What does Acts 21:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem."
Verse Acts 21:4. _WHO SAID TO PAUL THROUGH THE SPIRIT_] We cannot understand this as a _command_ from the Holy Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem, else Paul must have been highly criminal to have disob...
AND FINDING DISCIPLES - Christians. This is the first mention of there being Christians at Tyre, but there is no improbability in supposing that the gospel had been preached there, though it is not ex...
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 Upro...
FROM MILETUS TO TYRE. The sailing is by day, with a following wind (_cf. Acts 20:15_). After Patara D adds and Myra, where Paul touched on his journey to Rome (see Acts 27:5). Vessels from the East fo...
When we had torn ourselves away from them and had set sail, we sailed a straight course and came to Cos; on the next day we reached Rhodes; and from there we came to Patara. There we found a ship whic...
FLNDING. having found. Greek. _aneurisko,_ to find by searching. Only here and Luke 2:16. DISCIPLES. the disciples. Probably few. He no longer seeks the synagogue. TARRIED. Greek. _epimeno._ See not...
_And finding disciples_ Better, "_And having found the disciples_" with _Rev. Ver._This means the members of the Christian church of Tyre, not some disciples who by chance happened to be at Tyre. That...
Acts 21:1-6. PAUL’S VOYAGE FROM MILETUS, AND HIS STAY IN TYRE...
_PAUL WOULD NOT RETREAT ACTS 21:1-16 :_ Paul knew that danger awaited him in Jerusalem. But he would not retreat. He took ship and quickly passed through Coos, Rhodes, and Patara. At Patara they chang...
ΆΝΕΥΡΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΑΝΕΥΡΊΣΚΩ (G429) отыскивать, находить поcле поисков. Предложное сочетание перфектно (МН, 296). ΈΠΕΜΕΊΝΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΜΈΝΩ (G1961) оставаться, ΈΛΕ...
THAT HE SHOULD NOT GO UP TO JERUSALEM— That is, if he tendered his own liberty and safety. It is necessary to take it with this limitation; for had the Spirit forbidden his journey to Jerusalem, we ma...
IN THE SIGHT OF CYPRUS ON THE LEFT. Acts 21:3 a. Acts 21:3 a And when we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, ACTS 21:3 A The writer has found words of Conybeare and Howson so...
4. The time employed by the sailors in putting out freight, and taking on board a fresh cargo, gave Paul another opportunity for communing with brethren on shore. (4) "_And having found the disciples,...
1 The party made a quick journey. The various terms, "running straight," "looming up, and leaving," suggest that they sailed before the wind, which blows from the northwest at that time of the year. 4...
21:4 out (a-4) Lit. 'diligently searched out,' as Luke 2:16 . who (b-12) Who indeed....
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY, AUG. 52 A.D. TO PENTECOST 56 A.D. (ACTS 18:23 TO ACTS 21:16) 23. Visit to Galatia. St. Paul revisits Antioch in Syria and the Churches of Galatia and Phrygia, founded in the...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 21 PAUL VISITS THE *BELIEVERS IN TYRE, 21:1-6 V1 We said goodbye to them and then we left. We sailed straight to Cos. The next day, we went to...
AND FINDING DISCIPLES, WE TARRIED THERE SEVEN DAYS. — The word for “finding” implies a previous search. They inquired, when they landed, amid the crowded streets of the still busy port, whether any Ch...
ἀνευρόντες τοὺς μ.: more than simply to find, _quærendo reperire_, Blass; “having found out,” as colloquially “having looked up”; only in Luke, _cf._ Luke 2:16, but in middle, Malachi 3:14; Malachi 3:...
READY TO DIE FOR HIS LORD Acts 21:1 The vessel coasted along Asia Minor, sighted Cyprus, sailed to the south of it, and so finally to Tyre. There the disciples were poor and obscure, and it took sea...
Passing on toward Jerusalem, Paul and those with him reached Tyre. There the disciples urged the apostle not to go to Jerusalem; but, having received from the Spirit a revelation of all that lay befor...
Warnings On the Road To Jerusalem The departure from Miletus was an emotional one. In fact, Luke used the word for depart which Thayer says means, "tear away." They went from Cos, to Rhodes, to Patar...
And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the (a) Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. (a) They foretold through the Spirit what dangers were about to bef...
_Not go up to Jerusalem. St. Paul says in the foregoing chapter that he was pressed by the Holy Ghost to go to Jerusalem; and do these prophets now advise him to stay away, and disobey the inspiration...
And finding disciples we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. (5) And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
− 4._And when they had found disciples. _Though the number of the faithful was but small, yet there came some seed of the gospel thither, according to the prophecies Of the prophets, ( Isaiah 23:18)...
After this time the apostle has to give account of himself, and to accomplish in a striking manner the predictions of the Lord. Brought before tribunals by the malice of the Jews, given up through the...
AND FINDING DISCIPLES,.... At Tyre, for the Gospel had been preached in Phoenicia by the ministers of the word, who were scattered by the persecution raised at the death of Stephen; and here were bret...
And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. Ver. 4. _And finding disciples_] Such as Isaiah had long since foretold...
_Finding disciples, we tarried there seven days_ In order to spend a sabbath with them. _Who said to Paul, through the_ inspiration of the _Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem_ The meaning s...
SAID TO PAUL THROUGH THE SPIRIT; the Holy Spirit made known to them the dangers to which Paul would be exposed, and led them to express to him their strong desire that he should not go up to Jerusalem...
THE TRIP TO JERUSALEM. From Miletus to Tyre:...
From this point onwards there is no record of the work of God spreading as it had previously through Paul's energetic ministry. In fact, we read of no conversions until Chapter 28:24, though we may be...
AND FINDING DISCIPLES, WE STAYED THERE SEVEN DAYS. THEY TOLD PAUL THROUGH THE SPIRIT NOT TO GO UP TO JERUSALEM. 1. Paul learns there is a church in Tyre, so he remains there seven days. 2. Inspired...
"After looking up the disciples" This indicates some effort on Paul's part to find the Christians in this city. This is the first mention of. congregation in Tyre, though the gospel had been preached...
1-7 Providence must be acknowledged when our affairs go on well. Wherever Paul came, he inquired what disciples were there, and found them out. Foreseeing his troubles, from love to him, and concern f...
SEVEN DAYS; they tarried the rather so long, that they might worship and serve the Lord on his day together. THROUGH THE SPIRIT; by the Spirit of prophecy they foretold his sufferings at Jerusalem, wh...
4. The time employed by the sailors in putting out freight, and taking on board a fresh cargo, gave Paul another opportunity for communing with brethren on shore. (4) "_ And having found the disciples...
Acts 21:4 And G2532 finding G429 (G5631) disciples G3101 stayed G1961 (G5656) there G847 seven G2033 days G2250 They G3748 told G3004 (G5707) Paul G3972 through G1223 Spirit G4151 not G3361 up G305 (G...
‘And having found the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and these said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem.' There at Tyre they spent the customary ‘seven days'...
Acts 21:4. AND FINDING DISCIPLES. Literally, ‘and having found out the disciples.' There were disciples who lived at Tyre, these were searched out by Paul and his companions. There was a little Christ...
HAVING FOUND (ανευροντες). Second aorist active participle of ανευρισκω, to seek for, to find by searching (ανα). There was a church here, but it was a large city and the number of members may not...
GO UP TO Literally, set foot in. Not, as in (Acts 20:23) a warning of danger, but now an imperative command. See (Acts 22:17); (Acts 22:18)....
CONTENTS: Holy Spirit forbids Paul to go to Jerusalem. Paul goes to Jerusalem. Paul takes a Jewish vow. Seized in the temple by the Jews and bound with chains. CHARACTERS: Paul, Holy Spirit, Philip,...
Acts 21:1. _We came with a straight course to Coos,_ or Cos. See the map of St. Paul's travels. It is the principal island of the group called Cyclades. Hypocrates the physician, and Apelles the paint...
_And finding disciples,…who said to Paul, through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem._ CONFLICTING INSPIRATIONS How timid is man, how fearless is God, about Scripture contradictions!...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:4 THROUGH THE SPIRIT THEY WERE TELLING PAUL NOT TO GO ON TO JERUSALEM. The narrative as a whole clearly shows that Paul was guided by the Holy Spirit to go to Jerusalem (see Acts...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 21:1. AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT AFTER WE HAD GOTTEN FROM THEM AND HAD LAUNCHED.—Better, as well as literally, _And when it came to pass that we had weighed anchor, having depart...
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 so it came to pass, that after we had gotten from them, and we had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the following day unto to Rhodes, and from there to Patara: where we foun...
2 Timothy 1:17; Acts 19:1; Acts 20:6; Acts 20:7; Acts 28:14; Acts 20:22; Acts 21:10; Matthew 10:11; Revelation 1:10...
Finding disciples [α ν ε υ ρ ο ν τ ε ς τ ο υ ς μ α θ η τ α ς]. The verb means to discover after search; and the article, the disciples, refers to the disciples who lived and were recognized members of...
And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days — ln order to spend a Sabbath with them. Who told Paul by the Spirit — That afflictions awaited him at Jerusalem. This was properly what they said by...