difference between...
Though Stoned, Paul Continues Preaching! The hostile Jews from Antioch in Pisidia and Iconium soon came to Lystra and persuaded the people to stone Paul. They dragged his seemingly lifeless body outs...
(7) And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and [to] Iconium, and Antioch, (7) We must go forward in our calling through a thousand dea...
_Through many tribulations. Our daily offences required the paternal chastisement of the Almighty. The concupiscence of the flesh too, which wills against the spirit, must be subdued by punishment. Wo...
Now the sorrowing Nazarenes gather around their murdered brother to bury him. To their joyful surprise, he jumps out of the rock-pile with a big shout, and walks with Barnabas to his next appointment...
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. (20) Howbeit, as the disciples st...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
Their missionary labours continue in Iconium with the same opposition from the Jews who, incapable themselves of the work, stir up the Gentiles against those who are performing it. As long as it was o...
AND WHEN THEY HAD PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY,.... To the inhabitants of it, as they did in every place where they came, even the pure Gospel of Christ, the good news, and glad tidings of life an...
And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and _to_ Iconium, and Antioch, Ver. 21. _They returned again to Lystra_] The love of Christ con...
_And when they had preached, and taught many_ Namely, at Derbe; and, it seems also, in Galatia and Phrygia: see Colossians 4:13. Greek, μαθητευσαντες ικανους, _having made many disciples; they returne...
THE RETURN JOURNEY TO SYRIA. Mob violence in Lystra and the Gospel in Derbe:...
Iconium was also in Asia Minor: here they entered the synagogue and the Spirit of God gave them grace to so speak as to vitally influence a great number, both of Jews and Gentiles, to believe the gosp...
AND WHEN THEY HAD PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY AND MADE MANY DISCIPLES, THEY RETURNED TO LYSTRA, ICONIUM, AND ANTIOCH, 1. Summary statement of the rest of their work. 1. They preached and made m...
It looks like the Jews from Iconium did not follow Paul to Derbe and Paul's preaching in Derbe was very successful. Paul then turns around and comes back to these cities in which he had faced such per...
19-28 See how restless the rage of the Jews was against the gospel of Christ. The people stoned Paul, in a popular tumult. So strong is the bent of the corrupt and carnal heart, that as it is with gr...
HAD TAUGHT MANY; had made many disciples by teaching, and also by baptizing of them, MATTHEW 28:19. For as by circumcision they were made Moses's disciples, so by baptism they are made Christ's discip...
21, 22. Having been compelled to fly from Antioch to Iconium, and from Iconium to Lystra, wading into deeper dangers at every step, who can tell the feelings with which the wounded missionary enters t...
Acts 14:21 And G5037 gospel G2097 (G5671) that G1565 city G4172 and G2532 made G3100 (G5660) many G2425 returned G5290 (G5656) to G1519 Lystra G3082 G2532 Iconium G2430 and G2532 Antioch G490 taught...
FURTHER MINISTRY AND FOLLOW UP AND BACK TO SYRIAN ANTIOCH (14:20B-28). Recognising that their continued presence in Lystra would not be for the good of the infant church, and that they must let passi...
Acts 14:21. AND WHEN THEY HAD PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY, AND TAUGHT MANY. The work at Derbe appears to have been very successful: the converts to the religion of Jesus were numerous, and the ap...
WHEN THEY HAD PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY (ευαγγελισαμενο την πολιν εκεινην). Having evangelized (first aorist middle participle) that city, a smaller city and apparently with no trouble from...
CONTENTS: Work of the Gospel at Iconium, Derbe, Lystra. An impotent man at Lystra healed. Paul stoned. Elders appointed in the churches. CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Barnabas, impotent man, priest of Jupit...
Acts 14:1. _It came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the jews._ St. Luke makes here a great leap, and is very laconic, merely naming Perga and Attalia. This great...
THEN THEY WENT BACK TO LYSTRA. The Jewish leaders may have been "chasing after" Paul in other cities, so while they were away, he can return to strengthen the believers. We would expect him to "organi...
_And there came thither certain Jews … Who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city._ THE FICKLENESS OF THE LYSTRIANS It would not be difficult to find a parallel to t...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:8 Lystra was populated mainly by Gentiles and had no synagogue. The ministry of Paul and Barnabas there centered around the healing of a lame man. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.get...
_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 14:20_ The Homeward Journey of Paul and Barnabas; or, Back to Antioch in Syria I. THE TURNING POINT.—Derbe (see on Acts 14:6). 1. The _character_ of the apostles’ work...
EXPOSITION ACTS 14:1 _Entered _for _went both, _A.V.; _Jews _for _the Jews, _A.V.; _and _for _and also, _A.V.; Greeks for _the Greeks, _A.V. Observe how in every case Greeks are found attending the...
Paul and Barnabas, in carrying the Gospel, have come into the uncharted territories as far as the Gospel is concerned into Asia Minor. They came from Cyprus to the area that is now known as Turkey. Th...
2 Timothy 3:11; Acts 13:14; Acts 13:51; Acts 14:1; Acts 14:19; Acts 14:6; Acts 14:8; Acts 15:36; Acts 16:2; Matthew 28:19...
Taught [μ α θ η τ ε υ σ α ν τ ε ς]. More correctly, made disciples of, as Rev. See on Matthew 13:52. Many. See on Luke 7:6....
Observe here, The great and good use which the apostle makes of his miraculous recovery: he is no sooner upon his legs, but he travels to Derbe, to preach the gospel. Nothing do the faithful ministers...