Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 13:7
The proconsul — The Roman governor of Cyprus, a prudent man — And therefore not overswayed by Elymas, but desirous to inquire farther.
The proconsul — The Roman governor of Cyprus, a prudent man — And therefore not overswayed by Elymas, but desirous to inquire farther.
Verse Acts 13:7. _THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY_] ανθυπατω, The _proconsul_. Rosenmuller and others remark, that in those days the Romans sent two different kinds of governors into the provinces. Some of...
WHICH WAS WITH THE DEPUTY - Or with the proconsul. The exact accuracy of Luke in this statement is worthy of special remark. In the time when Augustus united the world under his own power, the provinc...
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...
SUCCESSES IN CYPRUS. Acts 13:4. went down: the usual phrase in connexion with a seaport. SELEUCIA is the port of Antioch, about sixteen miles from it. Acts 13:5. Salamis is the eastern port of Cyprus...
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...
So when they had been sent out by the Holy Spirit they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed away to Cyprus. When they were in Salamis they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogue of t...
DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY. Greek. _anthupatos._ Here, verses: Acts 13:8; Acts 13:12; Acts 13:38. This is the Greek word for proconsul. Cyprus had been an imperial province, governed by. propraetor, but ac...
_which was with the deputy of the country_[PROCONSUL], _Sergius Paulus_ Under Augustus the Roman provinces were divided into two classes, one class of which (needing the presence of troops for their g...
ὋΣ ἮΝ ΣῪΝ ΤΩ͂Ι�, _which was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus_. Under Augustus the Roman provinces were divided into two classes, one class of which (needing the presence of troops for their governmen...
Acts 13:1-12. BEGINNING OF SAUL’S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY. HE VISITS CYPRUS...
_ELYMAS, A FALSE PROPHET, A SORCERER ACTS 13:4-12:_ John Mark accompanied Paul and Barnabas as they went to Seleucia and then sailed to the island of Cyprus. In Salamis they began to preach God's mess...
ΆΝΘΎΠΑΤΟΣ (G446) проконсул; глава правительства сенаторской провинции, то есть провинции, которую населяли граждане Рима (BAGD; RNE, 31-32). О Сергии Павле и надписях _см._ BRD, 150-72; ААТ, 185-86; B...
PAPHOS,— The city of Paphos was seated on the western extremity of the island of Cyprus, and famous among the Heathens for the temple and obscene worship of the Paphian Venus. There resided Sergius Pa...
AT PAPHOS. Acts 13:6-12. Acts 13:6 And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus; Acts 13:7 who was wi...
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Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. WHICH WAS WITH THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY, [ sun (G486...
17 The death of James and the escape of Peter mark a crisis in the history of the kingdom proclamation. The power in Jerusalem passes out of the hands of the apostles into the hands of James, the Lord...
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...
DEPUTY] Gk. _anthupatos_, i.e. 'proconsul,' the correct title of the governor of a senatorial province. SERGIUS PAULUS] a member of the ancient patrician gens of the Sergii. An inscription has been di...
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,...
WHICH WAS WITH THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY, SERGIUS PAULIUS. — The translators consistently use the word “deputy” as representing the Greek for “proconsul.” It will be remembered that it was applied, un...
ὃς ἦν σὺν τῷ ἀ., _cf._ Acts 4:13. Nothing was more in accordance with what we know of the _personnel_ of the strange groups which often followed the Roman governors as _comites_, and it is quite possi...
BEGINNING A MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN Acts 13:1-12 This is one of the greatest Chapter s in the New Testament, making a new departure in the ministry of the gospel, which henceforth begins to pass out to t...
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...
Preaching at Paphos The company first went to Seleucia, which was the port city of Antioch. It was located about 16 miles downstream. They sailed approximately one hundred miles to Salamis, the larges...
SATAN'S PREACHER AND THE CONVERSION OF THE PROCONSUL 6-12. Having traveled across the island of Cyprus throughout the whole length from east to west, everywhere preaching the Word, they arrive at Paph...
And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. (6) And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they foun...
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...
7.And whereas Sergius Paulus, desiring some better thing than that which he had learned from his childhood, was unaptly drawn aside unto diverse superstitions, I gather hereby that he sendeth for Paul...
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...
WHICH WAS WITH THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY, c. Or the Roman governor of the island who very likely dwelt at Paphos, it being a principal, if not the principal city in the island, since Pliny mentions it...
Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. Ver. 7. _Which was with the deputy_] The greater opposi...
_When they had gone through the isle unto Paphos_ Which lay on its western coast; _they found a certain sorcerer_ Or magician; _a false prophet_ Who falsely pretended to foretel future events; _a Jew,...
DEPUTY; that is, the proconsul; the title borne by those governors of provinces that were appointed by the Roman senate. PRUDENT; intelligent, wise, candid....
On the island of Cyprus:...
WHICH WAS WITH THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY, SERGIUS PAULUS, A PRUDENT MAN; WHO CALLED BARNABAS AND SAUL, AND DESIRED TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD. Barnabas and Saul, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, thei...
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...
WHO WAS WITH THE PROCONSUL, SERGIUS PAULUS, AN INTELLIGENT MAN. THIS MAN CALLED FOR BARNABAS AND SAUL AND SOUGHT TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD. 1. Proconsul - Thayer explains - "The emperor Augustus divid...
"Who was with" This false prophet had attached himself to. local Roman official. Since Bar-Jesus was Jewish, the proconsul may have assumed that he was. true prophet of Jehovah. Like many false prophe...
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...
THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY; whether he was pro-consul or proprietor, it is in effect the same; for he it was that governed the island. DESIRED TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD; this desire was extraordinary, an...
Acts 13:7 who G3739 was G2258 (G5713) with G4862 proconsul G446 Sergius G4588 Paulus G3972 intelligent G4908 man...
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...
‘And when they had gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer (magos), a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man o...
‘The same called to him Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.' The pro-consul called for Barnabas and Saul to declare to him the word of God. It may have been because he was a seeker...
Acts 13:7. THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY. The word rendered ‘deputy' is the Greek term for the Latin ‘proconsul.' In the Roman empire there were two classes of provincial governments. The one class was un...
WITH THE PROCONSUL SERGIUS PAULUS (συν τω ανθυπατω Σεργιω Παυλω). Luke used to be sharply criticized for applying this term to Sergius Paulus on the ground that Cyprus was a province under the appoi...
DEPUTY proconsul (Roman)....
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...
HE WAS A FRIEND OF THE GOVERNOR. The government officials of this era asked advice from magicians and fortune-tellers as a normal practice. _Since Jewish_ magicians had the greatest influence at this...
_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...
_And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away._ UNDYING FAME History has contemptuously obliterated from her annals the names of countless kings, who have se...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:7 THE PROCONSUL was the highest-ranking official in a Roman senatorial province. ⇐...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:4 The two missionaries worked first on Cyprus, Barnabas’s home (Acts 4:36). The events of Paul’s first missionary journey are recorded in...
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 13:4. SELEUCIA.—“Civitas potens, sæpta muris neque in barbarum corrupta sed conditoris Seleucia retinens” (Tac, _An._, vi. 42). The port of Antioch, three miles west of the cit...
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,...
1 Thessalonians 5:21; Acts 17:11; Acts 17:12; Acts 13:12; Acts 18:12
The deputy [α ν θ υ π α τ ω]. Better, Rev., proconsul. See Introduction to Luke, on Luke's accuracy in designating public officers. Sergius Paulus. Di Cesnola relates the discovery at Soli, which, ne...
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...