Acts 21:8

And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. And the next day we [that were of Paul's company] departed. (THESE BRACKETED WORDS ARE WANTING IN THE OLDEST AND BEST MANUSCRIPTS, AND SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE TEXT AS THE CONNECTING WORDS AT THE HEAD OF SOME CHURCH LESSON.) And came unto Caesarea - a distance by land, skirting southwards along the coast, of about 30 miles. And we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist - a term (as Howson observes) answering, perhaps, very much to our missionary. This is he by whose ministry such joy had been diffused over Samaria, (Acts 8:1.) Which was one of the seven - the second named of the seven deacons (),

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...

Verse Acts 21:8. _WE THAT WERE OF PAUL'S COMPANY_] Οἱ περι τον Παυλον· This clause is wanting in ABCE, and many others; the _Syriac,_ _Coptic, Vulgate, Armenian_, c. _CAME UNTO CAESAREA_] This was Caesarea of _Palestine_, already sufficiently described, Acts 8:40. _PHILIP THE EVANGELIST_] One of the seven deacons, who seems to have settled here after he had baptized the eunuch. Acts 8:40....

WE THAT WERE OF PAUL’S COMPANY - From this it would appear that they had been attended thus far by some persons who were going only to Ptolemais. This clause, however, is missing in many mss., and has been omitted by Bengel, Griesbach, Knapp, and others as spurious. It is also missing in the Syriac and the Vulgate. UNTO CESAREA - See the notes on Acts 8:40. INTO THE HOUSE OF PHILIP - One of the seven deacons, Acts 6:5. After his conversation with the eunuch of Ethiopia, he went to Caesarea, and probably there abode. THE EVANGELIST - This word properly means one who announces good news. In the New Testament it is applied to a preacher of the gospel, or one who decla

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 THE NEXT DAY WE THAT WERE OF PAUL'S COMPANY DEPARTED,.... From Ptolemais, as Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Timotheus, Tychicus, Trophimus, and Luke, the writer of this history; see Acts 20:4 AND CAME UNTO CAESAREA; not Caesarea Philippi, mentioned in Matthew 16:13 but that Caesarea which was formerly called Strato's tower, and was a very good sea port; see Acts 8:40. AND WE ENTERED INTO THE HOUSE OF PHILIP THE EVANGELIST; not a writer of a Gospel, but a preacher of the Gospel, and perhaps not an ordinary one, but was one of those spoken of in Ephesians 4:11 which was an office

ACTS 21:8 h;lqomen {A} Before h;lqomen the Textus Receptus, following H L P 049 056 0142 and most minuscules, inserts oi` peri. to.n Pau/lon. The reason for the addition arises from the circumstance that an ecclesiastical lesson begins with evxelqo,ntej. For the same reason the Byzantine and Lectionary texts alter h;lqomen to h=lqon....

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

TO CÆ SAREA. From Tyre to Ptolemais (p. 28) is 20 miles. The stay there is brief; the journey from Ptolemais to Cæ sarea, about 30 miles, _was_ probably by land. Philip arrived at Cæ sarea after his meeting with the eunuch (Acts 8:40); he still lived there and he received the party. None of the prophecies of his daughters on this occasion are given; the visit lasted some days, and if Philip was one of the Twelve as well as one of the Seven of Acts 6, much would be said that we should like to know. The third Gospel, according to some scholars, was largely indebted to this meeting. Agabus (Acts 11:28) is here introduced to us afresh, and symbolises with Paul's girdle the bonds and imprisonment which in Acts 20:23 Paul said were everyw

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 which was sailing across to Phoenicia and we embarked on her and set sail. After we had sighted Cyprus and had left it behind on the left hand side we sailed on to Syria and came down to Tyre, for there the ship was to discharge her cargo. We sought out the disciples and we stayed there for seven days. They told Paul through the Holy Spirit to give up his journey to Jerusalem. When we had completed the days we left and proceeded on our journey, while they all, with their wives and children, escorted us outside the city. We knelt down on the shore and prayed and bade each other farewell. Then we embarked on the ship and they returned home. We continued our voyage and arrived at Ptolemais from Tyr...