Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 21:2
Sailing over unto Phenicia; whose master and mariners intended such a voyage. Phenicia; a country in Syria, situate nigh the sea, and bordering upon Palestine, whose chief city was Tyre.
Sailing over unto Phenicia; whose master and mariners intended such a voyage. Phenicia; a country in Syria, situate nigh the sea, and bordering upon Palestine, whose chief city was Tyre.
Verse Acts 21:2. _PHOENICIA_] A part of Syria. Acts 11:19, Acts 11:19....
UNTO PHENICIA - See the notes on Acts 11:19. Phoenicia was on their way to Jerusalem. SET FORTH - Sailed....
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...
FROM MILETUS TO TYRE. The sailing is by day, with a following wind (_cf. Acts 20:15_). After Patara D adds and Myra, where Paul touched on his journey to Rome (see Acts 27:5). Vessels from the East fo...
When we had torn ourselves away from them and had set sail, we sailed a straight course and came to Cos; on the next day we reached Rhodes; and from there we came to Patara. There we found a ship whic...
NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
WENT ABOARD. having embarked. Greek. _epibaino._ See note on Acts 20:18. SET FORTH. Same as launched, Acts 21:1....
_And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia Rev. Ver._literally, "_having found_a ship _crossing_, &c." Phœnicia was the country on the coast of the Levant, north of Palestine. It contained the imp...
ΠΛΟΙ͂ΟΝ ΔΙΑΠΕΡΩ͂Ν ΕἸΣ ΦΟΙΝΊΚΗΝ, _a ship sailing over_ [lit. _crossing_] _unto Phœnicia_. Phœnicia was the country on the Levant, north of Palestine. It contained the important maritime cities of Tyre...
Acts 21:1-6. PAUL’S VOYAGE FROM MILETUS, AND HIS STAY IN TYRE...
_PAUL WOULD NOT RETREAT ACTS 21:1-16 :_ Paul knew that danger awaited him in Jerusalem. But he would not retreat. He took ship and quickly passed through Coos, Rhodes, and Patara. At Patara they chang...
ΕΎΡΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΕΎΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить, ΔΙΑΠΕΡΏΝPRAES. _act. part. (adj.) от_ ΔΙΑΠΕΡΆΩ (G1276) пересекать, ΈΠΙΒΆΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΈΠΙΒΑΊΝΩ (G1910) отплывать,...
AT COS. Acts 21:1 a. Acts 21:1 And when it came to pass that we were parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course unto Cos, ACTS 21:1 A It would seem that a favorable wind was b...
See notes on verse 1...
And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. And finding a ship - their former one either going no further, or being bound for a port which would not suit them, Sail...
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...
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY, AUG. 52 A.D. TO PENTECOST 56 A.D. (ACTS 18:23 TO ACTS 21:16) 23. Visit to Galatia. St. Paul revisits Antioch in Syria and the Churches of Galatia and Phrygia, founded in the...
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...
CHAPTER 17 A PRISONER IN BONDS. Acts 21:2; Acts 21:17; Acts 21:33; Acts 21:39;...
They went at Patara on board a ship about to start on the direct Syrian course, ἐπιβ., _cf._ Acts 20:18....
READY TO DIE FOR HIS LORD Acts 21:1 The vessel coasted along Asia Minor, sighted Cyprus, sailed to the south of it, and so finally to Tyre. There the disciples were poor and obscure, and it took sear...
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...
Warnings On the Road To Jerusalem The departure from Miletus was an emotional one. In fact, Luke used the word for depart which Thayer says means, "tear away." They went from Cos, to Rhodes, to Patara...
Sailing on, they passed the great island of Cyprus, the home of Barnabas on the left, arriving in Syria and landing at Tyre, where they spend seven days with his disciples, who, under the inspiration...
And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: (2) And finding a...
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...
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 FINDING A SHIP SAILING OVER UNTO PHOENICIA,.... For it seems that the ship they went aboard at Assos, Acts 20:13 went no further, at least in the way the apostle was going, than Patara; but lighti...
And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. Ver. 2. _Phoenicia_] A region of Syria: the woman of Canaan was a Syrophoenician....
_And after we were gotten_ Greek, αποσπασθεντας, _were torn away; from them_ Not without doing violence both to ourselves and them; _we came with a straight course to Coos_ Or Cos, now commonly called...
PHENICIA; a country on the north-west border of Canaan, of which Tyre and Sidon were principal cities. Chap Acts 11:19....
THE TRIP TO JERUSALEM. From Miletus to Tyre:...
AND FINDING A SHIP SAILING OVER INTO PHOENICIA, WE WENT ABOARD AND SET FORTH....
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 FINDING A SHIP SAILING OVER TO PHOENICIA, WE WENT ABOARD AND SET SAIL. 1. Now they find another ship heading the direction they want to go. This ship is headed for Phoenicia. This city is part of...
"And having found. ship crossing over to Phoencia" Here they change ships, leaving behind the smaller ship and boarding. large, ocean-going vessel for the 400-mile trip across the open sea toward Jeru...
1-7 Providence must be acknowledged when our affairs go on well. Wherever Paul came, he inquired what disciples were there, and found them out. Foreseeing his troubles, from love to him, and concern...
Acts 21:2 And G2532 finding G2147 (G5631) ship G4143 over G1276 (G5723) to G1519 Phoenicia G5403 ab
‘And when it came to about that we were parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara, and having found a ship crossing...
Acts 21:2. AND FINDING A SHIP SAILING OVER UNTO PHŒNICIA. Circumstances here favoured Paul. Patara was evidently the harbour whither his ship was bound from Alexandria Troas; but there was another ves...
HAVING FOUND A SHIP (ευροντες πλοιον). Paul had used a small coasting vessel (probably hired) that anchored each night at Cos, Rhodes, Patara. He was still some four hundred miles from Jerusalem. B...
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...
_And it came to pass that after we were gotten from them._ PAUL GOING TO JERUSALEM I. The soul’s itinerary. The daily journeying of this company of God’s folk was a matter for record. 1. The details...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 21:1. AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT AFTER WE HAD GOTTEN FROM THEM AND HAD LAUNCHED.—Better, as well as literally, _And when it came to pass that we had weighed anchor, having depart...
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...
Acts 15:3; Acts 27:6; Jonah 1:3...
Set forth [α ν η χ θ η μ ε ν]. Or set sail. See on Luke 8:22; Luke 5:3....