Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 13:13
John withdrawing from them returned — Tired with the fatigue, or shrinking from danger.
John withdrawing from them returned — Tired with the fatigue, or shrinking from danger.
Verse Acts 13:13. _PAUL AND HIS COMPANY LOOSED FROM PAPHOS_] They sailed away from this island, leaving, it may be presumed, Elymas a sincere and deeply humbled _penitent_; and Sergius Paul, a thoroug...
PAUL AND HIS COMPANY - Those with him - Barnabas and John - and perhaps others who had been converted at Paphos; for it was common for many of the converts to Christianity to attend on the apostles in...
PART III The Witness to the Gentiles. The Apostle to the Gentiles; his Ministry and Captivity. Chapter s 13-28 CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The Divine Choice. Barnabas and Saul separated unto the work (Acts 1...
ACTS 13:13 F. FROM CYPRUS TO PAMPHYLIA AND PISIDIA. The seaport Attalia at the mouth of the Cestrus is not mentioned. Perga is on the river about eight miles from the sea; it is mentioned because ther...
THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (Acts 13:1-3) Acts 13:1-52; Acts 14:1-28 tell the story of the first missionary journey. Paul and Barnabas set out from Antioch. Antioch was 15 miles up the River Orontes...
PAUL AND HIS COMPANY. Literally Those about (Greek. _per.)_ Paul.. Greek idiom. LOOSED. weighed (anchor). Greek. _anago._ Used in this sense once in Luke (Acts 8:22), and thirteen times in Acts (Acts...
The Apostles visit Pamphylia and Pisidia. Mark returns to Jerusalem 13. _Now when Paul and his company_ Literally, "those around Paul." Henceforth the Apostle of the Gentiles becomes the central figu...
ἈΝΑΧΘΈΝΤΕΣ ΔῈ�, _now having sailed from Paphos_. Their course would be N.W. to reach the south coast of Asia Minor. On the prompt departure from Paphos, Chrysostom says: ὅρα καὶ αὐτοὺς οὐκ ἐγχρονίζον...
THE APOSTLES VISIT PAMPHYLIA AND PISIDIA. JOHN MARK RETURNS TO JERUSALEM...
ΆΝΑΧΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΝΆΓΩ (G321) подводить; в _med._/pass, морской термин "ставить парус" (BAGD). ΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, ΕΙΣ ΠΈΡΓΗΝ ΤΉΣ ΠΑΜΦΥΛΊΑΣ в...
NOW WHEN PAUL AND HIS COMPANY— It is observable, that from this period St. Luke generally mentions Paul before Barnabas, whereas he had hitherto always mentioned him last: nay, in reckoning up the fiv...
IN PERGA. Acts 13:13. 13 Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem. ACTS 13:13 Paul now steps into the lead...
13. Without pausing to give more detailed accounts of the success of the gospel in Cyprus, our historian now hurries us away with the two apostles upon the further prosecution of their tour. (13) "_No...
Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. NOW WHEN PAUL AND HIS COMPANY LOOSED, [ anachthentes (G321)] -...
13 John, doubtless, was at fault in thus deserting the apostles. But there seems to be a deeper reason for his defection. Being from Jerusalem, and a nephew of Barnabas, he represented the weakness of...
JOHN DEPARTING FROM THEM] Mark may have objected to the conversion of so many Gentiles. Others suggest personal resentment against St. Paul, whose reputation was now eclipsing that of St. Barnabas, Ma...
ST. PAUL AS A MISSIONARY 1. Prophets] see on Acts 11:27. SIMEON THAT WAS CALLED NIGER] Niger was a Roman cognomen. LUCIUS OF CYRENE] doubtless one of those Cyrenians who first preached at Antioch (Act...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 13 THE *HOLY SPIRIT CHOOSES BARNABAS AND SAUL, 13:1-3 V1 There were some *prophets and teachers in the *church at Antioch. They were Barnabas,...
PAUL AND HIS COMPANY. — Literally, _those about Paul._ The new description is obviously chosen as indicating the new position which from this time the Apostle began to occupy as the leader of the miss...
Ἀναχθέντες, “set sail,” R.V. So in classical use, here in its technical nautical sense so too, in opposite sense, κατάγεσθαι. In this sense thirteen times in Acts, and once in Luke's Gospel, Acts 8:22...
THE SAVIOR ACCORDING TO PROMISE Acts 13:13-24 It was very natural that the missionary party should sail for Cyprus, partly because it was the first and nearest outpost of the great heathen world that...
The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in Antioch sent Saul and Barnabas, and it is declared immediately...
Proclaiming the Gospel in Antioch of Pisidia Ash says they would have landed at the port of Attalia and then gone on the short distance to Perga. For some reason, John Mark decided to leave "Paul and...
(6) Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. (6) An example in one and the very same group of people both...
_“Those about Paul, having embarked from Paphos, came into Perge of Pamphylia.”_ Here we have the first indirect reference to Luke, our historian, who is so modest we have to watch every little hint t...
Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. (14) But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in P...
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...
13.Here is set down another of Paul’s stations; for, being departed from Paphos, when he came to Antioch of Pisidia, he made there a worthy (791) sermon, which Luke will recite, together with the succ...
We come now to the beginning of the direct history of the work, new in some important respects, that is, connected with Paul's mission by the immediate intervention of the Holy Ghost. It is not now Ch...
NOW WHEN PAUL AND HIS COMPANY LOOSED FROM PAPHOS,.... Which was upon the sea coast: so Jerom y says, that Paphos was "urbs maritima", a city on the sea coast of the island of Cyprus; it was on the wes...
Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. Ver. 13. _John departing from_] Being weary of the work, he show...
_Note when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos_ Sailing to the continent of the lesser Asia; _they came to Perga_ A city _in Pamphylia_ Situated on the west side of the river Cestos, about seven m...
LOOSED; set sail, departed. PERGA IN PAMPHYLIA; Pamphylia was a province in the south part of Asia Minor, and Perga was its capital. JOHN DEPARTING FROM THEM; an act which Paul strongly disapproved....
AT ANTIOCH, IN PISIDIA. The journey and the arrival:...
NOW WHEN PAUL AND HIS COMPANY LOOSED FROM PAPHOS, THEY CAME TO PERGA IN PAMPHYLIA; AND JOHN, DEPARTING FROM THEM, RETURNED TO JERUSALEM....
From this time our attention is drawn particularly to the work of Saul, whose name is in this chapter changed to Paul, meaning "little," for one who is the most greatly used of God is, in his own esti...
NOW WHEN PAUL AND HIS PARTY SET SAIL FROM PAPHOS, THEY CAME TO PERGA IN PAMPHYLIA; AND JOHN, DEPARTING FROM THEM, RETURNED TO JERUSALEM. 1. Leaving Cyprus, they head for Perga. 1. Perga is a city in...
Notice that Paul is now mentioned first. Apparently, the Holy Spirit sees him as taking charge or exercising now the commission on which he was sent by Jesus, to be the apostle to the Gentiles (Acts 2...
4-13 Satan is in a special manner busy with great men and men in power, to keep them from being religious, for their example will influence many. Saul is here for the first time called Paul, and neve...
PERGA, a city IN PAMPHYLIA: not that there were any other cities of that name; but because this region was more commonly known, it being a country in the Lesser Asia, bordering on Cilicia. The departu...
13. Without pausing to give more detailed accounts of the success of the gospel in Cyprus, our historian now hurries us away with the two apostles upon the further prosecution of their tour. (13) " No...
Dionysius Extant Fragments Part I But the writer says: "Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem."[23]...
Acts 13:13 Now G1161 Paul G3972 party G4012 sail G321 (G5685) from G575 Paphos G3974 came G2064 ...
THE EXPANSION OF THE WORD IN CYPRUS AND ASIA MINOR, WITH SATAN'S COUNTERATTACK BEING DEFEATED AT AN ASSEMBLY IN JERUSALEM, WHICH IS THEN FOLLOWED BY FURTHER MINISTRY (13:1-18:22). Jerusalem having for...
THE MINISTRY OF PAUL AND BARNABAS RESULTS IN THE COUNTER-ATTACK OF SATAN AND THE GATHERING AT JERUSALEM (13:1-15:35). Leaving Antioch under the direct commissioning of the Holy Spirit, in a parallel c...
‘Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia, and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.' As explained above, once they had crossed the sea and arrived at...
PAUL AND HIS COMPANY PREACH IN PISIDIAN ANTIOCH. (13:13-52). Paul ‘and his company' (thus there were at least one or two others besides Mark) left Paphos and sailed across to Perga in Pamphylia. It wi...
Acts 13:13. PAUL AND HIS COMPANY. Paul now was evidently the leading person of the mission; he and Barnabas had exchanged places; the disputation before Sergius Paulus, and the miracle of punishment w...
PAUL AND HIS COMPANY (ο περ Παυλον). Neat Greek idiom as in Plato, Cratylus 440 C ο περ Hερακλειτον. On this idiom see Gildersleeve, _Syntax_, p. 264. It means a man and his followers, "those around...
Acts 13:13 I. Consider first the apostasy of John Mark. It was not a departure from Christ, but it was a departure from very plain duty. And if you will notice the point of time at which Mark threw up...
Acts 13:13. _Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem._ «John» that is, John Mark, as we see by chapter 15...
Acts 13:13. _Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. But when they departed from Perga, they came to Anti...
CONTENTS: Paul and Barnabas called. Satanic opposition from a sorcerer. Paul's sermon in the synagogue at Antioch. Opposition from Jews. Paul and Barnabas turn to Gentiles. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Ho...
Acts 13:1. _The church that was at Antioch,_ which was counted one of the five apostolic churches. It is the true church by way of eminence, the synagogue having degenerated into a state of warfare wi...
PAUL AND HIS COMPANIONS. Perga is northwest from Cyprus. BUT JOHN MARK LEFT THEM. We do not know why. It could have been the dangers he could see ahead in their work; or it could have been his Jewish...
_Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia._ PERGA IN PAMPHYLIA Because Perga was little known Pamphylia is subjoined. It was an ancient city on the river Cest...
_As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate unto Me Barnabas and Saul._ THE COMPLETION OF THE APOSTOLATE This act was no conferring of the apostleship by the prophets a...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:13 PERGA was 8 miles (13 km) inland. Paul does not seem to have remained there long, but witnessed there on his return journey (Acts 14:25). The reason for Joh
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:1 The Witness in Cyprus and Southern Galatia. Chapters Acts 13:1 and Acts 14:1 re
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 13:13. PAUL AND HIS COMPANY.—Note the two changes—first of Saul’s name, which is henceforth Paul, and next of Paul’s position in the mission as leader rather than as follower,...
EXPOSITION ACTS 13:1 _At Antioch., in the Church that was there _for _in the Church that was at Antioch, _A.V.; _prophets, _etc., for _certain prophets, _etc., A.V. and T.R.; _Barnabas, _etc., for _a...
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; Barnabas, Simeon that was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,...
2 Timothy 4:11; Acts 14:24; Acts 14:25; Acts 2:10; Acts 27:5;...
Loosed [α ν α χ θ ε ν τ ε ς]. See on Luke 8:22. Paul and his company [ο ι π ε ρ ι τ ο ν π α υ λ ο ν]. Lit., those around Paul. In later writers, used to denote the principal person alone, as John 11:1...
ELYMAS, PAULUS, AND PAUL Acts 13:7 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Barnabas and Saul and John Mark made up the party that journeyed together, as the Holy Ghost led them in the way. It was a strong party, and th...
Here we have an account of another journey which Paul and Barnabas took to preach, plant, and propagate the gospel: Namely to Perga, in Pamphylia; and from thence to Antioch in Pisidia, so called, to...