CHAPTER 21 BOUND FOR JERUSALEM.—THE TERMINATION OF THE THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY § 1. Seven Days at Tyre; or, Impending Danger announced (Acts 21:1). § 2. With Philip at Cæsarea; or, Renewed Foreannouncements of Evil (Acts 21:7). § 3. With James and the Elders at Jerusalem; or, Mistaken Counsel (A... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 departed from them_. The “we” certainly included Luke and, most probably, Trophimus (Acts 21:29) and Arist... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 21:7. AND WHEN HE HAD FINISHED OUR COURSE FROM TYRE might be read _but me, having finished our voyage, came down from Tyre_ (Alford). From Tyre, a moderate day’s journey by land and a few hour’s by sea. PTOLEMAIS.—The ancient Accho (Judges 1:31), the modern _Akka_ of the Ara... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 21:15. WE TOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES, or things to be carried (see Judges 18:21).—ἀποσκευασάμενοι. The reading of the Received text should be translated, _having packed away our baggage—i.e._, the superfluous part of it (Olshausen); or _having discharged our baggage—i.e._, unpack... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 21:26. PAUL TOOK THE MEN, AND THE NEXT DAY PURIFYING HIMSELF, might read _took the men the next day, and having purified himself_, not by performing the ordinary ablutions required before entering the temple (Howson), but by entering with them upon the same course of dedicat... [ Continue Reading ]