George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Acts 19:21
I must also see Rome. It is what St. Paul earnestly desired, and what the Spirit now revealed to him. See Romans i. (Witham)
I must also see Rome. It is what St. Paul earnestly desired, and what the Spirit now revealed to him. See Romans i. (Witham)
Verse Acts 19:21. _PAUL PURPOSED IN THE SPIRIT_, c.] Previously to this he appears to have concerted a journey to Macedonia, and a visit to Corinth, the capital of Achaia, where he seems to have spen...
AFTER THESE THINGS WERE ENDED - After the gospel was firmly established at Ephesus, so that his presence there was no longer necessary. PURPOSED IN THE SPIRIT - Resolved in his mind. WHEN HE HAD PASS...
CHAPTER 19 _ 1. The second visit of Paul to Ephesus. The twelve disciples of John (Acts 19:1)._ 2. The Apostle's continued labors. The separation of the disciples. The Province Asia evangelized (Act...
ACTS 19:21 F. PAUL'S PLAN OF TRAVEL. The plan here stated (for in the spirit, in his spirit, or in spirit may suffice) is that intimated in 1 Corinthians 16:5, which he says in 2 Corinthians 11:5 f. t...
IN EPHESUS (Acts 19:1-7) Acts 19:1-41 is mainly concerned with Paul's work in Ephesus. He stayed longer there than anywhere else, almost three years. (i) Ephesus (G2181) was the market of Asia Minor....
When everything was completed, Paul purposed in the Spirit to go through Macedonia and go to Jerusalem. He said, "After I have been there I must see Rome too." He sent Timothy and Erastus, two of his...
AFTER. As soon as. ENDED. fulfilled or accomplished. Greek. _pleroo._ Frequently used of the O.T. prophecies. Also of any plan being carried out. Compare Matthew 3:15.Mark 1:15.Luke 7:1. Joh 7:8. The...
St Paul's Plans for his Journey from Ephesus 21. _After these things were ended_ The foundations of the Ephesian Church seemed fully laid, when sacrifices of such a kind had been made by the converts...
21, 22. ST PAUL’S PLANS FOR HIS JOURNEY FROM EPHESUS...
ὩΣ ΔῈ ἘΠΛΗΡΏΘΗ ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ, _and after these things were ended_. The foundations of the Ephesian Church seemed fully laid, when sacrifices of such a kind had been made by the converts, and so St Paul feels...
_DEMETRIUS CAUSED A RIOT IN EPHESUS ACTS 19:21-34:_ Paul planned to go to Macedonia, Achaia, Jerusalem, and then to also see Rome. Christianity (That Way) is always in conflict with the evils of the w...
ΈΠΛΗΡΏΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΠΛΗΡΌΩ (G4137) исполнять, завершать, ΈΘΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087) помещать, назначать, ΔΙΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 19:1. "Пройдя через" ΠΟΡ...
AFTER THESE THINGS—PAUL PURPOSED, &C.— It is not certain from the original, whether this relates to a determination to which St. Paul was moved by the Holy Spirit, by whom he was directed in his journ...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS Special Study PAUL'S POWER TO GIVE CHARISMATIC POWER (Acts 19:1-41) A. There is much ambiguous, scripturally-imprecise and confusing exegesis of Acts 19:1-7 being done today. 1....
21, 22. The conclusion of the preceding events brought Paul to a period of comparative quiet, in which he began to think of leaving Ephesus. (21) "_When these things were accomplished, Paul purposed i...
After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. AFTER THESE...
18 Many believers still clung to their old practices, but when they found that the Lord was greater than the demons whom they feared, they abandoned their false arts. They gave up the scrolls which ta...
EPHESUS 1-41. Paul at Ephesus. Opposition of the manufacturers of idols. St. Paul, leaving Antioch in S. Galatia (see Acts 18:23), approached Ephesus not by the usual level route leading through Colos...
ROME] There is evidence that Paul planned the evangelisation of the Western Empire many years before he actually undertook it: cp. Romans 1:10; Romans 1:13; Romans 15:22....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 19 PAUL IN EPHESUS, 19:1-10 V1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul was travelling. He travelled through the *province on the higher road. He arr...
PAUL PURPOSED IN THE SPIRIT. — Better, perhaps, _in spirit._ The Greek word, however, implies a reference to something more than human volition. The spirit which formed the purpose was in communion wi...
διελθὼν, see on the force of the word Ramsay, _Expositor_, May, 1895, and above on Acts 13:6. Ramsay regards this as perhaps the most conclusive of the ten cases he cites of the use of the verb as den...
THE POWER OF JESUS' NAME Acts 19:13 Where God's spirit is mightily at work, Satan is not far away. Here the enemy's emissaries were mean enough to use the name of Jesus to get themselves a few more s...
The result of the work of Apollos was manifest when Paul reached Ephesus. There he found a company of sincere disciples to Jesus as He had been revealed by John. To them Paul declared the truth in its...
Magnifying Jesus' Name God caused some great miracles to be worked through Paul. Even pieces of cloth, like a handkerchief or apron, which had touched his body could be placed on the body of the sick...
(6) After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the (k) spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. (6) Pau...
It is now spring-time A. D. 57. Paul has been absent from Europe three years, traveling throughout Asia looking after the work. It is really imperative that he return to Europe, where much heresy and...
After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. (22) So he sent...
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...
_DISAPPOINTED HOPES_ ‘I must also see Rome.’ Acts 19:21 St. Paul has become more of a power, his authority is recognised in so many of the Asian cities, that he _ determines_ to visit the great cap...
− 21._He purposed in spirit. _His meaning is, that Paul purposed to take his journey through the instinct and motion of the Spirit; that we may know that all his whole life was framed according to God...
From Verse 24 of Chapter 18 to Verse 7 of Chapter 19 we have a kind of summary of the progress made by the doctrine of Christ, and of the power that accompanied it. Apollos knew only of the teaching o...
AFTER THESE THINGS WERE ENDED,.... After that the apostle had disputed with the Jews in their synagogue, for the space of three months, and in the school of Tyrannus about two years; and after many so...
After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. Ver. 21. _Purpo...
_After these things_, &c. After the extraordinary cures performed, and conversions made, at Ephesus, which have been mentioned above, Paul, being much concerned about the spiritual welfare of his form...
MACEDONIA AND ACHAIA; provinces in Greece which he had before visited. Chapter Acts 16:10; Acts 17:15; Acts 18:12....
THE TUMULT OF DEMETRIUS. Some plans of Paul:...
AFTER THESE THINGS WERE ENDED, PAUL PURPOSED IN THE SPIRIT, WHEN HE HAD PASSED THROUGH MACEDONIA AND ACHAIA, TO GO TO JERUSALEM, SAYING, AFTER I HAVE BEEN THERE, I MUST ALSO SEE ROME....
Paul returned to Ephesus, as he had promised. Of course there was an assembly there already, as chapter 18:27 intimates; but he found certain disciples who, at his questioning, tell him they had not e...
WHEN THESE THINGS WERE ACCOMPLISHED, PAUL PURPOSED IN THE SPIRIT, WHEN HE HAD PASSED THROUGH MACEDONIA AND ACHAIA, TO GO TO JERUSALEM, SAYING, " AFTER I HAVE BEEN THERE, I MUST ALSO SEE ROME. " 1. No...
21-31 Persons who came from afar to pay their devotions at the temple of Ephesus, bought little silver shrines, or models of the temple, to carry home with them. See how craftsmen make advantage to t...
PAUL PURPOSED IN THE SPIRIT; resolved with himself, or purposed in his heart, as DANIEL 1:8. Yet in this his determination he had the influence and guidance of the Holy Ghost, and that in a more than...
21, 22. The conclusion of the preceding events brought Paul to a period of comparative quiet, in which he began to think of leaving Ephesus. (21) "_ When these things were accomplished, Paul purposed...
Acts 19:21 When G1161 G5613 things G5023 accomplished G4137 (G5681) Paul G3972 purposed G5087 (G5639) in...
‘Now after these things were ended (were fulfilled), Paul purposed in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, it is necessary...
PAUL'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM AND THEN TO ROME (19:21-28:31). Here we begin a new section of Acts. It commences with Paul's purposing to go to Jerusalem, followed by an incident, which, while it brings...
Acts 19:21. AFTER THESE THINGS WERE ENDED. ‘These things were ended' probably refer to the completion of the work of laying the foundation-stories of churches in Ephesus and the neighbouring Asian cit...
PURPOSED IN THE SPIRIT (εθετο εν τω πνευματ). Second aorist middle indicative for mental action and "spirit" expressed also. A new stage in Paul's career begins here, a new division of the Acts.PAS...
SPIRIT That is, in his own mind. (_ See Scofield) - (Acts 20:22). _...
CONTENTS: Paul at Ephesus. Disciples of John the Baptist become Christians. Paul in the synagogue and in the school of Tyrannus. Paul's miracles. Uproar of the silversmiths. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy S...
Acts 19:1. _Paul came to Ephesus,_ a city of Ionia, built by the Amezones. Its temple of Diana was one of the seven wonders of the world; but Pompey plundered it of all its riches. This city is now in...
AFTER THESE THINGS HAD HAPPENED. The things just mentioned. He is now ready to move on to other places. He sends Timothy and Erastus on ahead to Macedonia. Compare 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 16...
_While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul … came to Ephesus._ --Ephesus was the third capital and starting point of Christianity At Jerusalem Christianity was born in the cradle of Judaism; Antioch had been...
_And he welt into the synagogue._ PAUL’S MINISTRY AT EPHESUS I. Wonderful preaching. 1. Manner of the preaching. (1) It was bold (Act 4:31; 2 Corinthians 7:4; Philippians 1:14). (2) It was logical...
_After these things were ended Paul purposed in the spirit._ CHARACTERISTICS OF CHRISTIANITY Note-- I. A practical beneficence in its spirit. There is distress in Jerusalem. Paul feels that somethin...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 19:21 MACEDONIA included the churches in Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea. ACHAIA included the church in Corinth. This verse provides an outline for the rest of...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 19:22. TIMOTHY.—See on Acts 16:1. ERASTUS.—Whether the city treasurer of Corinth (Romans 16:23) or Paul’s helper in Rome ...
EXPOSITION ACTS 19:1 _Country _for _coasts, _A.V.; _found _for _finding, _A.V. and T.R. THE UPPER COUNTRY (τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη); the inland districts of Galatia and Phrygia, through which St. Paul...
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth [watering what Paul had planted], Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus; and there he found certain disciples [that no dou...
2 Corinthians 1:15; Acts 16:6; Acts 18:21; Acts 20:16; Acts 20:1;...
After these things were ended — Paul sought not to rest, but pressed on, as if he had yet done nothing. He is already possessed of Ephesus and Asia. He purposes for Macedonia and Achaia. He has his ey...
Observe here, 1. How angry the devil grows at the success of the gospel, mentioned in the foregoing verses: there we read how the whole college of diabolical conjurors were brought over, by the apostl...