Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 14:28
To confirm them, as Acts 14:22; and also, as our Saviour withdrew himself from the multitudes, they chose there to refresh themselves a while, out of the heat of contention and persecution.
To confirm them, as Acts 14:22; and also, as our Saviour withdrew himself from the multitudes, they chose there to refresh themselves a while, out of the heat of contention and persecution.
Verse Acts 14:28. _AND THERE THEY ABODE LONG TIME_] How long the apostles tarried here we cannot tell; but we hear no more of them till the council of Jerusalem, mentioned in the following chapter, w...
AND THERE THEY ABODE - At Antioch. LONG TIME - How long is not intimated; but we hear no more of them until the council at Jerusalem, mentioned in the next chapter. If the transactions recorded in thi...
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...
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) i...
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...
ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
LONG TIME. no (Greek. _ou._ App-105. I) little time. About two years and. half....
_And there they abode long time with the disciples_ The oldest MSS. omit "there." Render literally, "And they abode no little time with the disciples." St Paul was naturally more attached to Antioch t...
ἐκεῖ omitted with אABCD. Not represented in _Vulg_. 28. ΔΙΈΤΡΙΒΟΝ ΔῈ ΧΡΌΝΟΝ … ΜΑΘΗΤΑΙ͂Σ, _and they abode no little time with the disciples_. St Paul was naturally more attached to Antioch than to Jer...
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...
_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...
ΔΙΈΤΡΙΒΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΔΙΑΤΡΊΒΩ (G1304) находиться, пребывать....
IN ANTIOCH. Acts 14:26-28. Acts 14:26 and thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled. Acts 14:27 And when they were...
See notes on verse 27...
And there they abode long time with the disciples. AND [THERE] THEY ABODE. [The bracketed word has but slender authority]. LONG TIME, [ chronon (G5550 ) ouk (G3756 )...
21 The report in Antioch that God _ had opened the door of faith to the nations _ sums up Paul's first missionary journey. This is given out as something new, unknown before. It is evident that Antioc...
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...
'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...
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...
THERE THEY ABODE LONG TIME. — The words probably cover an interval of more than a year, during which it is reasonable to suppose that the preaching of the two Apostles drew together a large number of...
χρόνον οὐκ ὀλίγον : only in _Acts_, where it occurs eight times, _cf._ Acts 12:18, etc.; on the length of time thus spent see “Chronology of the N.T.,” Hastings' B.D., and also Ramsay, _Church in the...
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...
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...
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...
Now the apostles take a circuitous route through Pisidia, Pamphylia and Italia, arriving back at Syrian Antioch, whence they set out on this great evangelistic tour. Convening the church, they are rec...
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...
REFLECTIONS Gracious Lord! we behold, in what is here said in this Chapter, the true representation of thy Church, in all ages. The faithful sent servants must endure persecution. The pure Gospel of J...
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...
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...
AND THERE THEY ABODE LONG TIME WITH THE DISCIPLES. That is, Paul and Barnabas continued a considerable time at Antioch with the believers there, before they set out on another journey; and what might...
And there they abode long time with the disciples. Ver. 28. _There they abode_] As in a receptacle of rest, a place of free profession; such as Geneva hath been for many years to the persecuted Prote...
_And when they had gathered the church together_ It is probable the Christians at Antioch were more than ordinarily met, or could meet, in one place; but on this occasion they called together the lead...
AND THERE THEY ABODE LONG TIME WITH THE DISCIPLES. It was impossible for Paul to be inactive in the service of his Lord while he was traveling back to Syria. So he and Barnabas made a missionary trip...
The last part of the return journey:...
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...
SO THEY STAYED THERE A LONG TIME WITH THE DISCIPLES. 1. Mission work is exhausting. It takes it toll on their energy. They have worked, now they need some rest. 2. They remain in Antioch for some ti...
This trip probably had started some time in 45 AD soon after the death of Herod (chapter 12) that had taken place in 44 AD It probably had lasted through 47 or 48 AD, but the council of Jerusalem was...
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...
Acts 14:28 So G1161 they G1563 stayed G1304 (G5707) long G3756 G3641 time G5550 with G4862 disciples...
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...
Acts 14:28. AND THERE THEY ABODE LONG TIME. The exact length of time during which they remained at Antioch is uncertain certainly not less than two years were spent by Paul and Barnabas in the Syrian...
AND THEY TARRIED NO LITTLE TIME (διετριβον δε χρονον ουκ ολιγον). Imperfect active of διατριβω, old verb to rub hard, to consume, with accusative of extent of time. It was a happy time of fellowship...
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...
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...
THEY PREACHED THE MESSAGE M PERGA. They had not preached here when they landed from Paphos (Acts 13:13-14). ATTALIA. A seaport close to Perga. BACK TO ANTIOCH. The Antioch in Syria. See notes on Acts...
_And thence sailed to Antioch … And when they were come, and had gathered the Church together, they rehearsed all that God had done._ APOSTLES AND CRUSADERS AT ANTIOCH: A HISTORICAL CONTRAST If when...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
Acts 11:26; Acts 15:35...