Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 21:40
In the Hebrew tongue — That dialect of it, which was then commonly spoken at Jerusalem.
In the Hebrew tongue — That dialect of it, which was then commonly spoken at Jerusalem.
Verse Acts 21:40. _PAUL STOOD ON THE STAIRS_] Where he was out of the reach of the mob, and was surrounded by the Roman soldiers. _BECKONED WITH THE HAND_] _Waving_ the hand, which was the sign that...
LICENCE - Liberty; permission. ON THE STAIRS - See the notes on Acts 21:35. BECKONED WITH THE HAND - Waving the hand as a sign that he was about to address them, and to produce silence and attention....
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...
GIVEN HIM LICENCE. Same word as "suffer" in Acts 21:39. STOOD... AND. standing. BECKONED. See note on Acts 12:17. SPAKE UNTO THEM. addressed (them). Greek. _prosphoneo_. Only here, Acts 22:2.
_And when he had given him licence_[leave, _R. V._. And as the same verb occurs in the previous verse, the _Rev. Ver._has there "_give me leave to speak_, &c." It is fitting that in such passages the...
ἘΠΙΤΡΈΨΑΝΤΟΣ ΔῈ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂, _and when he had given him leave_. As in the previous verse. ΚΑΤΈΣΕΙΣΕΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΧΕΙΡΊ, _he beckoned with his hand_. Apparently the chief captain had also been so far impressed by...
PAUL ASKS LEAVE TO ADDRESS THE CROWD...
_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...
ΈΠΙΤΡΈΨΑΝΤΟΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 21:39. _Gen. abs._ ΈΣΤΏΣ _perf. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять, ΚΑΤΈΣΕΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΣΕΊΩ (G2678) махать рукой (_см._ Acts
IN THE HEBREW TONGUE,— Literally _In the Hebrew dialect,_ which was the Syro-Chaldaic, and the _language,_ or vulgar tongue, then in use among the Jew _INFERENCES.—_Who can fail to admire the excellen...
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...
40. "_And when he gave him permission, Paul, standing upon the stairs, waved his hand to the people. And when there was general silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying,_...
And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, And...
40 God acts in marvelous ways. Human opposition works out his purposes quite as effectively as human help. What better means could be devised to get all Jerusalem as well as representatives from the d...
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...
PAUL STOOD ON THE STAIRS. — The position was one which raised him above the people, and the characteristic gesture commanded instant attention. And he spoke, not as they expected in the Greek, which b...
Acts 21:17 CHAPTER 17 A PRISONER IN BONDS. Acts 21:2; Acts 21:17; Acts 21:33;...
ἐπιτρέψ.: because he no doubt saw that Paul's purpose was to inform and pacify the people, so that there is nothing strange in such permission to speak. κατέσεισε, see on Acts 12:17. “What nobler spec...
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...
He spoke in the dialect of the country, which was partly Hebrew and partly Syriac, but the Syriac greatly prevailed; and fro the steps, Greek: epi tous anastathmous, which led to the fortress of Anton...
REFLECTIONS READER! what a sweet prospect is here shewn, to the ministers and congregations of the faithful, in the representations of Paul and his companions, going about in their visitation of the d...
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...
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 WHEN HE HAD GIVEN HIM LICENCE,.... To speak to the people, which he could not well deny him, after he had so freely declared who he was, and in so courteous a manner addressed him, and asked leave...
And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto _them_ in the Hebrew tongue, saying, Ve...
_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...
THE HEBREW TONGUE; the dialect of the Hebrew then spoken in Palestine....
PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE JEWS. Acts 21:40 ; Acts 22:1 Concerning Paul's early life and persecution of the Church: And when he had given him license, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand u...
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...
SO WHEN HE HAD GIVEN HIM PERMISSION, PAUL STOOD ON THE STAIRS AND MOTIONED WITH HIS HAND TO THE PEOPLE. AND WHEN THERE WAS A GREAT SILENCE, HE SPOKE TO _THEM_ IN THE HEBREW LANGUAGE, SAYING, 1. The c...
Paul might have been given permission because the commander reasoned that. man with such. background could be trusted. "Why should Paul want to talk to these persecutors? The content of his message an...
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...
PAUL STOOD ON THE STAIRS; as he was now about to be carried into the castle Antonia, before mentioned. AND BECKONED WITH THE HAND; signifying that he craved their audience; as ACTS 12:17, ACTS 13:16....
40. "_ And when he gave him permission, Paul, standing upon the stairs, waved his hand to the people. And when there was general silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying, "_...
Acts 21:40 So G1161 given G2010 him G846 permission G2010 (G5660) Paul G3972 stood G2476 (G5761) on...
‘And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand to the people, and when there was made a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,' Re...
Acts 21:40. AND WHEN HE HAD GIVEN HIM LICENCE. There is nothing to call for the surprise which some have expressed at this permission being granted by the Roman authority for the suspected Paul to spe...
WHEN HE HAD GIVEN HIM LEAVE (επιτρεψαντος αυτου). Genitive absolute of aorist active participle of the same verb επιτρεπω.STANDING ON THE STAIRS (εστως επ των αναβαθμων). Second perfect active par...
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...
_Paul stood on the stairs and beckoned with the hand._ BECKONING WITH THE HAND Paul’s object was to gain silence. The man who has to address a noisy crowd does not begin by howling out “Silence!” th...
_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...
2 Kings 9:13; Acts 12:17; Acts 13:16; Acts 19:33; Acts 22:2;...
Beckoned with the hand. Compare ch. 26 1. Tongue [δ ι α λ ε κ τ ω]. Lit., dialect : the language spoken by the Palestinian Jews - a mixture of Syriac and Chaldaic....