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Acts 13:48
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the Word of the Lord; and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the Word of the Lord; and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
ACTS 13:48 to.n lo,gon tou/ kuri,ou {C} The accusative is the object of evdo,xazon. Now, the expression doxa,zein to.n qeo,n occurs frequently, but doxa,zein to.n lo,gon tou/ qeou/ (or kuri,ou...
Verse 48. _AS MANY AS WERE ORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE BELIEVED._] This text has been most pitifully misunderstood. Many suppose that it simply means that those in that assembly who were _fore-ordained_...
WHEN THE GENTILES HEARD THIS - Heard that the gospel was to be preached to them. The doctrine of the Jews had been that salvation was confined to themselves. The Gentiles rejoiced that from the mouths...
PART III The Witness to the Gentiles. The Apostle to the Gentiles; his Ministry and Captivity. Chapter s 13-28 CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The Divine Choice. Barnabas and Saul separated unto the work (Acts 1...
THE RESULT: THE MISSIONARIES LEAVE ANTIOCH. Acts 13:42 reads as if the congregation as a whole invited the preachers to speak to them again on the following Sabbath, but a meeting or meetings at once...
As they were going out, they kept asking that these things should be spoken to them on the next Sabbath. When the synagogue service had broken up many of the Jews and worshipping proselytes followed P...
THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (Acts 13:1-3) Acts 13:1-52; Acts 14:1-28 tell the story of the first missionary journey. Paul and Barnabas set out from Antioch. Antioch was 15 miles up the River Orontes...
ORDAINED. appointed. Greek. _tasao._ Here, Acts 15:2; Acts 22:10; Acts 28:23.Matthew 28:16;...
_and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed_ In the controversies on predestination and election this sentence has constantly been brought forward. But it is manifestly unfair to take a sen...
ΚΑῚ ἘΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΑΝ ὍΣΟΙ ἮΣΑΝ ΤΕΤΑΓΜΈΝΟΙ ΕἸΣ ΖΩῊΝ ΑἸΏΝΙΟΝ, _and as many as were ordained unto eternal life believed_. In the controversies on predestination and election this sentence has constantly been b...
FURTHER PREACHING BOTH TO JEWS AND GENTILES. JEALOUSY OF THE JEWS, AND EXPULSION OF THE APOSTLES FROM ANTIOCH...
_PAUL PREACHED TO THE GENTILES AND IS PERSECUTED ACTS 13:42-52:_ The people were eager to hear more of the preaching done by Paul and Barnabas on the next Sabbath. Many of both the Jews and Gentiles b...
ΆΚΟΎΟΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 13:44. ΈΧΑΙΡΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΧΑΊΡΩ (G5463) радоваться, ликовать. Inch, _impf._, "они стали радоваться" ΈΔΌΞΑΖΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΞΆΖΩ (G139...
DISCOURSE: 1780 THE GENTILES RECEIVE THE GOSPEL Acts 13:46. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put i...
AS MANY AS WERE ORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE— We observe, 1st, upon this text, that whatever the exact meaning of the word rendered _ordained_ may be, it does not here refer to the _decrees_ of God, but t...
AT ANTIOCH OF PISIDIA. Acts 13:14-52. a. In the synagogue, the first sermon of Paul. Acts 13:1. Acts 13:14 But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and they went into the s...
48. In the next paragraph we have a statement, the meaning of which has excited no little controversy. (48) "_On hearing this the Gentiles rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and as many as...
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. AND WHEN THE GENTILES HEARD THIS, THEY WERE GLAD - glad...
33 The rendering first psalm in place of second psalm demands some explanation. Our three great witnesses all read second, and we would have so rendered it, but for the confusion which would result wh...
ST. PAUL AS A MISSIONARY 1. Prophets] see on Acts 11:27. SIMEON THAT WAS CALLED NIGER] Niger was a Roman cognomen. LUCIUS OF CYRENE] doubtless one of those Cyrenians who first preached at Antioch (Act...
ANTIOCH OF PISIDIA. ST. PAUL'S SERMON IN THE SYNAGOGUE. The cities which the apostles now proceeded to evangelise (Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe) were situated in the southern part of t...
AS MANY AS WERE ORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE BELIEVED] This expresses the Pauline and Apostolic doctrine of predestination, according to which God desires the salvation of all men (1 Timothy 2:4; 1 Timoth...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 13 THE *HOLY SPIRIT CHOOSES BARNABAS AND SAUL, 13:1-3 V1 There were some *prophets and teachers in the *church at Antioch. They were Barnabas,...
THEY WERE GLAD, AND GLORIFIED THE WORD OF THE LORD. — Both verbs are in the tense of continued action. The joy was not an evanescent burst of emotion. The “word of the Lord” here is the teaching which...
ἐδόξ. τὸν λ. τοῦ Κ.: δοξ. τὸν Θ.; frequent in Luke and Paul, _cf._ 2 Thessalonians 3:1 for the nearest approach to the exact phrase here. ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγ.: there is no countenance here for the _absolu...
JEWS REJECT, GENTILES ACCEPT, THE GOSPEL Acts 13:38-52 The doctrine of justification by faith, so closely associated with the work of Paul, is here stated for the first time. In Jesus there is forgiv...
The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in Antioch sent Saul and Barnabas, and it is declared immediately...
The Response to the Gospel in Antioch of Pisidia As they went out of the synagogue, some were stirred to ask Paul and Barnabas to return the following week to speak again. The next sabbath day saw nea...
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were (t) ordained to eternal life believed. (t) Therefore either all were not appointed to everlast...
As many as were pre-ordained to eternal life, [3] by the free election, and special mercies, and providence of God. (Witham) --- Some understand this as if it meant, predisposed by their docility, to...
The vast Gentile crowd aroused the old prejudice of the Jews so they could no longer keep the peace. Therefore the apostles turn to the Gentiles, who greatly rejoice to think that all the riches of th...
And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. (43) Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and...
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...
48._And when the Gentiles heard. _The matter of the Gentiles’ joy was this, [viz.] when they heard that they were not called to salvation at a sudden, as if this had not been decreed before by God, bu...
We come now to the beginning of the direct history of the work, new in some important respects, that is, connected with Paul's mission by the immediate intervention of the Holy Ghost. It is not now Ch...
AND WHEN THE GENTILES HEARD THIS,.... That it was the will of God, and the command of Christ, that the Gospel should be preached to them; by whom are to be understood the Pisidians, the inhabitants of...
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Ver. 48. _Glorified in the word_] That is, received it int...
_And when the Gentiles heard this_ That such things had been prophesied concerning them many ages ago, and that the way was now open for their admission into covenant with the true God, and that the L...
ORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE; Romans 8:28-30; 2 THESSALONIANS 2:13; 1 PETER 1:2. When any believe in Christ, it shows that they were from the beginning "chosen to salvation, through sanctification of the...
From this time our attention is drawn particularly to the work of Saul, whose name is in this chapter changed to Paul, meaning "little," for one who is the most greatly used of God is, in his own esti...
NOW WHEN THE GENTILES HEARD THIS, THEY WERE GLAD AND GLORIFIED THE WORD OF THE LORD. AND AS MANY AS HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO ETERNAL LIFE BELIEVED. 1. For the FIRST time, the Gentiles were hearing some...
The Gentiles in the audience immediately embrace such good news. They want salvation! "Glorifying the word of the Lord" That is, they praised the Scriptures for the wisdom and mercy in bringing salvat...
42-52 The Jews opposed the doctrine the apostles preached; and when they could find no objection, they blasphemed Christ and his gospel. Commonly those who begin with contradicting, end with blasphem...
WHEN THE GENTILES HEARD THIS THEY WERE GLAD; there can be no true rest or peace in any to whom Christ is not manifested; the apostle telling us, that _we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Chr...
48. In the next paragraph we have a statement, the meaning of which has excited no little controversy. (48) "_ On hearing this the Gentiles rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and as many as...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians who were ordained to eternal life[74]...
Acts 13:48 Now G1161 Gentiles G1484 this G191 (G5723) glad G5463 (G5707) and G2532 glorified G1392 ...
PAUL AND HIS COMPANY PREACH IN PISIDIAN ANTIOCH. (13:13-52). Paul ‘and his company' (thus there were at least one or two others besides Mark) left Paphos and sailed across to Perga in Pamphylia. It wi...
THE CONSEQUENCES OF PAUL'S SPEECH (13:43-52). The principle behind the words of Habakkuk were remarkably ‘fulfilled'. Many of the Jews who were there that day could not face up to the work in their da...
‘And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.' The great crowds of Gentiles who had gathered and would be wonde...
Acts 13:48. AND WHEN THE GENTILES HEARD THIS, THEY WERE GLAD, AND GLORIFIED THE WORD OF THE LORD. These Heathens openly expressed their joy and gratitude when they found from Paul that even in the sac...
AS THE GENTILES HEARD THIS THEY WERE GLAD (ακουοντα τα εθνη εχαιρον). Present active participle of ακουω and imperfect active of χαιρω, linear action descriptive of the joy of the Gentiles.GLORIFIE...
Acts 13:13. _Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. But when they departed from Perga, they came to Anti...
Acts 13:13. _Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem._ «John» that is, John Mark, as we see by chapter 15...
CONTENTS: Paul and Barnabas called. Satanic opposition from a sorcerer. Paul's sermon in the synagogue at Antioch. Opposition from Jews. Paul and Barnabas turn to Gentiles. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Ho...
Acts 13:1. _The church that was at Antioch,_ which was counted one of the five apostolic churches. It is the true church by way of eminence, the synagogue having degenerated into a state of warfare wi...
WHEN THE GENTILES HEARD THIS. They were glad, both because of the Good News of God's act in Christ to set men free, and because the Jewish Scriptures declared this promise. AND THOSE WHO HAD BEEN CHOS...
_Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia._ PERGA IN PAMPHYLIA Because Perga was little known Pamphylia is subjoined. It was an ancient city on the river Cest...
_And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words._ GROWTH OF APOSTOLIC POWER 1. There are always unexpected hearers arising to give encouragement to the preac...
_And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad._ RIGHT RELATION TO THE TRUTH On hearing the gospel the Gentiles-- I. Were glad. 1. This should be, but alas is not, the uniform effect of gospel...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:48 AS MANY AS WERE APPOINTED TO ETERNAL LIFE BELIEVED. Throughout Acts 1:1, Luke maintains a dual emphasis on divine election (“appointed”) and human response (“beli
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:42 Although the response at the synagogue was favorable, the Jews turned against Paul the next Sabbath when a large group of Gentiles showed up. Paul responded by preaching to the...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 13:45. CONTRADICTING AND BLASPHEMING.—The best MSS. Omit “contradicting” (Lachmann, Westcott and Hort); but as it is neither superfluous nor Hebraistic (Hackett), and defines...
EXPOSITION ACTS 13:1 _At Antioch., in the Church that was there _for _in the Church that was at Antioch, _A.V.; _prophets, _etc., for _certain prophets, _etc., A.V. and T.R.; _Barnabas, _etc., for _a...
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; Barnabas, Simeon that was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,...
1 Corinthians 16:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:1;...
As many as were ordained to eternal life — St. Luke does not say fore — ordained. He is not speaking of what was done from eternity, but of what was then done, through the preaching of the Gospel. He...