Acts 21:17

_ _ And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. AND WHEN WE WERE COME TO JERUSALEM, THE BRETHREN - the disciples generally; as distinguished from the officials, James and all the elders, with whom he met next day ( Acts 21:18), Received us gladly, [ APEDEXANTO ( G588)]. This compound verb, which Luke alone uses in the New Testament, and he seven times besides this place, is here also much better supported than the simple verb [edexanto ( G1209)] of the Received Text. Acts 21:18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were

− 17._They received us gladly. _Luke reciteth this, therefore, that he may set forth the equity of the brethren, who did not credit rumors − (467) and false reports. Though many envious and wicked men did daily, one after another, endeavor to bring Paul in contempt, yet, because James and his fellows in office were well persuaded of his uprightness, they were not estranged from him. Therefore, they receive him now courteously and brotherly as a servant of Christ, and declare that he is welcome. This moderation must we observe diligently, that we be not too hasty to believe wicked reports, especially when those who have given some testimony of their honesty, and whom we have tried − (468) to serve God faithfully, are burdened with crimes unknown to us, or else doubtful, because Satan knoweth that nothing is more fit to lay waste the kingdom of Christ, than discord and d

8-18 Paul had express warning of his troubles, that when they came, they might be no surprise or terror to him. The general notice given us, that through much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God, should be of the same use to us. Their weeping began to weaken and slacken his resolution Has not our Master told us to take up our cross? It was a trouble to him, that they should so earnestly press him to do that in which he could not gratify them without wronging his conscience. When we see trouble coming, it becomes us to say, not only, The will of the Lord must be done, and there is no remedy; but, Let the will of the Lord be done; for his will is his wisdom, and he doeth all according to the counsel of it. When a trouble is come, this must allay our griefs, that the will of the Lord is done; when we see it coming, this must silence our fears, that the will of the Lord shall...

THE BRETHREN - Christians. RECEIVED US GLADLY - They had been long absent. They had been into distant regions, and had encountered many dangers. It was a matter of joy that they had now returned in safety....

EXPOSITION ACTS 21:1 _When it came to pass float we were parted from them, and had set sail _for _it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, _A.V.; _Cos _for _Coos_, A.V. and T.R.; _next day _for _day following, _A.V. PARTED FROM THEM (ἀποσπασθέντας)_. _"Non sine desiderio magno" (Bengel). "He shows the violence of the parting by saying, ' Having torn ourselves away '" (Chrysostom). The word is properly applied to those who have been unwillingly torn away from their friends (Schleusner and Kuinoel); "denotes the painful separation wrung from them by necessity" (Meyer) In Acts 20:30 it was used in the active voice of false teachers "drawing away" the disciples, _i.e. _Christians

AND WHEN WE WERE COME TO JERUSALEM,.... That is, Paul and his companions, attended with the disciples of Caesarea, and Mnason the old disciple with them: THE BRETHREN RECEIVED US GLADLY; readily, willingly, and cheerfully; they did not treat them with an air of coldness and indifference, or look shy on them, or show any resentment to them, notwithstanding the various reports which had been brought them, concerning the ministry of the apostle among the Gentiles....

ACTS 21:16-17 xenisqw/men Mna,swni,…17 Genome,nwn de. h`mw/n {A} The Western text of these verses expands what may be implied in the use of avnebai,nomen (ver. Acts 21:15), namely that the journey from Caesarea to Jerusalem took two days, and that Paul and the Caesarean disciples rested the first night at the home of Mnason in a village en route to Jerusalem: “_And these_ [the Caesarean disciples] brought us to those with whom we were to lodge; _and when we arrived at a certain village, we stayed_ with Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple of longstanding. (17) _And when we had departed_ from there we came …” (ou-toi de...

CHAPTER 21 _ 1. The journey from Miletus to Tyre and Ptolemais (Acts 21:1)._ 2. In Caesarea (Acts 21:8). 3. The Apostle's Arrival in Jerusalem and his visit to the Temple (Acts 21:15). 4. The Uproar in the Temple. Paul taken prisoner (Acts 21:27). Coos, Rhodes and Patara are mentioned. Then they sailed over to Phenicia and landed in Tyre. Here they found disciples. And the Holy Spirit through these disciples warned the Apostle at once that he should not go to Jerusalem. This, indeed, was very solemn. If these disciples had spoken of themselves, if it said that they were in anxiety over Paul's journey to that

ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM: PAUL'S NAZIRITE VOW. Acts 21:17 gives the general impression on both sides when Paul arrived; in Acts 21:18 he presents himself to James with his retinue, and finds the elders, _i.e._ the governing body of the Church (Acts 11:30), assembled to receive them. His report to them is given as in Acts 14:27; Acts 15:4. Nothing is said of the subvention from the churches of Macedonia and Greece. The elders have already been considering Paul's arrival, the painful impressions which prevail about him and doubtless occasioned the warnings received on the

NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...