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Acts 21:20
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the Law;
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the Law;
Verse Acts 21:20. _HOW MANY THOUSANDS_] ποσαι μυριαδες; How many myriads, how many times 10,000. This intimates that there had been a most extraordinary and rapid work even among the Jews; but what is...
THEY GLORIFIED THE LORD - They gave praise to the Lord for what he had done. They saw new proofs of his goodness and mercy, and they rendered him thanks for all that had been accomplished. There was n...
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 Uproa...
ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM: PAUL'S NAZIRITE VOW. Acts 21:17 gives the general impression on both sides when Paul arrived; in Acts 21:18 he presents himself to James with his retinue, and finds the elders, _...
NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
When we arrived in Jerusalem the brethren received us gladly. On the next day Paul along with us went to visit James; and all the elders were present. He greeted them and recounted one by one the thin...
GLORIFIED. were glorifying. Not. single act, but. continual praising. THE LORD. The texts read "God". UNTO. to. SEEST. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133. BROTHER. Compare Acts 9:17 and 2 Peter 3:15. THOUS...
_And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord_ The oldest MSS. read _God_. They took up the strain of thanksgiving which had run through all the Apostle's story. _and said unto him_ Their anxiety m...
ΘΕΌΝ for κύριον with אABCEL. _Vulg_. ‘Deum.’ ἘΝ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ἸΟΥΔΑΊΟΙΣ with אBCE. _Vulg_. ‘in Judæis.’ 20. ἘΔΌΞΑΖΟΝ ΤῸΝ ΘΕΌΝ, _they glorified God_. They took up the strain of thanksgiving which had run thr...
ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM. PAUL’S RECEPTION BY THE CHURCH AND BY THE PEOPLE...
_COMPROMISE ABOUT THE LAW ACTS 21:17-26:_ When Paul and his companions reached Jerusalem he went to visit James, the Lord's brother._ _ He reported how that God had received many Gentiles into the kin...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Acts 21:12. ΈΔΌΞΑΖΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΞΆΖΩ (G1392) славить. Inch. _impf._ ΕΊΠΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ, _см._ йт. 11. ΘΕΩΡΕΊΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΘΕΩΡΈΩ ...
DISCOURSE: 1805 PAUL BECOMING A NAZARITE Acts 21:20. And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and th...
HOW MANY THOUSANDS— The original is μυριαδες, _myriads,_ which may only denote in general a great number; and if we consider what a vast confluence there must have been at Jerusalem on occasion of thi...
THE VOYAGE TO ROME Acts 21:17 Acts 28:31 1. AT JERUSALEM. Acts 21:17, Acts 23:30 a. Paul's salutation and the advice of the e
See notes on verse 18...
_ And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: _ And when they hea...
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...
ST. PAUL ARRESTED AT JERUSALEM 1. Were gotten] rather, 'had torn ourselves.' COOS] or Cos, a fertile island off the Carian coast, producing silks, ointments, wheat, and wines. RHODES] a city, and lar...
ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
THE LORD (i.e. Jesus)] RV 'God.' 23, 24. The four men were Nazirites (see Numbers 6), and St. Paul was advised to pay for their sacrifices, and to associate himself with their Nazirite vow during 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...
THEY GLORIFIED THE LORD. — The better MSS. give, “they glorified God.” The tense implies continued action, and although its meaning would be satisfied by assuming mere ejaculations of wonder and prais...
ἐδόξ.: “recte imperf. quia finis verbo εἶπαν indicatur,” Blass. θεωρεῖς : the word seems to imply that Paul had already become cognisant of the fact by his own observations in his ministerial work. ἀδ...
BINDING TOGETHER THE CHURCH Acts 21:15 Mnason was an _early_ disciple. He could remember the first days of the Church's story. It was good for Paul to have the society and care of this good man durin...
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...
Paul Urged To Take Peaceful Actions The group next travelled on to Jerusalem where they planned to lodge with one of the early disciples, Mnason of Cyprus. They were joyfully greeted by the brethren i...
(4) And when they heard [it], they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: (4) In things in...
_How many thousands. In the Greek, how many ten thousands. (Witham)_...
NON-ESSENTIALITY OF ECCLESIASTICAL ORDINANCES 20. _“And hearing, they continued to glorify God and said to him, You see, brother, how many myriads there are among the Jews of those having believed, an...
And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. (16) There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple,...
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...
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 WHEN THEY HEARD IT,.... The narrative of the wonderful spread of the Gospel among the Gentiles, and the numerous conversions of them: THEY GLORIFIED THE LORD; or "God", as the Alexandrian copy, t...
And when they heard _it_, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: Ver. 20. _Many thou...
_When they heard it, they glorified the Lord_ The Lord Christ, for this wonderful demonstration of his presence and grace, with his servant; _and said, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews...
ZEALOUS OF THE LAW; though they believed in Christ, they still observed the ceremonial law....
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 WHEN THEY HEARD _IT,_ THEY GLORIFIED THE LORD. AND THEY SAID TO HIM, " YOU SEE, BROTHER, HOW MANY MYRIADS OF JEWS THERE ARE WHO HAVE BELIEVED, AND THEY ARE ALL ZEALOUS FOR THE LAW; 1. There was g...
"They began glorifying God" This means that the elders in Jerusalem were in full agreement with Paul and his teaching and practice among the Gentiles. This contradicts the claim made by some that ther...
19-26 Paul ascribed all his success to God, and to God they gave the praise. God had honoured him more than any of the apostles, yet they did not envy him; but on the contrary, glorified the Lord. Th...
GLORIFIED THE LORD; acknowledging all in that great work of the conversion of the Gentiles to have been from God; and that Paul that had planted, and Apollos that had watered, were nothing, 1 CORINTHI...
Tertullian On Monogamy on account of "supposititious false brethren; "and leading certain "shaven men" into the temple[98]...
Acts 21:20 And G1161 heard G191 (G5660) glorified G1392 (G5707) Lord G2962 And G5037 said G2036 ...
‘And they, when they heard it, glorified God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands (literally ‘tens of thousands') there are among the Jews of those who have believed; and they...
PAUL PROVES HIS TRUE DEDICATION IN JERUSALEM AND HIS CONFORMITY WITH THE LAW AND DOES NOTHING THAT IS WORTHY OF DEATH BUT THE DOORS OF THE TEMPLE ARE CLOSED AGAINST HIM (21:17-30)....
Acts 21:20. AND WHEN THEY HEARD IT, THEY GLORIFIED THE LORD, AND SAID UNTO HIM. Thus the Jerusalem elders and James, when they heard the story of the successful missionary apostle, reverently gave tha...
GLORIFIED (εδοξαζον). Inchoative imperfect, began to glorify God, though without special praise of Paul.HOW MANY THOUSANDS (ποσα μυριαδες). Old word for ten thousand (Acts 19:19) and then an indef...
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...
TO SEE JAMES. This James was not one of the Twelve, but is the human brother of Jesus (see note on 1 Corinthians 15:7; Acts 15:6). He seemed to be a man of great influence in the Jerusalem church (Gal...
_And when we were come to Jerusalem the brethren received us gladly._ PAUL AT JERUSALEM Note here-- I. The early conquests of the gospel. During the quarter of a century which had elapsed since Paul...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:17 The Arrest in Jerusalem. While fulfilling a vow at the temple, Paul was attacked by a Jewish mob and rescued by the Romans. He defended himself before the Jewish crowd and the...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 21:15. WE TOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES, or things to be carried (see Judges 18:21).—ἀποσκευασάμενοι. The reading of the Received text should be translated, _having packed away our bag...
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 Thessalonians 1:10; Acts 11:18; Acts 15:1; Acts 15:24; Acts 15:5;...
They are all zealous for the law — For the whole Mosaic dispensation. How astonishing is this! Did none of the apostles, beside St. Paul, know that this dispensation was now abolished? And if they did...