Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 21:3
Cyprus; another island in the Mediterranean. Unlade her burden; of goods and merchandise which she had taken in at Ephesus.
Cyprus; another island in the Mediterranean. Unlade her burden; of goods and merchandise which she had taken in at Ephesus.
Verse Acts 21:3. _CYPRUS_] Acts 4:36, Acts 4:36, and see the _track_ of this journey on the _map_. _TYRE_] A city of Phoenicia, one of the most celebrated maritime towns in the wo
HAD DISCOVERED CYPRUS - See the notes on Acts 4:36. INTO SYRIA - See the notes on Matthew 4:24. AND LANDED AT TYRE - See the notes on...
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...
NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
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...
DISCOVERED. sighted. Greek. _anaphainomai._ App-106. Only here and Luke 19:11. CYPRUS. The Kittim of the O.T. See Numbers 24:24.Isaiah 23:1;...
_Now when we had discovered Cyprus Rev. Ver._"And when we had come in sight of." "Discover" has now acquired the special sense of "finding for the first time." On _Cyprus_, see notes on Acts 13:4 seqq...
Acts 21:1-6. PAUL’S VOYAGE FROM MILETUS, AND HIS STAY IN TYRE...
ΚΑΤΉΛΘΟΜΕΝ for κατήχθημεν with אABE. _Vulg_. ‘venimus.’ 3. ἈΝΑΦΆΝΑΝΤΕΣ ΔῈ ΤῊΝ ΚΎΠΡΟΝ, _and when we had come in sight of Cyprus_. On Cyprus, see notes on Acts 13:4. The more usual construction would be...
_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...
ΆΝΑΦΆΝΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΝΑΦΑΊΩ (G398) заставлять появляться; вероятно, термин мореплавателей: "замечать" (BAGD). Это слово буквально означает "делать видимым для себя" то есть приближаться ...
TYRE,— The metropolis of Phoenicia, Acts 21:2 and the most famous mart of the East. See the notes on Isaiah 23....
IN THE SIGHT OF CYPRUS ON THE LEFT. Acts 21:3 a. Acts 21:3 a And when we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, ACTS 21:3 A The writer has found words of Conybeare and Howson so e...
See notes on verse 1...
Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden. Now when we had discovered, [anafanentes ( G398...
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...
TYRE] The greatest maritime city of the ancient world, claiming to have been founded as early as 2750 b.c. It produced glass and purple dye, but its chief wealth came from the fact that it almost mono...
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...
WHEN WE HAD DISCOVERED CYPRUS... — The use of a technical term here is specially characteristic of St. Luke. Here the meaning is that, as soon as they _sighted_ Cyprus, they stood to the southeast, an...
CHAPTER 17 A PRISONER IN BONDS. Acts 21:2; Acts 21:17; Acts 21:33; Acts 21:39;...
ἀναφ.: “when we had come in sight of,” R.V., Doric form of 1st aorist active, Winer-Schmiedel, p. 112, here a technical word (only in Luke, _cf._ Luke 19:11, but in a different sense), _i.e._, after w...
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...
_Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean, to the east of Patara and Rhodes._...
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...
NOW WHEN WE HAD DISCOVERED CYPRUS,.... An island, as the Syriac version here calls it, which lay between Syria and Cilicia; Acts 4:36; and was, according to R. Benjamin l, four days sail from Rhodes,...
Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden. Ver. 3. _Now when he had discovered Cyprus_] _V...
_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...
CYPRUS; an island in the north-east part of the Mediterranean sea. Chap Acts 13:4....
THE TRIP TO JERUSALEM. From Miletus to Tyre:...
NOW, WHEN WE HAD DISCOVERED CYPRUS, WE LEFT IT ON THE LEFT HAND, AND SAILED INTO SYRIA AND LANDED AT TYRE; FOR THERE THE SHIP WAS TO UNLADE HER BURDEN....
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...
WHEN WE HAD SIGHTED CYPRUS, WE PASSED IT ON THE LEFT, SAILED TO SYRIA, AND LANDED AT TYRE; FOR THERE THE SHIP WAS TO UNLOAD HER CARGO. 1. They sailed within sight of Cyprus. This was the first stop o...
"When we came in sight of Cyprus" The ship was headed in. SE direction, and Cyprus passed by on the left side. The expression came in sight of is the correct nautical term. "As they were sailing towar...
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 21:3 When G1161 sighted G398 (G5631) Cyprus G2954 G2532 passed G2641 (G5631) it G846 left...
‘And when we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload her cargo.' Soon they passed by Cyprus on their left, an...
Acts 21:3. NOW WHEN WE HAD DISCOVERED CYPRUS. The Greek word here rendered ‘when we had discovered,' is a nautical expression such as an eye-witness, familiar with the language of sea-Suing men, would...
WHEN WE HAD COME IN SIGHT OF CYPRUS (αναφαναντες την Κυπρον). First aorist active participle of αναφαινω (Doric form -φαναντες rather than the Attic -φηναντες), old verb to make appear, bring to li...
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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:3 TYRE was in Phoenicia (see note on 11:19). ⇐...
_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...
2 Samuel 8:6; Acts 12:20; Acts 15:23; Acts 15:41; Acts 18:18;...
Discovered [α ν α φ α ν α ν τ ε ς]. Better, sighted. A nautical phrase. The verb literally means to bring to light : and its use here is analogous to the English marine phrase, to raise the land....
We landed at Tyre — That there should be Christians there was foretold, Psalms 87:4. What we read in that psalm of the Philistines and Ethiopians also may be compared with Acts 8:40; Acts 27:4....
The divine providence is not more signally discovered in governing the motions of the clouds, than it is in ordering the spirits and motions of his ministers. The motion of the clouds is not spontaneo...