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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 14:21-28

Close of the First Tour. The places already visited are now taken in the reverse order, but no further information is given about them.

Acts 14:23. An appointment of elders is made (cf. Titus 1:5) in each church; the institution takes place in each case with prayer and fasting. The word translated appointed (AV ordained) denotes strictly a popular election by voting (cf. 2 Corinthians 8:19; Didaché, xv. 1), though it may also be used of cases where there is no popular vote. The elder is in Titus also called bishop: he is a local functionary, with no duties except to his own church. In Acts 11:30 the elders at Jerusalem are those presiding over the church there.

Acts 14:24. The journey is retraced but Cyprus is not visited again: from Attalia, the port of Perga, they sail to Antioch or rather to Seleucia, its port.

Acts 14:27. The importance of the journey is that it proves that the gate of faith is opened by God to the Gentiles.

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See also Acts 14:21-28 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 14:21. _PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY_] Derbe, a city in the same province. Acts 14:6. _THEY RETURNED AGAIN TO LYSTRA, AND_ TO _ICONIUM_] Behold the _courage_ of these Christian men! T...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HAD TAUGHT MANY - Or, rather, had made many disciples (margin). TO LYSTRA - Acts 14:6. AND TO ICONIUM - Acts 14:1. We have here a remarkable instance of the courage of the apostles. In these very pla...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 14 _ 1. The work in Iconium and the persecution of the Apostles (Acts 14:1)._ 2. In Derbe and Lystra; the Impotent Man healed (Acts 14:7). 3. The Stoning of Paul and further ministries (Act...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    When they had preached the good news to that city and had made a considerable number of disciples they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. As they went they strengthened the souls of the...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHEN THEY HAD. having. HAD TAUGHT. having made disciples of. Greek. _matheteuo._ Only here, Matthew 13:52; Matthew 27:57; Matthew 28:19....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _and had taught many_ Better, "and had made many disciples." Perhaps "Gaius of Derbe," whom St Luke mentions as one of Paul's companions in a subsequent journey (Acts 20:4), may have been one of these...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΜΑΘΗΤΕΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ ἹΚΑΝΟΎΣ, _and having made many disciples_. According to Christ’s words (Matthew 28:19), μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. Of course teaching was a part of the process, but μαθητεύειν implies a...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    CHANGE OF FEELING IN THE MULTITUDE. PAUL IS STONED. THE APOSTLES VISIT DERBE, AND THEN RETURN, BY THE ROUTE BY WHICH THEY CAME, TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _PAUL AND BARNABAS RETURN TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA ACTS 14:21-28:_ Paul and Barnabas shared salvation through Jesus every where they went. Their preaching brought many to the faith of Christ. They return t...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΕΎΑΓΓΕΛΙΣΆΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΕΎΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΟΜΑΙ, _см._ Acts 14:7. ΜΑΘΗΤΕΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΜΑΘΗΤΕΎΩ (G3100) делать учеником (_см._ Matthew 28:19). ΎΠΈΣΤΡΕΨΑΝ _aor...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    LYSTRA, 11. ICONIUM, 12. ANTIOCH. Acts 14:21 b - Acts 14:23. Acts 14:21 b they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch, Act

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    AT DERBE. Acts 14:20 b, Acts 14:21 a. Acts 14:20 b and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe. Acts 14:21 a And when they had

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    21, 22. Having been compelled to fly from Antioch to Iconium, and from Iconium to Lystra, wading into deeper dangers at every step, who can tell the feelings with which the wounded missionary enters t...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, AND WHEN THEY HAD PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY, AND HAD TAUG...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    6 Lystra seems to be the first place Paul preached without first proclaiming to the Jews in the synagogue, for it seems that there were not enough Jews to have a place of worship. Hence this is the fi...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TO LYSTRA] thus showing remarkable perseverance and courage....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    'VISIT TO DERBE, AND RETURN JOURNEY TO ANTIOCH OF SYRIA. Derbe, or Claudio-Derbe, where the work of the apostles seems to have been very successful, was a small Lycaonian town on the extreme boundary...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-7. Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. The gospel meets with great success among both Jews and Gentiles in this populous city, and miracles are wrought in confirmatio...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 14 PAUL AND BARNABAS IN ICONIUM, 14:1-7 V1 What happened in Pisidian Antioch also happened in Iconium. Paul and Barnabas went to the *synagogue...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HAD TAUGHT MANY. — Better, _made many disciples._ The word is the same as in Matthew 28:19. Among these we may note Gaius, or Caius, afterwards conspicuous as one of St. Paul’s companions (Acts 20...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ωὐαγγελ.: continuous preaching, present participle, and the result, many disciples; not “having taught many,” A.V., but “had made many disciples,” R.V., _cf._ Matthew 28:19. No doubt they pursued the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ESTABLISHING THE NEW BELIEVERS Acts 14:14-28 In Paul's address we have distinct anticipations of the early Chapter s of the Epistle to the Romans. How fickle a mob is! Now, enthusiastic loyalty; aga...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In Iconium there was largely a repetition of the experiences at Antioch. Becoming aware of the growing hostility, Paul and Barnabas passed on, and came to Lystra. There is a marked difference between...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Though Stoned, Paul Continues Preaching! The hostile Jews from Antioch in Pisidia and Iconium soon came to Lystra and persuaded the people to stone Paul. They dragged his seemingly lifeless body outsi...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (7) And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and [to] Iconium, and Antioch, (7) We must go forward in our calling through a thousand dea...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Through many tribulations. Our daily offences required the paternal chastisement of the Almighty. The concupiscence of the flesh too, which wills against the spirit, must be subdued by punishment. Woe...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    Now the sorrowing Nazarenes gather around their murdered brother to bury him. To their joyful surprise, he jumps out of the rock-pile with a big shout, and walks with Barnabas to his next appointment...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. (20) Howbeit, as the disciples st...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Their missionary labours continue in Iconium with the same opposition from the Jews who, incapable themselves of the work, stir up the Gentiles against those who are performing it. As long as it was o...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND WHEN THEY HAD PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY,.... To the inhabitants of it, as they did in every place where they came, even the pure Gospel of Christ, the good news, and glad tidings of life an...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and _to_ Iconium, and Antioch, Ver. 21. _They returned again to Lystra_] The love of Christ con...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And when they had preached, and taught many_ Namely, at Derbe; and, it seems also, in Galatia and Phrygia: see Colossians 4:13. Greek, μαθητευσαντες ικανους, _having made many disciples; they returne...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE RETURN JOURNEY TO SYRIA. Mob violence in Lystra and the Gospel in Derbe:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND WHEN THEY HAD PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY AND HAD TAUGHT MANY, THEY RETURNED AGAIN TO LYSTRA AND TO ICONIUM AND ANTIOCH,...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Iconium was also in Asia Minor: here they entered the synagogue and the Spirit of God gave them grace to so speak as to vitally influence a great number, both of Jews and Gentiles, to believe the gosp...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    AND WHEN THEY HAD PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY AND MADE MANY DISCIPLES, THEY RETURNED TO LYSTRA, ICONIUM, AND ANTIOCH, 1. Summary statement of the rest of their work. 1. They preached and made m...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    It looks like the Jews from Iconium did not follow Paul to Derbe and Paul's preaching in Derbe was very successful. Paul then turns around and comes back to these cities in which he had faced such per...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    19-28 See how restless the rage of the Jews was against the gospel of Christ. The people stoned Paul, in a popular tumult. So strong is the bent of the corrupt and carnal heart, that as it is with gr...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HAD TAUGHT MANY; had made many disciples by teaching, and also by baptizing of them, MATTHEW 28:19. For as by circumcision they were made Moses's disciples, so by baptism they are made Christ's discip...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    21, 22. Having been compelled to fly from Antioch to Iconium, and from Iconium to Lystra, wading into deeper dangers at every step, who can tell the feelings with which the wounded missionary enters t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 14:21 And G5037 gospel G2097 (G5671) that G1565 city G4172 and G2532 made G3100 (G5660) many...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch, confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to cont...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    FURTHER MINISTRY AND FOLLOW UP AND BACK TO SYRIAN ANTIOCH (14:20B-28). Recognising that their continued presence in Lystra would not be for the good of the infant church, and that they must let passi...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 14:21. AND WHEN THEY HAD PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY, AND TAUGHT MANY. The work at Derbe appears to have been very successful: the converts to the religion of Jesus were numerous, and the ap...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    WHEN THEY HAD PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THAT CITY (ευαγγελισαμενο την πολιν εκεινην). Having evangelized (first aorist middle participle) that city, a smaller city and apparently with no trouble from...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Work of the Gospel at Iconium, Derbe, Lystra. An impotent man at Lystra healed. Paul stoned. Elders appointed in the churches. CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Barnabas, impotent man, priest of Jupit...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Acts 14:1. _It came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the jews._ St. Luke makes here a great leap, and is very laconic, merely naming Perga and Attalia. This great...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    THEN THEY WENT BACK TO LYSTRA. The Jewish leaders may have been "chasing after" Paul in other cities, so while they were away, he can return to strengthen the believers. We would expect him to "organi...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And there came thither certain Jews … Who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city._ THE FICKLENESS OF THE LYSTRIANS It would not be difficult to find a parallel to th...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:8 Lystra was populated mainly by Gentiles and had no synagogue. The ministry of Paul and Barnabas there centered around the healing of a lame man. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:21 Derbe, about 58 miles (93 km) southeast of Lystra, marked the farthest point in Paul’s first journey. From THAT CITY (Derbe) Paul could have continued on south to his starting...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 14:20_ The Homeward Journey of Paul and Barnabas; or, Back to Antioch in Syria I. THE TURNING POINT.—Derbe (see on Acts 14:6). 1. The _character_ of the apostles’ work...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ACTS 14:1 _Entered _for _went both, _A.V.; _Jews _for _the Jews, _A.V.; _and _for _and also, _A.V.; Greeks for _the Greeks, _A.V. Observe how in every case Greeks are found attending the s...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Paul and Barnabas, in carrying the Gospel, have come into the uncharted territories as far as the Gospel is concerned into Asia Minor. They came from Cyprus to the area that is now known as Turkey. Th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Timothy 3:11; Acts 13:14; Acts 13:51; Acts 14:1; Acts 14:19;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Taught [μ α θ η τ ε υ σ α ν τ ε ς]. More correctly, made disciples of, as Rev. See on Matthew 13:52. Many. See on Luke 7:6....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, The great and good use which the apostle makes of his miraculous recovery: he is no sooner upon his legs, but he travels to Derbe, to preach the gospel. Nothing do the faithful ministers...

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