Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 20:21
Repentance toward God — The very first motion of the soul toward God is a kind of repentance.
Repentance toward God — The very first motion of the soul toward God is a kind of repentance.
ACTS 20:21 eivj to.n ku,rion h`mw/n VIhsou/n {B} There is no good reason why Cristo,n should have been omitted if it were present originally, whereas scribal expansion of the names of the Lord is a...
Verse Acts 20:21. _TESTIFY BOTH TO - JEWS AND - GREEKS_] He always _began_ with the _Jews_; and, in this case, he had preached to them alone for three months, Acts 19:8, and only left their synagogues...
TESTIFYING - Bearing witness to the necessity of repentance toward God. Or teaching them the nature of repentance, and exhorting them to repent and believe. Perhaps the word “testifying” includes both...
CHAPTER 20 __ 1. Paul in Macedonia (Acts 20:1). 2. His abode in Greece, the visit to Troas and what transpired there (Acts 20:3). 3. The journey from Troas to Miletus (Acts 20:13). 4. The farewell...
PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS AT MILETUS. See Ramsay, art. Miletus in HDB, as to the difficulties of the journey at that period from Miletus to Ephesus; one had to sail to Priene and make fro...
PATHETIC APPEAL TO PAUL'S PAST WORK AT EPHESUS AND TO HIS PRESENT POSITION. Acts 20:18. after what manner I was with you: _cf._ 1 Thessalonians 2:1. Acts 20:19. serving the Lord: _cf._...
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church. When they were with him he said to them, "You yourselves know how, from the first day I came into Asia, I spent all the time,...
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
TESTIFYING. witnessing. Greek. _diamarturomai._ See note on Acts 2:40. TO THE JEWS, &C. = to. Jews and Greeks. REPENTANCE. Greek. _metanoia._ App-111. FAITH. Greek. _pistis._ App-150. JESUS CIRIST...
_testifying_, &c.… _to the Greeks_ The _Rev. Ver._omits "the" before both nouns, the Greek having no article. "_Both to Jews and to Greeks_." By "testifying" is meant "proclaiming the need of." And th...
ΔΙΑΜΑΡΤΥΡΌΜΕΝΟΣ, _testifying_, i.e. proclaiming to them their need of. Here Chrysostom says: οὐχὶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς, φησί, μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸς Ἕλληνας. ἐνταῦθα ἡ παῤῥησία. καὶ ὅτι κἃν μηδὲν ὠφελῶμεν λέγειν...
PAUL SENDS FOR THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS, GIVES THEM HIS PARTING CHARGE, AND LEAVES MILETUS...
_PAUL VISITED WITH THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS ACTS 20:17-38:_ Paul called for the Elders from the church at Ephesus to meet with him at Miletus. He reminded them that he had never tried to obtain the app...
ΔΙΑΜΑΡΤΥΡΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΔΙΑΜΑΡΤΎΡΟΜΑΙ (G1263) свидетельствовать (_см._ Acts 2:40). Part, образа действия, объясняет, как он служил Господу и как не уклонялся от службы. ΊΟΥΔΑΊΟΙΣ...
DISCOURSE: 1798 ST. PAUL’S APPEAL TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS Acts 20:17. And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye k...
TESTIFYING BOTH TO THE JEWS, &C.— The word rendered _testifying_ sometimes means to prove a thing by testimony (ch. Acts 2:40 Acts 8:25.); and sometimes, from a conviction ofits truth and importance,...
IN MILETUS. Acts 20:16-38. a. Past Ephesus to Miletus. Acts 20:16-17. Acts 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if...
See notes on verse 18...
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. TESTIFYING, [ diamarturomenos (G1263)] - the compound word implying the 'thoroug...
21 Repentance had its place in Paul's preaching while he was proclaiming the kingdom. It was associated with pardon. Henceforth he no longer preaches these, but justification and conciliation by faith...
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after Pentecost, 55 a.d. (1 Corinth...
ST PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS. He reminds them of his ministry among them (Acts 20:18). And now that the Spirit draws him to Jerusalem, to face the unknown future, he entrusts the Ephesian...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 PAUL TRAVELS THROUGH MACEDONIA AND GREECE, 20:1-6 V1 After the *riot, Paul sent for the *believers and he encouraged them. Then he said good...
REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD, AND FAITH TOWARD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. — These, under all varieties of form, whether speaking to Jews or Gentiles, to philosophers at Athens (Acts 17:30) or peasants of Lystra...
διαμαρτ., see above on p. 92; Lucan Pauline. μετάν. καὶ πίστιν, _cf._ the earliest notes in the preaching of Jesus, Mark 1:15, and these were equally the notes of the preaching of St. Peter and St. Pa...
A PARTING MESSAGE Acts 20:13 The vessel had to stop at Miletus and Paul sent word to the Ephesian elders, urging them to come and see him. He spent the day in their company, and before parting delive...
Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alway...
Meeting with the Elders from Ephesus The rest of the apostle's company travelled by ship to Assos, while he went on foot. He joined them in the ship at Assos and went on with them to Mitylene, then by...
Preaching and teaching publicly and from house to house, “the whole counsel of God,” _i. e_., _“repentance toward God,”_ as all violation of law is high treason against the divine government. Hence re...
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. (18) And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I...
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...
_REPENTANCE AND FAITH_ ‘Repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.’ Acts 20:21 Repentance must have in it three things. It must have in it hope; it must have in it love; it must...
− 21._Testifying both to Jews. _Descending now unto the third point, he setteth down the sum of this doctrine in a few words, to wit, that he exhorted all men unto faith and repentance, as it was said...
But let us return to the history of Paul. After the uproar has ceased he sends for the disciples, embraces them, and departs for Macedonia; he visits that whole country, and comes into Greece. The beg...
TESTIFYING BOTH TO THE JEWS, AND ALSO TO THE GREEKS,.... To the Jews first in their synagogue, and then to both Jews and Greeks, or Gentiles, in the school of Tyrannus; opening and explaining to both...
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 21. _Testifying_] Not barely preaching, but vehemently pressing (as matters of...
_How I kept back nothing that was profitable_ Nothing that was calculated to instruct, renew, or comfort you to render you wise and good, holy and happy; Greek, ουδεν υπεστειλαμην των συμφεροντων, του...
PAUL AND THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS. Paul addresses the elders of Ephesus:...
TESTIFYING BOTH TO THE JEWS AND ALSO TO THE GREEKS REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD AND FAITH TOWARD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Miletus was a matter of only about thirty miles from Ephesus, and connected with the ca...
Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them muc...
TESTIFYING TO JEWS, AND ALSO TO GREEKS, REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD AND FAITH TOWARD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 1. The elders are reminded that they taught Jews and Greeks (Gentiles). 2. All were obedient to...
"testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ"Testifying": As Peter did (Acts 2:40). "Stressing" (Rieu). "I insisted on" (NEB). "Repentance towar...
17-27 The elders knew that Paul was no designing, self-seeking man. Those who would in any office serve the Lord acceptably, and profitably to others, must do it with humility. He was a plain preache...
TESTIFYING to all sorts and conditions of men, for there is no difference with God, that repentance would be accepted from them by God, and that he was ready to give repentance unto them, as ACTS 11:1...
Acts 20:21 testifying G1263 (G5740) Jews G2453 and G5037 also G2532 Greeks G1672 repentance G3341 toward G1519 God...
PAUL DESCRIBES THE PERSONAL PATTERN AND FULL DEPTHS OF HIS MINISTRY TO THE EPHESIANS (18-21). We may ask, why did Paul spend so much time in this speech talking about himself? Some have suggested that...
PAUL'S ADDRESS TO THE ELDERS OF THE EPHESIAN CHURCH (20:17-38)....
Acts 20:21. REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD AND FAITH TOWARD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. These two make up the sum of all Christian doctrine a change of heart, and then a return to God and faith in the Lord Jesus. T...
_St. Paul's Farewell Address to the Elders of the Church at Ephesus,_ 18-38. In this short epitome of the discourse of the apostle on the occasion of his bidding farewell to his old Ephesian friends a...
TESTIFYING (διαμαρτυρομενος). As Peter did (Acts 2:40) where Luke uses this same word thoroughly Lucan and Pauline. So again in verses Acts 20:23; Acts 20:24. Paul here as in...
CONTENTS: Paul goes to Macedonia and Greece. His visits at Troas, Miletus. Paul's conference with the Ephesian elders. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Tim...
Acts 20:4. _There accompanied him Sopater of Berea,_ the son of Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater. Romans 16:21. _Aristarchus,_ who accompanied him to Rome, and _Secun...
ASKING THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH TO MEET HIM. We are not told about them before this, but it was Paul's custom to appoint elders in each church (Acts 14:23). Elders [church leaders] are also called she...
_And how I kept back nothing that was profitable._ RETICENCE AVOIDED The verb is one which belongs to the vocabulary of sailors, and was used for taking in or reefing sails. He, St. Paul seems to sa...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:17 Paul’s Miletus address is the only example in Acts 1:1 of a major speech to Christians. Of all Paul’s speeches in Ac
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 20:17. MILETUS.—Thirty-six miles south of Ephesus, and on the south-west of the Latmian Gulf. “Now a desolation: then an emporium of trade with four ports or docks crowded wit...
EXPOSITION ACTS 20:1 _Having sent for_ …_ and exhorted _for _called unto him, _A.V. and T.R.; _took leave of them, and departed _for _and embraced them, and departed, _A.V. DEPARTED FOR TO GO INTO MA...
Last week we left Paul in Ephesus, in the midst of a near riot in town, as Demetrius the silversmith got together his companions in trade and pointed out how the preaching of Paul was about to put the...
1 Corinthians 1:22; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 5:11; 1 John 5:5; 2 Co
Repentance toward God. Repentance has the article : the repentance which is due to God. So, also, faith : the faith which is due toward Christ, as the advocate and mediator. Acts 20:2 9Bound in the sp...