Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
Acts 21:17-30
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).
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 21:16-17 xenisqw/men Mna,swni,…17 Genome,nwn de. h`mw/n {A} The Western text of these verses expands what may be implied in the use of avnebai,nomen (ver....
THE BRETHREN - Christians. RECEIVED US GLADLY - They had been long absent. They had been into distant regions, and had encountered many dangers. It was a matter of joy that they had now returned in s...
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, _...
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...
NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
GLADLY. Greek. _asmenos._ Only here and Acts 2:41....
Arrival at Jerusalem. Paul's Reception by the Church and by the People 17. _And … gladly_ The brethren, whose joy is here spoken of, would be those Christians who first learnt of the arrival of Paul...
ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM. PAUL’S RECEPTION BY THE CHURCH AND BY THE PEOPLE...
ἈΣΜΈΝΩΣ�, _the brethren received us gladly_. The brethren, whose joy is here spoken of, would be those Christians who first learnt of the arrival of Paul at Mnason’s house. It is not the public recept...
_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...
ΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΩΝ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.), см._ Acts 21:1. _Gen. abs._ ΆΣΜΈΝΩΣ (G780) с ликованием, радостно, ΆΠΕΔΈΞΑΝΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ (G588) приветствовать, принимать....
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
17. The period which had been looked forward to for months with prayerful anxiety had now arrived, and Paul was to know, without further delay, whether or not the service which he had for Jerusalem wo...
_ _ And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. AND WHEN WE WERE COME TO JERUSALEM, THE BRETHREN - the disciples generally; as distinguished from the officials, James and a...
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....
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...
THE BRETHREN RECEIVED US GLADLY. — This was, perhaps, an informal welcome, given in Mnason’s house, by those who came there to receive the expected guests....
There is no good reason to doubt that they were in time for the Feast; it is a legitimate inference from their tarrying at Cæsarea that they were easily able to reach Jerusalem: possibly the presence...
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...
Paul is gladly received by the apostles and brethren, proceeding at once to James, the pastor of the mother church, where, in presence of the apostles, elders and brethren, he relates the mighty works...
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...
− 17._They received us gladly. _Luke reciteth this, therefore, that he may set forth the equity of the brethren, who did not credit rumors − (467) and false reports. Though many envious and wicked men...
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 WE WERE COME TO JERUSALEM,.... That is, Paul and his companions, attended with the disciples of Caesarea, and Mnason the old disciple with them: THE BRETHREN RECEIVED US GLADLY; readily, wil...
And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. Ver. 17. _Received us gladly_] Gr. ασμενως, smilingly. _Dat bene, dat multum, qui dat cum munere vultum._ When we come to the new...
_The brethren received us gladly_ The alms which they brought with them might be one, but certainly were not the only or the chief reason of the welcome reception they met with. _The day following, Pa...
THE JEWISH UPRISING AGAINST PAUL. The reception at Jerusalem:...
AND WHEN WE WERE COME TO JERUSALEM, THE BRETHREN RECEIVED US GLADLY....
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 WE HAD COME TO JERUSALEM, THE BRETHREN RECEIVED US GLADLY. 1. Finally, they arrive in Jerusalem. 2. They are greeted with open arms and a warm welcome....
"After we arrived in Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly" The journey to Jerusalem probably took about two days....
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 kingd...
It is thought, that by _brethren_ in this place, and ACTS 21:7, they are meant, who, being believers, were formed into a church with its several officers, and that they are called _disciples_ only, AC...
17. The period which had been looked forward to for months with prayerful anxiety had now arrived, and Paul was to know, without further delay, whether or not the service which he had for Jerusalem wo...
Acts 21:17 And G1161 we G2257 come G1096 (G5637) to G1519 Jerusalem G2414 brethren G80 received G1209 ...
Acts 21:17. AND WHEN WE WERE COME TO JERUSALEM. St. Paul now arrives at Jerusalem for the fifth time since he left it on that never-to-be-forgotten journey to Damascus to persecute the believers in Je...
WHEN WE WERE COME (γενομενων ημων). Genitive absolute again, "we having come."RECEIVED (απεδεξαντο). Αποδεχομα, to receive from. This old compound only in Luke in the N.T.GLADLY (ασμενως). Old...
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...
SOME OF THE DISCIPLES FROM CAESAREA. Groups often went along with Paul as he traveled. They could talk together and he could teach them. MNASON, FROM CYPRUS. The Latin Vulgate has Mnason in Caesarea,...
_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...
3 John 1:7; 3 John 1:8; Acts 15:4; Hebrews 13:1; Hebrews 13:2;...