Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Acts 20:36-37
And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
Verse Acts 20:36. _HE KNEELED DOWN AND PRAYED_] Kneeling is the proper posture of a supplicant, it argues at once both _humility_ and _submission_; and he who prays to God should endeavour to feel the...
HE KNEELED DOWN - The usual attitude of prayer. It is the proper posture of a suppliant. It indicates reverence and humility; and is represented in the Scriptures as the usual attitude of devotion, 2...
CHAPTER 20 __ 1. Paul in Macedonia (Acts 20:1). 2. His abode in Greece, the visit to Troas and what transpired there (Acts 20:3). 3. The journey from Troas to Miletus (Acts 20:13). 4. The farewell...
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church. When they were with him he said to them, "You yourselves know how, from the first day I came into Asia, I spent all the time,...
KNEELED DOWN. See note on Acts 7:60. PRAYED. Greek. _proseuchomai._ App-134....
The kneeling posture marks the special character and solemnity of the prayer. We find the Apostle doing the same in his parting from the brethren at Tyre (Acts 21:5). On the usual custom of standing i...
PAUL SENDS FOR THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS, GIVES THEM HIS PARTING CHARGE, AND LEAVES MILETUS...
ΘΕῚΣ ΤᾺ ΓΌΝΑΤΑ, _having knelt down_. The kneeling posture marks the special character and solemnity of the prayer. We find the Apostle doing the same in his parting from the brethren at Tyre (Acts 21:...
_PAUL VISITED WITH THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS ACTS 20:17-38:_ Paul called for the Elders from the church at Ephesus to meet with him at Miletus. He reminded them that he had never tried to obtain the app...
ΕΙΠΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 20:35. "После того, как он сказал..." ΘΕΊΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087) помещать, ставить, ΓΌΝΑΤΑ _acc. pl. от_ ΓΌΝΥ (G1119) колено: "становит...
IN MILETUS. Acts 20:16-38. a. Past Ephesus to Miletus. Acts 20:16-17. Acts 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if...
36-38. When these solemn and touching words were concluded, the apostle was ready to re-embark upon the vessel about to weigh anchor in the harbor, and the final farewell must be spoken. (36) "_And wh...
21 Repentance had its place in Paul's preaching while he was proclaiming the kingdom. It was associated with pardon. Henceforth he no longer preaches these, but justification and conciliation by faith...
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after Pentecost, 55 a.d. (1 Corinth...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 PAUL TRAVELS THROUGH MACEDONIA AND GREECE, 20:1-6 V1 After the *riot, Paul sent for the *believers and he encouraged them. Then he said good...
HE KNEELED DOWN, AND PRAYED WITH THEM ALL. — The historian who has recorded what we may call the “charge” of St. Paul, shrinks, with a natural reverence, from reporting his prayer. Ephesians 3:14 will...
θεὶς τὰ γόν., see above on p. 203....
COMMENDED TO GOD Acts 20:28 Notice the change of the Revised Version in Acts 20:28. The elder, whether presbyter or bishop, is not put _over_ the flock; he is _in_ it like the rest, needing redemptio...
Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alway...
Paul's Charge to the Ephesian Elders Because he did not anticipate seeing them again, the apostle charged those elders, who had been selected on the basis of the qualifications listed by the Holy Spir...
_“Saying these things, putting down his knees, he prayed along with them all.”_ If you would be in the Apostolic succession you must always have an ample supply of kneeling grace. Prayer is the greate...
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. (18) And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I...
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...
− 36._And kneeling down. _The inward affection is indeed the chiefest thing in prayer; yet the external signs, as kneeling, uncovering of the head, lifting up of the hands, have a double use; the firs...
But let us return to the history of Paul. After the uproar has ceased he sends for the disciples, embraces them, and departs for Macedonia; he visits that whole country, and comes into Greece. The beg...
AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN,.... And finished his speech to the elders: he kneeled down: upon the floor, which was a prayer gesture, used by Christ, and others; for, it seems, the disuse of kneeling i...
And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. Ver. 36. _And prayed with them all_] _O verum valedicendi morem Christianis dignum, _ saith one. Now it's no use parting withou...
_When he had thus spoken, he kneeled down_ The posture generally used by the apostles and first Christians in prayer, as it had been also by our Lord himself, and by holy men of old; see the margin. A...
AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, HE KNEELED DOWN AND PRAYED WITH THEM ALL....
The elders bid their teacher Godspeed:...
Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them muc...
AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE THINGS, HE KNELT DOWN AND PRAYED WITH THEM ALL. 1. Paul ends his speech to the Ephesian elders. He instructs. He warns. He encourages. 2. Now he kneels in prayer. 1. He p...
"And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him": To weep sore means to weep much or freely. The tense indicates...
28-38 If the Holy Ghost has made ministers overseers of the flock, that is, shepherds, they must be true to their trust. Let them consider their Master's concern for the flock committed to their char...
HE KNEELED DOWN; a posture of great humility, becoming prayer, and frequently used on such occasions, especially in a time of great trouble and distress. Although bodily exercise alone do not profit,...
36-38. When these solemn and touching words were concluded, the apostle was ready to re-embark upon the vessel about to weigh anchor in the harbor, and the final farewell must be spoken. (36) "_ And w...
Acts 20:36 And G2532 said G2036 (G5631) things G5023 he G846 knelt G1119 down G5087 (G5631) prayed...
PAUL'S ADDRESS TO THE ELDERS OF THE EPHESIAN CHURCH (20:17-38)....
‘And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all.' Once he had finished speaking Paul then kneeled down and prayed with them all. His action was such as to emphasise how deeply h...
_St. Paul's Farewell Address to the Elders of the Church at Ephesus,_ 18-38. In this short epitome of the discourse of the apostle on the occasion of his bidding farewell to his old Ephesian friends a...
_The Last Prayer and the FarewellPaul leaves Miletus,_ 36-38. Acts 20:36. AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, HE KNEELED DOWN. We are acquainted with the attitude which prevailed among Christians in very ear...
HE KNEELED DOWN (θεις τα γονατα αυτου). Second aorist active participle of τιθημ, to place. The very idiom used in Acts 7:60 of Stephen. Not in ancient writers and only six times in the N.T. (Mark 1...
CONTENTS: Paul goes to Macedonia and Greece. His visits at Troas, Miletus. Paul's conference with the Ephesian elders. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Tim...
Acts 20:4. _There accompanied him Sopater of Berea,_ the son of Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater. Romans 16:21. _Aristarchus,_ who accompanied him to Rome, and _Secun...
HE KNELT DOWN WITH THEM ALL AND PRAYED. This is the final good-bye. These people are more emotional than we are, but remember Paul is their spiritual leader and close friend, and they never expect to...
_I have coveted no man’s silver._ HONEST LABOUR “Two men,” says Carlyle,” I honour, and no third. First, the toil-worn craftsman, that with earth-made implement laboriously conquers the Earth and mak...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 20:17. MILETUS.—Thirty-six miles south of Ephesus, and on the south-west of the Latmian Gulf. “Now a desolation: then an emporium of trade with four ports or docks crowded wit...
EXPOSITION ACTS 20:1 _Having sent for_ …_ and exhorted _for _called unto him, _A.V. and T.R.; _took leave of them, and departed _for _and embraced them, and departed, _A.V. DEPARTED FOR TO GO INTO MA...
Last week we left Paul in Ephesus, in the midst of a near riot in town, as Demetrius the silversmith got together his companions in trade and pointed out how the preaching of Paul was about to put the...
2 Chronicles 6:13; Acts 21:5; Acts 7:60; Daniel 6:10; Ephesians 3:14;...
Observe here, 1. What. solemn and sacred farewell St. Paul and the elders of Ephesus take of each other: THEY KNEELED DOWN AND PRAYED TOGETHER; instead of. parting cup, here is. parting prayer, and th...