Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 21:37
As Paul was about to be brought into the castle — The wisdom of God taught to make use of that very time and place.
As Paul was about to be brought into the castle — The wisdom of God taught to make use of that very time and place.
Verse 37. _CANST THOU SPEAK GREEK?_] Claudius Lysias was not a _Roman_; he had, as himself informs us, purchased his citizenship of Rome with a great sum of money; (see Acts 22:28;) and it is very li...
MAY I SPEAK UNTO THEE? - May I have the privilege of making my defense before thee; or of stating the case truly; the cause of my accusation; of this tumult, etc. CANST THOU SPEAK GREEK? - Implying th...
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...
CONVERSATION ON THE STEPS: PAUL ADDRESSES THE JEWS. Josephus (_Wars,_ II. xiii. 5, _Ant._ XX. viii. 6) tells us of an Egyptian Jew who, under Felix, led 30, 000 men to the Mount of Olives with promise...
NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
When Paul was about to be brought into the barracks he said to the commander, "May I say something to you?" He said, "Can you speak Greek? Are you not then the Egyptian who some time ago started a rev...
WAS. was about. LED. brought. MAY. SPEAK. Literally If (App-118. a) it is permitted me to say something. WHO. But he. CANST THOU SPEAK. Dost thou know. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132. GREEK. Greek. _B...
Paul asks Leave to address the Crowd 37. _And as Paul was to be led into the castle_ More clearly (with _Rev. Ver._) "_was about to be brought_, &c." This must have been when Paul with the soldiers h...
PAUL ASKS LEAVE TO ADDRESS THE CROWD...
ΜΈΛΛΩΝ ΤΕ ΕἸΣΆΓΕΣΘΑΙ, _and when he was about to be brought_. This must have been when a place on the stairs had been reached where Paul was safe out of reach of the mob, and needed no longer to be bor...
_PAUL FACED AN ANGRY MOB ACTS 21:37-40:_ As Paul was being pushed toward the Temple he asked for permission to speak to the mob. The chief captain was surprised that Paul spoke the Greek language. He...
ΜΈΛΛΩΝ _praes. act. part., см._ Acts 21:27; e _inf._ для выражения непосредственного будущего: "когда его уже собрались ввести в крепость" ΕΊΣΆΓΕΣΘΑΙ _praes. pass. inf., см._ Acts 21:28. ΈΞΕΣΤΙΝ _pra...
WHO SAID, CANST THOU SPEAK GREEK?— St. Paul's addressing himself in Greek to the chief captain surprised him a good deal, as he took him for an _Egyptian impostor;_ upon which he said to him with some...
b. Jews from Asia cause Paul's arrest. Acts 21:27-40. Acts 21:27 And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and...
See notes on verse 35...
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? And as Paul was to be led into the castle ('the barracks'), he said...
24 The belief of the circumcisionists, based on tangible evidence, such as signs and wonders, was of a very different quality from that of Paul's epistles. In our Lord's day "many believe in [into] Hi...
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...
ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
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...
CANST THOU SPEAK GREEK? — The chiliarch apparently expected his prisoner to have spoken Hebrew, _i.e.,_ Aramaic, and was surprised to hear Greek; the people expected Greek, and were surprised at Hebre...
παρεμβ., see on Acts 21:34. εἰ, _cf._ Acts 1:6. Ἑλλη. γινώσκεις; no need to supply λαλεῖν, _cf._ Xen., _Cyr._, vii., 5, 31; so in Latin, _Græcè nescire_, Cic., _Pro Flacco_, iv., Vulgate, literally, _...
FACING A BIGOTED MOB Acts 21:27 Four days passed and there seemed a hope that, as the number of pilgrims grew less, Paul might escape recognition till his vow was fulfilled. In fulfilling it he was r...
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's Request to be Allowed to Speak In proper fashion, Paul asked the chief captain, who had taken him prisoner, if he could speak. The captain was surprised to hear Paul so fluently speak to him i...
_Canst thou speak Greek? We cannot doubt but St. Paul had in Greek spoke already to the tribune: upon which he said, dost thou speak Greek? and then asked him, if he were not that seditious Egyptian,...
Lysias, the Roman kiliarch, commander-in-chief at Castle Antonia on Mt. Moriah near the temple, the Roman citadel for the protection of Jerusalem, in all of his treatment of Paul shows up a very beaut...
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, (28) Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is...
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...
− 37._May I speak unto thee? _Paul offered himself to defend his cause, which all the servants of God must do. For we must do our endeavor to make our integrity known to all men, lest through our infa...
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 AS PAUL WAS TO BE LED INTO THE CASTLE,.... Just as he was got up to the top of the steps, or stairs, that led up to the castle, and was about to go into the door of it: HE SAID UNTO THE CHIEF CAP...
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? Ver. 37. _Canst thou speak Greek_] Ay, no man better, whensoever he...
_And as Paul was going to be led into the castle_ To which the soldiers were conducting him; _he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee?_ The wisdom of God teaching him to make use of that...
On the way to the barracks:...
AND AS PAUL WAS TO BE LED INTO THE CASTLE, HE SAID UNTO THE CHIEF CAPTAIN, MAY I SPEAK UNTO THEE? WHO SAID, CANST THOU SPEAK GREEK?...
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...
THEN AS PAUL WAS ABOUT TO BE LED INTO THE BARRACKS, HE SAID TO THE COMMANDER, " MAY I SPEAK TO YOU? " HE REPLIED, " CAN YOU SPEAK GREEK? 1. Paul requests to speak to the commander. 2. The commander...
"Do you know Greek?" The commander is surprised that Paul speaks to him in the Greek language. The next verse explains this surprise. Acts 21:38 "Then you are not the Egyptian" The commander had jumpe...
27-40 In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a place of safety, he was violently set upon. They falsely charged him with ill doctrine and ill practice against the Mosaic ceremonie...
MAY I SPEAK UNTO THEE? A common expression in that language, whereby he craves leave, and bespeaks attention. CANST THOU SPEAK GREEK? After the Grecian empire, their language became and continued to b...
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‘And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he says to the chief captain, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek?” Are you not then the Egyptian, who before these days...
Acts 21:37. And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? who said, Canst thou speak Greek? At the foot of the stairs leading up to the Tower of Ant...
MAY I SAY SOMETHING UNTO THEE? (Ε εξεστιν μο ειπειν τ προς σε?). On this use of ε in a direct question see on Acts 1:6. The calm self-control of Paul in the presence of this mob is amazing. His cou...
CHIEF (Greek, "chiliarchos", "the Roman tribune"). There were six such "chief captains" in each legion of 6000 men....
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 JEWS FROM THE PROVINCE OF ASIA. These were not Christian Jews, but probably the Jews from Ephesus mentioned in Acts 20:3. The language implies they did not see Paul until the seven days of purifi...
_And when the seven days were almost ended the Jews which were of Asia … stirred up all the people._ PAUL IN THE TEMPLE 1. Unholy zeal is more easily occasioned than good works (Acts 21:27). 2. Reli...
_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 requ...
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 19:30; Acts 21:19; Luke 21:15; Matthew 10:18...
Canst thou speak [γ ι ν ω σ κ ε ι ς]. Lit., dost thou know? So Rev....
Observe, 1. The justice which the chief captain, though an heathen soldier, doth St. Paul: he demands WHAT HE HAD DONE, before he punishes him. An heathen would hear the cause before he condemns the p...