Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 13:4
Seleucia; a sea town of Cilicia, nigh unto Antioch, and over against Cyprus, built by Seleucus, and was a town of some note, but mentioned here only as in their passage to Cyprus.
Seleucia; a sea town of Cilicia, nigh unto Antioch, and over against Cyprus, built by Seleucus, and was a town of some note, but mentioned here only as in their passage to Cyprus.
Verse Acts 13:4. _BEING SENT FORTH BY THE HOLY GHOST_] By his _influence,_ _authority_, and under his _continual direction_. Without the _first_, they were not _qualified_ to go; without the _second_,...
BEING SENT FORTH BY THE HOLY GHOST - Having been called to this world by the Holy Spirit, and being under his direction. DEPARTED UNTO SELEUCIA - This city was situated at the mouth of the river Oront...
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...
SUCCESSES IN CYPRUS. Acts 13:4. went down: the usual phrase in connexion with a seaport. SELEUCIA is the port of Antioch, about sixteen miles from it. Acts 13:5. Salamis is the eastern port of Cyprus...
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...
So when they had been sent out by the Holy Spirit they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed away to Cyprus. When they were in Salamis they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogue of t...
SAILED. Greek _apopleo._ Here, Acts 14:26; Acts 20:15; Acts 27:1. CYPRUS. Compare Acts 4:36....
_sent forth by the Holy Ghost_ A repetition which marks the solemn character which St Luke and also his informant attached to this new form of the Christian work. _unto Seleucia_ which was the seapor...
ΑΥ̓ΤΟῚ for οὖτοι with אAB. _Vulg_. ‘ipsi.’ 4. ἘΚΠΕΜΦΘΈΝΤΕΣ ὙΠῸ ΤΟΥ͂ ἉΓΊΟΥ ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΟΣ, _sent forth by the Holy Ghost_. This repetition marks the solemn character which St Luke and also his informant at...
Acts 13:1-12. BEGINNING OF SAUL’S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY. HE VISITS CYPRUS...
_ELYMAS, A FALSE PROPHET, A SORCERER ACTS 13:4-12:_ John Mark accompanied Paul and Barnabas as they went to Seleucia and then sailed to the island of Cyprus. In Salamis they began to preach God's mess...
ΑΎΤΟΊ (G846) они. Pron. здесь не является эмфатическим (Haenchen; IBG, 121). ΈΚΠΕΜΦΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΈΚΠΈΜΠΩ (G1599) высылать, ΚΑΤΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2718)...
SENT FORTH BY THE HOLY GHOST,— This seems to be added to remind us, that though they were solemnly recommended to God by the prayers of their brethren, theirauthority was not derived from _them,_ but...
AT SELEUCIA. Acts 13:4. Acts 13:4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. ACTS 13:4 The Holy Spirit directed in this whole procedu...
4, 5. We now follow Barnabas and Saul to their new field of labor. Their departure from Antioch is thus announced by Luke: (4) "_So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, an...
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. SO THEY, BEING SENT FORTH BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, DEPARTED. Remarks: (1) How little mere...
17 The death of James and the escape of Peter mark a crisis in the history of the kingdom proclamation. The power in Jerusalem passes out of the hands of the apostles into the hands of James, the Lord...
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...
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,...
BEING SENT FORTH BY THE HOLY GHOST. — The words may be only a summing up of the result of the previous facts, but looking to Acts 16:6, it seems more probable that they refer to a fresh revelation, fo...
CHAPTER 9 ST. PAUL'S ORDINATION AND FIRST MISSIONARY TOUR. Acts 13:2; Acts 13:14; Acts 14:1; Acts 14:26 We have now arrived at what we might call th
μὲν οὖν answered by δέ in Acts 13:5, so Weiss and Rendall, Appendix on μὲν οὖν, p. 161. Page takes διελ. δέ in Acts 13:6 as the antithesis, see his note on Acts 2:41. ἐκπεμφ., _cf._...
BEGINNING A MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN Acts 13:1-12 This is one of the greatest Chapter s in the New Testament, making a new departure in the ministry of the gospel, which henceforth begins to pass out to t...
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...
Preaching at Paphos The company first went to Seleucia, which was the port city of Antioch. It was located about 16 miles downstream. They sailed approximately one hundred miles to Salamis, the larges...
(3) So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto (d) Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. (3) Paul and his companions first bring Cyprus to the subjection and obedience of C...
They go from Antioch to Seleucia, a large city on the river Orontes, down which they sail into the Mediterranean, landing at Salamis, the metropolis of Eastern Cyprus, the native city of Barnabas, who...
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod th...
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...
4._Being sent out by the Holy Ghost. _There is no mention made here of the election made by the Church, because it was altogether a divine calling; the Church did only receive those who were offered t...
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...
SO THEY BEING SENT FORTH OF THE HOLY GHOST,.... This is said, lest it should be thought they were sent by men; it was the Holy Ghost that moved the prophets at Antioch to separate them from them, and...
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. Ver. 4. _Sailed to Cyprus_] This island was anciently for its wealth called Macaria, that i...
_So they being sent forth by the Holy Ghost_ By his immediate direction. This seems to be added to signify, that though they were solemnly recommended to God by the prayers of their brethren, their au...
SELEUCIA; a seaport at the mouth of the river Orontes, about fifteen miles from Antioch....
SO THEY, BEING SENT FORTH BY THE HOLY GHOST, DEPARTED UNTO SELEUCIA; AND FROM THENCE THEY SAILED TO CYPRUS....
On the island of Cyprus:...
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...
SO, BEING SENT OUT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEY WENT DOWN TO SELEUCIA, AND FROM THERE THEY SAILED TO CYPRUS. 1. Following the direction of the Holy Spirit - they went to Seleucia. This is the sea port to...
"So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit" The Holy Spirit is the one who commanded this mission. This also tells us that the Holy Spirit would set the route. "The journey's now entered upon by Saul and...
4-13 Satan is in a special manner busy with great men and men in power, to keep them from being religious, for their example will influence many. Saul is here for the first time called Paul, and neve...
4, 5. We now follow Barnabas and Saul to their new field of labor. Their departure from Antioch is thus announced by Luke: (4) "_ So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, a...
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BARNABAS AND SAUL SAIL FOR CYPRUS AND MINISTER THERE (13:4-12). ‘So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus.' What was most important wa...
THE MINISTRY OF PAUL AND BARNABAS RESULTS IN THE COUNTER-ATTACK OF SATAN AND THE GATHERING AT JERUSALEM (13:1-15:35). Leaving Antioch under the direct commissioning of the Holy Spirit, in a parallel c...
THE EXPANSION OF THE WORD IN CYPRUS AND ASIA MINOR, WITH SATAN'S COUNTERATTACK BEING DEFEATED AT AN ASSEMBLY IN JERUSALEM, WHICH IS THEN FOLLOWED BY FURTHER MINISTRY (13:1-18:22). Jerusalem having for...
Acts 13:4. DEPARTED. It was the first attempt of the two missionary apostles, and no doubt it was an anxious question with them _whither_ they should first bend their steps, into which of the isles of...
SO THEY (αυτο μεν ουν). They themselves indeed therefore. No contrast is necessary, though there is a slight one in verses Acts 13:5; Acts 13:6. Luke again refers to the Holy Spirit as the source o...
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...
WENT DOWN TO SELEUCIA. This was the seaport of Antioch, about sixteen miles away. Cyprus was the old home of Barnabas (Acts 4:36). It had a large Jewish population....
_And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away._ UNDYING FAME History has contemptuously obliterated from her annals the names of countless kings, who have se...
_As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate unto Me Barnabas and Saul._ THE COMPLETION OF THE APOSTOLATE This act was no conferring of the apostleship by the prophets a...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:1 The Witness in Cyprus and Southern Galatia. Chapters Acts 13:1 and Acts 14:1 re
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:4 The two missionaries worked first on Cyprus, Barnabas’s home (Acts 4:36). The events of Paul’s first missionary journey are recorded in...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 13:4. SELEUCIA.—“Civitas potens, sæpta muris neque in barbarum corrupta sed conditoris Seleucia retinens” (Tac, _An._, vi. 42). The port of Antioch, three miles west of the cit...
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,...
Acts 11:19; Acts 20:23; Acts 27:4; Acts 4:36...
Sailed. On Luke's use of words for sailing, see Introduction....
Observe here, 1. The apostles Barnabas and Saul having received their commission, set forth for their work to which they were designed; and their first journey was from Antioch to Cyprus, an island of...