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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Acts 21:5

They all brought us on our way; to show their greater respect unto him, being loth to part with him so long as it was possible for them to enjoy him; so that they did not despise his temptation that was in the flesh, Galatians 4:14 but it is truly strange what follows, that he was received by them as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. Kneeled down on the shore; this the Jews on extraordinary occasions were wont to do, whilst the temple itself were standing, viz. make every place a place of prayer in such a case, Acts 20:36.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 21:5. _WHEN WE HAD ACCOMPLISHED THOSE DAYS_] That is, the seven days mentioned in the preceding verse. _AND THEY ALL BROUGHT US ON OUR WAY, WITH WIVES AND CHILDREN_] It is not likely that...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HAD ACCOMPLISHED THOSE DAYS - When those days were passed. THEY ALL BROUGHT US ON OUR WAY - They attended us. See the Acts 15:3 note; Romans 15:24 note; 1 Cor

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AND. But it came to pass that. ACCOMPLISHED. completed. App-125. AND THEY ALL, &C. = all with wives and children, bringing us on our way. Greek. _propempo._ See note on Acts 15:3. CHILDREN. Greek....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And when we had accomplished those days Rev. Ver._very literally "_And when it came to pass that we had accomplished the days_." This means, of course, the seven days mentioned above. The verb render...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Acts 21:1-6. PAUL’S VOYAGE FROM MILETUS, AND HIS STAY IN TYRE...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΠΡΟΣΕΥΞΆΜΕΝΟΙ� with אABCE. 5. ὍΤΕ ΔῈ ἘΓΈΝΕΤΟ ἩΜΑ͂Σ ἘΞΑΡΤΊΣΑΙ ΤᾺΣ ἩΜΈΡΑΣ, _and when we had accomplished those days_. Literally, ‘when it came to pass that we had &c.’ For the construction in the Greek...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.)_, ем. ст. 1. ΈΞΑΡΤΊΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΈΞΑΡΤΊΖΩ (G283) исполнять, завершать. Здесь в _знач._ завершения периода времени; то есть по истечении этого времени, семи дне...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    5, 6. When the seven days had passed, including, most likely, a Lord's day, in which the disciples came together to break bread, another scene of painful parting occurred, like that at Miletus. (5) "_...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WE DEPARTED, AND WENT OUR WAY. — Literally, _and were going on our way,_ the tense bringing before us something like a procession wending its way from the city to the shore. WE KNEELED DOWN ON THE SHO...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐξαρτίσαι : here in the sense of accomplishing the days, _i.e._, finishing the time, the seven days during which we had to remain for the cargo to be unloaded or for other business = ἀπαρτίζειν (and _...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    _“....Going out we departed, all accompanying us, along with the women and children, even without the city, and, putting down our knees on the sand, praying, we bade each other adieu.”_ Lord, rebuke o...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And finding disciples we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. (5) And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    − 5._With their wives and children. _This was no small testimony of love, in that they accompanied Paul out of the city with their wives and children, which thing Luke doth report, partly that he migh...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND WHEN WE HAD ACCOMPLISHED THOSE DAYS,.... The seven days before mentioned: WE DEPARTED AND WENT OUR WAY; from their quarters where they lodged, or from some one house of the disciples, where they...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till _we were_ out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, an...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Finding disciples, we tarried there seven days_ In order to spend a sabbath with them. _Who said to Paul, through the_ inspiration of the _Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem_ The meaning s...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    From Tyre to Caesarea:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND WHEN WE HAD ACCOMPLISHED THOSE DAYS, WE DEPARTED AND WENT OUR WAY; AND THEY ALL BROUGHT US ON OUR WAY, WITH WIVES AND CHILDREN, TILL WE WERE OUT OF THE CITY. AND WE KNEELED DOWN ON THE SHORE AND P...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    WHEN WE HAD COME TO THE END OF THOSE DAYS, WE DEPARTED AND WENT ON OUR WAY; AND THEY ALL ACCOMPANIED US, WITH WIVES AND CHILDREN, TILL _WE WERE_ OUT OF THE CITY. AND WE KNELT DOWN ON THE SHORE AND PRA...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "With wives and children" This is the first specific mention of children in connection with the early church. "After kneeling down" Compare with Acts 20:36. "On the beach" There is. beach on both side...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    5, 6. When the seven days had passed, including, most likely, a Lord's day, in which the disciples came together to break bread, another scene of painful parting occurred, like that at Miletus. (5) "_...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 21:5 G1161 When G3753 we G2248 had G1096 (G5633) end G1822 (G5658) days G2250 departed...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And when it came about that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way till we were out of the city. And kneeling...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 21:5. AND WHEN WE HAD ACCOMPLISHED THOSE DAYS. That is, simply when the seven days at Tyre had come to an end. WE DEPARTED AND WENT OUR WAY. Literally, ‘and were going on our way.' ‘The imperfe...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    THAT WE HAD ACCOMPLISHED THE DAYS (εξαρτισα ημας τας ημερας). First aorist active infinitive of εξαρτιζω, to furnish perfectly, rare in ancient writers, but fairly frequent in the papyri. Only twice...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And we kneeled down on the shore and prayed._ THE SEAMAN’S FAREWELL The scripture is an excellent pattern for all who go down to do business in the great waters. It is true Paul’s business was not t...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 8:54; 2 Chronicles 20:13; Acts 15:3; Acts 17:10; Acts 20:36;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Accomplished [ε ξ α ρ τ ι σ α ι]. Only here and 2 Timothy 3:17, where it is used in the sense of equip or furnish. Children. The first time that children are mentioned in the notice of a Christian ch...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, 1. That nothing could divert the apostle from his intended journey to Jerusalem: the report of sufferings was no discouragement to him, nor could the persuasive intreaties of his friends...

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