Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 21:15
We took up our carriages — Our baggage; which probably went by sea before. What they took with them now in particular was the alms they were carrying to Jerusalem, Acts 24:17.
We took up our carriages — Our baggage; which probably went by sea before. What they took with them now in particular was the alms they were carrying to Jerusalem, Acts 24:17.
ACTS 21:12-15 In these verses one or another Western witness makes sundry small additions. In ver. Acts 21:12 after oi` evnto,pioi D and itgig add to.n Pau/lon; in ver....
Verse Acts 21:15. _TOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES_] αποσκευασαμενοι; We made ourselves ready; packed up our things; got our baggage in order. This is what the text means....
AFTER THOSE DAYS - After what had occurred, as related in the previous verses. WE TOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES - This is a most unhappy translation. The word carriage we apply now exclusively to a vehicle fo...
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...
ACTS 21:15 F. TO JERUSALEM.We packed up is probably nearer the original than either AV or RV (see _mg.)._ The arrangement of quarters at Jerusalem for the party is interesting; but D and the Philox. S...
NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
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...
AFTER. Greek. _meta_. App-104. TOOK UP, &C. having prepared for moving, or packed up. "Carriage" is used in the old sense of that which is carried. Compare 1 Samuel 17:22. Greek. _aposkeuazomai._ Onl...
The Journey to Jerusalem 15. _And after those days we took up our carriages Rev. Ver._" OUR baggage." In the English of the A.V. "carriages" were things which were carried. The word is found in this s...
ἘΠΙΣΚΕΝΑΣΆΜΕΝΟΙ, _having made ready our baggage_. The verb is used now and then in the LXX. of making ready the lamps &c. in the house of the Lord. In classical Greek it is common enough, but only occ...
15, 16. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM...
_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...
ΈΠΙΣΚΕΥΑΣΆΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΈΠΙΣΚΕΥΆΖΟΜΑΙ (G643) готовиться, собираться (LC). ΆΝΕΒΑΊΝΟΜΕΝ _impf. ind. act., см._ Acts 21:6. Inch, _impf._, "мы пошли"....
WE TOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES,— _Making up our baggage, we went,_ &c....
IN JERUSALEM. Acts 21:15-16. Acts 21:15 And after these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem. Acts 21:16 And there went with us also certain of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing...
15, 16. (15) "_And after those days, we packed up our baggage, and went up to Jerusalem._ (16) _Some of the disciples from Cæsarea went with us, conducting us to one Mnason, a Cyprian, and an old disc...
And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. And after those days we took up our carriages, [ EPISEUASAMENOI ( G1980a)] - 'we put up our And after those days we took up ou...
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...
TOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES] rather, 'packed up our baggage.'...
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...
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...
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...
AFTER THOSE DAYS WE TOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES... — Better, _we took up our baggage._ The English word now used always of the vehicle that carries, was in common use at the time of the Authorised version,...
ἀποσ.: A.V., “took up our carriages,” but the latter word is not used now in a passive sense for luggage or _impedimenta_, as in O.T., Judges 18:21, 1 Samuel 17:22; Isaiah 10:18, _cf._ Shakes., _Tempe...
BINDING TOGETHER THE CHURCH Acts 21:15 Mnason was an _early_ disciple. He could remember the first days of the Church's story. It was good for Paul to have the society and care of this good man durin...
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...
Paul Urged To Take Peaceful Actions The group next travelled on to Jerusalem where they planned to lodge with one of the early disciples, Mnason of Cyprus. They were joyfully greeted by the brethren i...
Now they proceed to go up to Jerusalem, taking along with them a certain Mnason, a Cyprian, an old disciple, _i. e_., one of the first disciples of the Lord Jesus when He began His ministry, _“with wh...
And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. (16) There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple,...
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...
− 15._When we had taken up our burdens. _Paul’s companions declare, that when they went about to call back Paul from danger, they did rather care for the common safety of the Church, than every man fo...
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...
AND AFTER THOSE DAYS WE TOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES,.... Or prepared themselves, both for their journey, and for whatever trials and exercises they were to meet with; they took up their bundles, which hithe...
And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. Ver. 15. _We took up our carriages_] A military term; we trussed up our fardles, made up our packs, our bag and baggage, επισκ...
_And after those days_ Spent at Cesarea, how many there were is not said; _we took up our carriages, and went_ Or, their baggage, which probably went by sea before; containing, doubtless, the alms the...
CARRIAGES; not vehicles to carry them, but things which they carried, their baggage....
The prophecy of Agabus:...
AND AFTER THOSE DAYS WE TOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES AND WANT UP TO JERUSALEM....
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...
AND AFTER THOSE DAYS WE PACKED AND WENT UP TO JERUSALEM. 16 Also some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and brought with them a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we we...
Acts 21:15-16 "Some of the disciples from Caesarea also came with us" If they cannot dissuade Paul, at least they can travel with him. "Taking us to Mnason" The name is pronounced nay sohn and means ...
8-18 Paul had express warning of his troubles, that when they came, they might be no surprise or terror to him. The general notice given us, that through much tribulation we must enter into the kingd...
As they do pack up that are to remove to another house or place, not intending to come thither any more again; this also did show their readiness of mind to endure and suffer all things, as loss of re...
15, 16. (15) "_ And after those days, we packed up our baggage, and went up to Jerusalem._ (16) Some of the disciples from Cæsarea went with us, conducting us to one Mnason, a Cyprian, and an old disc...
Acts 21:15 And G1161 after G3326 those G5025 days G2250 packed G643 (G5666) up G305 (G5707) to...
‘And after these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.' Their time at Caesarea coming to an end they took up their baggage (which included the Collection) and went up to Jerusalem. Th...
Acts 21:15. AND AFTER THOSE DAYS WE TOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES, AND WENT UP TO JERUSALEM. There is a variety here in the Greek text. The literal translation of the word found in the Received Text (ἀποσκευα...
WE TOOK UP OUR BAGGAGE (επισκευασαμενο). First aorist middle participle of επισκευαζω, old verb to furnish (σκευοσ, επ) with things necessary, to pack up, saddle horses here Ramsay holds. Here only...
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,...
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...
SOME OF THE DISCIPLES FROM CAESAREA. Groups often went along with Paul as he traveled. They could talk together and he could teach them. MNASON, FROM CYPRUS. The Latin Vulgate has Mnason in Caesarea,...
_And the next day we … came to Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the Evangelist._ PAUL AT CAESAREA I. Paul visits Philip. Learn-- 1. That fidelity in our present calling is the high...
_And after those days we took up our carriages and went to Jerusalem._ CARRIAGES TO JERUSALEM (Children’s Sermon):--This would read like a scene at a railway station only for the fact that carriages...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:15 From Caesarea to JERUSALEM was about 62 miles (100 km) by road. Paul probably arrived there in the spring of A.D. 57. ⇐
_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 bag...
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....
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...
Acts 18:22; Acts 25:1; Acts 25:6; Acts 25:9...
Took up our carriages [α π ο σ κ ε υ α σ α μ ε ν ο ι]. The verb means to pack up and carry off, or simply to pack or store away. Hence, some explain that Paul packed and stored the greater part of his...
The apostle having boldly resolved, that come life, or come death, he would be obedient to the call of God by his Spirit, and that nothing should divert him from his intended journey to Jerusalem, sit...