Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 20:12
They rejoiced not only that the young man was restored to life, but that by this means the gospel was attested to, and many confirmed in the belief of it.
They rejoiced not only that the young man was restored to life, but that by this means the gospel was attested to, and many confirmed in the belief of it.
ACTS 20:12 Instead of h;gagon de. to.n pai/da zw/nta Dgr reads avspazome,nwn auvtw/n h;gagen to.n neani,skon zw/nta (“And as they were saying farewell, he [Paul] brought the young man alive”). In the...
NOT A LITTLE COMFORTED - By the fact that he was alive; perhaps also strengthened by the evidence that a miracle had been performed....
CHAPTER 20 __ 1. Paul in Macedonia (Acts 20:1). 2. His abode in Greece, the visit to Troas and what transpired there (Acts 20:3). 3. The journey from Troas to Miletus (Acts 20:13). 4. The farewell...
STORY OF EUTYCHUS. Paul speaks of the first day of the week in 1 Corinthians 16:2, but not of a breaking of bread on that day, which appears here as an established usage (_cf. Acts 24:2_). It is Paul'...
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
On the first day of the week, when we had gathered together to break bread, Paul, who was about to leave on the next day, spoke to them, and he prolonged his talk until midnight. There were many lamps...
YOUNG MAN. Greek. _pais._ App-108. Not the same as Acts 20:9. A LITTLE. moderately. Greek. _metrios._ Only here. Figure of speech _Tapeinosis._ App-6. COMFORTED. Greek. _parakaleo._ App-134. See Act...
_And they brought the young man alive_ Here is a different noun, and the _Rev. Ver._rightly gives "the lad." It would seem as though those who had had the care of him brought him, before the congregat...
ἬΓΑΓΟΝ ΔΈ ΤῸΝ ΠΑΙ͂ΔΑ ΖΩ͂ΝΤΑ, _and they brought the lad alive_. It would seem as though those who had had the care of him brought him, before the congregation broke up, perhaps even before the Apostle’...
PAUL PREACHES AT TROAS. EUTYCHUS IS RESTORED TO LIFE...
_PAUL'S LAST VISIT TO TROAS ACTS 20:7-12:_ At Troas Paul and his companions came together with the church to break bread. As the disciples were gathered Paul preached to them until midnight because he...
ΉΓΑΓΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΓ (G71) вести. ΖΏΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΖΆΩ (G2198) жить. _Adj. part._ без артикля подчеркивает характер или качество, ΠΑΡΕΚΛΉΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Acts 20:1...
AT PHILIPPI. Acts 20:6 a. Acts 20:6 a And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, ACTS 20:6 A To arrive here Paul had to make a day's journey off the main road. But the chur...
12. Recurring again to the incident concerning Eutychus, in order to state more particularly the gratification which the brethren felt at his recovery, Luke here remarks: (12) "_And they brought the y...
And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted. AND THEY BROUGHT THE YOUNG MAN ALIVE. There is a manifestly designed contrast between the statement 'taken up dead' (Acts 20:...
38 After showing them that the men they had led to the theater were not guilty of any overt act against the temple or goddess he reminds them that there are legal means of redress for any wrong which...
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after Pentecost, 55 a.d. (1 Corinth...
Troas. 7. The first clear reference to the keeping of the Lord's Day, with which may be compared 1 Corinthians 16:2. The expression 'Lord's Day' first occurs Revelation 1:10. THE DISCIPLES] RV 'we,' i...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 PAUL TRAVELS THROUGH MACEDONIA AND GREECE, 20:1-6 V1 After the *riot, Paul sent for the *believers and he encouraged them. Then he said good...
ἤγαγον : the subject must be supplied; probably those who had attended to the boy, and who, now that he was sufficiently recovered, brought him back to the room. Rendall thinks that the expression mea...
A MESSENGER OF TRUTH AND LIFE Acts 20:1 The Second Epistle to the Corinthians should be read with the introductory verses of this chapter, as it reveals the Apostle's inner mind at this time. He seem...
Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alway...
Paul's Stay In Troas Luke's seemingly casual comment that Paul and his company stayed seven days in Troas actually serves to enlighten us as to the custom of worship in New Testament times. They came...
_Alive. This accident, which gave occasion to a great miracle, was ordained by the particular providence of God, in order to confirm the preaching of St. Paul, and to fix more deeply in the hearts of...
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. (8) And there were...
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...
But let us return to the history of Paul. After the uproar has ceased he sends for the disciples, embraces them, and departs for Macedonia; he visits that whole country, and comes into Greece. The beg...
AND THEY BROUGHT THE YOUNG MAN ALIVE,.... Up into the upper room, and presented him alive to the disciples: AND WERE NOT A LITTLE COMFORTED; that is, the disciples, at the sight of the young man, who...
And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted. Ver. 12. _And were not a little comforted_] Not so much for the young man's recovery, as for the love of God sealed up unto them...
Paul at Troas:...
AND THEY BROUGHT THE YOUNG MAN ALIVE, AND WERE NOT A LITTLE COMFORTED. Paul and his companions from the European congregations, including Luke, celebrated the Passover in Philippi. After the festival...
Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them muc...
AND THEY BROUGHT THE YOUNG MAN IN ALIVE, AND THEY WERE NOT A LITTLE COMFORTED. 1. They brought the young man in ALIVE. He was dead, now he is alive. 2. The church is encouraged and comforted....
"And they brought the lad alive, and were not. little comforted"Brought": Probably means they brought him to his own home. "Were not. little comforted": "Much to their relief" (Mof). "There was great...
7-12 Though the disciples read, and meditated, and prayed, and sung apart, and thereby kept up communion with God, yet they came together to worship God, and so kept up their communion with one anoth...
12. Recurring again to the incident concerning Eutychus, in order to state more particularly the gratification which the brethren felt at his recovery, Luke here remarks: (12) "_ And they brought the...
Acts 20:12 And G1161 brought G71 (G5627) man G3816 alive G2198 (G5723) and G2532 were G3870 not...
‘And they brought the lad alive, and were not a little comforted.' And they brought the young man up with them, a living witness to God's power to raise the dead, and received great comfort from what...
THE SIGN OF THE RAISING OF EUTYCHUS: PAUL HURRIES ON (20:7-16). At this point in the account we are informed of a remarkable confirmation of God's presence with Paul in the raising from the dead of a...
THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM (20:3-21:16). As we read this section of Acts some of it may seem a little pointless and repetitive. But we must recognise in it what Luke is doing. One purpose that he has in...
Acts 20:12. AND THEY BROUGHT THE YOUNG MAN ALIVE, AND WERE NOT A LITTLE COMFORTED. As in the case of the little daughter of Jairus, when the Lord commanded that something should be given to her to eat...
THEY BROUGHT THE LAD ALIVE (ηγαγον τον παιδα ζωντα). Second aorist active indicative of αγω. Evidently the special friends of the lad who now either brought him back to the room or (Rendall) took h...
CONTENTS: Paul goes to Macedonia and Greece. His visits at Troas, Miletus. Paul's conference with the Ephesian elders. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Tim...
Acts 20:4. _There accompanied him Sopater of Berea,_ the son of Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater. Romans 16:21. _Aristarchus,_ who accompanied him to Rome, and _Secun...
_And they brought the young man alive and were not a little comforted._ YOUNG MEN AND THE CHURCH I. Young men need to be brought to life. 1. “Ye must be born again” applies to them as to all. 2. Y...
…TROAS, WHERE WE ABODE SEVEN DAYS_._ PAUL AT TROAS I. The “first day of the week” appears to have been the usual period of assembly, and no doubt was selected and consecrated by apostolical authorit...
_And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for Macedonia._ READING BETWEEN THE LINES There does not seem to be much in this section of the...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 20:7. THE FIRST day OF THE WEEK.—Lit., _the first of the Sabbath_, as in 1 Corinthians 16:2, meaning not on one of the Sabbaths or Jewish festivals, but on the first day of the...
EXPOSITION ACTS 20:1 _Having sent for_ …_ and exhorted _for _called unto him, _A.V. and T.R.; _took leave of them, and departed _for _and embraced them, and departed, _A.V. DEPARTED FOR TO GO INTO MA...
Last week we left Paul in Ephesus, in the midst of a near riot in town, as Demetrius the silversmith got together his companions in trade and pointed out how the preaching of Paul was about to put the...
1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:14;...
And they brought the young man alive — But alas! How many of those who have allowed themselves to sleep under sermons, or as it were to dream awake, have slept the sleep of eternal death, and fallen t...