Dionysius Extant Fragments Part II
And in Cephro indeed a considerable church sojourned with us, composed partly of the brethren who followed us from the city, and partly of those who joined us from Egypt. There, too, did God open to us a door[91]
ACTS 14:27 evpoi,hsen After o[sa o` qeo.j evpoi,hsen codex Bezae continues with a pleonastic combination of pronouns, auvtoi/j meta. tw/n yucw/n auvtw/n. It is generally recognized that the reading m...
Verse Acts 14:27. _HAD GATHERED THE CHURCH TOGETHER_] The Church by which they had been sent on this very important and successful mission. _THEY REHEARSED ALL THAT GOD HAD DONE WITH THEM_] Not what...
THEY REHEARSED ... - Acts 11:4. They related what had happened; their dangers and their success. This they did because they had been sent out by the church, and it was proper that they should give an...
CHAPTER 14 _ 1. The work in Iconium and the persecution of the Apostles (Acts 14:1)._ 2. In Derbe and Lystra; the Impotent Man healed (Acts 14:7). 3. The Stoning of Paul and further ministries (Act...
CLOSE OF THE FIRST TOUR. The places already visited are now taken in the reverse order, but no further information is given about them. Acts 14:23. An appointment of elders is made (_cf._ Titus 1:5) i...
ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
When they had preached the good news to that city and had made a considerable number of disciples they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. As they went they strengthened the souls of the...
WHEN THEY WERE. having. HAD. having. REHEARSED. recited. Greek. _anangello._ Compare App-121 Acts 5:6; Acts 5:6. ALL THAT. whatsoever. HAD DONE. did. THE. a....
_and had gathered the church together_ i.e. the Christian congregation at Antioch who had been moved by the Spirit (Acts 13:2) to send them forth. It was fitting therefore that to them should be made...
ΚΑῚ ΣΥΝΑΓΑΓΌΝΤΕΣ ΤῊΝ ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΝ, _and having gathered the Church together_, i.e. the Christian congregation at Antioch who had been moved by the Spirit (Acts 13:2) to send them forth. It was fitting th...
CHANGE OF FEELING IN THE MULTITUDE. PAUL IS STONED. THE APOSTLES VISIT DERBE, AND THEN RETURN, BY THE ROUTE BY WHICH THEY CAME, TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA...
_PAUL AND BARNABAS RETURN TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA ACTS 14:21-28:_ Paul and Barnabas shared salvation through Jesus every where they went. Their preaching brought many to the faith of Christ. They return t...
ΠΑΡΑΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΠΑΡΑΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G128) прибывать, ΣΥΝΑΓΑΓΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΣΥΝΆΓΩ (G238) собирать вместе, ΆΝΉΓΓΕΛΛΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΑΝΑΓΓΈΛΛΩ (G3...
DISCOURSE: 1782 SUCCESS OF THE GOSPEL A GROUND OF JOY Acts 14:27. _And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened...
AND HOW HE HAD OPENED THE DOOR OF FAITH, &C.— It is certain that the gospel was carried by the apostles, in this journey, to many celebrated countries, which it had never before reached. In the Ottoma...
IN ANTIOCH. Acts 14:26-28. Acts 14:26 and thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled. Acts 14:27 And when they were...
27, 28. The apostles had now completed their missionary tour, and there could but be great anxiety in the congregation who had sent them forth, to know the result of their labors. It was the first mis...
And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. AND WHEN THEY WERE COME, AN...
21 The report in Antioch that God _ had opened the door of faith to the nations _ sums up Paul's first missionary journey. This is given out as something new, unknown before. It is evident that Antioc...
FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-7. Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. The gospel meets with great success among both Jews and Gentiles in this populous city, and miracles are wrought in confirmatio...
'VISIT TO DERBE, AND RETURN JOURNEY TO ANTIOCH OF SYRIA. Derbe, or Claudio-Derbe, where the work of the apostles seems to have been very successful, was a small Lycaonian town on the extreme boundary...
furnishes the first example of a missionary meeting. It was a meeting of the whole Church, not of a few enthusiasts....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 14 PAUL AND BARNABAS IN ICONIUM, 14:1-7 V1 What happened in Pisidian Antioch also happened in Iconium. Paul and Barnabas went to the *synagogue...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME. — Two years or thereabouts (A.D. 45-48) had passed since their mission. During that interval little probably had been heard of them, and we can picture to ourselves the eagern...
συν. τὴν ἐκκλ., _cf._ Acts 15:30, as was natural, for they had been sent out by them. ἀνήγγειλαν : Acts 15:4 (Acts 20:20; Acts 20:27), lit [277], to carry back tidings
ESTABLISHING THE NEW BELIEVERS Acts 14:14-28 In Paul's address we have distinct anticipations of the early Chapter s of the Epistle to the Romans. How fickle a mob is! Now, enthusiastic loyalty; aga...
In Iconium there was largely a repetition of the experiences at Antioch. Becoming aware of the growing hostility, Paul and Barnabas passed on, and came to Lystra. There is a marked difference between...
Though Stoned, Paul Continues Preaching! The hostile Jews from Antioch in Pisidia and Iconium soon came to Lystra and persuaded the people to stone Paul. They dragged his seemingly lifeless body outsi...
_No little time. It is not precisely known how long he remained there, nor what he did. St. Luke relates nothing of what happened from the 46th year of Christ to the 51st [from A.D. 46 to A.D. 51], in...
Now the apostles take a circuitous route through Pisidia, Pamphylia and Italia, arriving back at Syrian Antioch, whence they set out on this great evangelistic tour. Convening the church, they are rec...
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. (20) Howbeit, as the disciples st...
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...
− 27._After they had called the Church together. _As those who return from an embassage used to give an account of their acts, so Paul and Barnabas declared to the Church all the sum of their voyage,...
Their missionary labours continue in Iconium with the same opposition from the Jews who, incapable themselves of the work, stir up the Gentiles against those who are performing it. As long as it was o...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME,.... To Antioch: AND HAD GATHERED THE CHURCH TOGETHER: which was in that place, and who came together at their request; for as they were sent out by them, they judged it prope...
And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. Ver. 27. _Preached the word i...
_And when they had gathered the church together_ It is probable the Christians at Antioch were more than ordinarily met, or could meet, in one place; but on this occasion they called together the lead...
THE CHURCH; the disciples at Antioch. OPENED THE DOOR OF FAITH UNTO THE GENTILES; prepared the way to preach to them the gospel, and led them to embrace it. Correct accounts of the manner in which God...
The last part of the return journey:...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME, AND HAD GATHERED THE CHURCH TOGETHER, THEY REHEARSED ALL THAT GOD HAD DONE WITH THEM, AND HOW HE HAD OPENED THE, DOOR OF FAITH UNTO THE GENTILES....
Iconium was also in Asia Minor: here they entered the synagogue and the Spirit of God gave them grace to so speak as to vitally influence a great number, both of Jews and Gentiles, to believe the gosp...
NOW WHEN THEY HAD COME AND GATHERED THE CHURCH TOGETHER, THEY REPORTED ALL THAT GOD HAD DONE WITH THEM, AND THAT HE HAD OPENED THE DOOR OF FAITH TO THE GENTILES. 1. Now it was time to report on the w...
When they arrived the entire congregation gathered together while Paul and Barnabas related all that had happened. Here is Bible authority for the congregation to come together and hear about the prea...
19-28 See how restless the rage of the Jews was against the gospel of Christ. The people stoned Paul, in a popular tumult. So strong is the bent of the corrupt and carnal heart, that as it is with gr...
ALL THAT GOD HAD DONE WITH THEM; God being with them, and they being labourors with God, 1 CORINTHIANS 3:9 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1. They showed how much God had honoured them in making them his instruments...
27, 28. The apostles had now completed their missionary tour, and there could but be great anxiety in the congregation who had sent them forth, to know the result of their labors. It was the first mis...
Acts 14:27 Now G1161 come G3854 (G5637) and G2532 gathered G4863 church G1577 together G4863 (G5631) reported...
FURTHER MINISTRY AND FOLLOW UP AND BACK TO SYRIAN ANTIOCH (14:20B-28). Recognising that their continued presence in Lystra would not be for the good of the infant church, and that they must let passi...
Acts 14:27. THEY REHEARSED ALL THAT GOD HAD DONE FOR THEM. The exact time during which the apostles had been absent is uncertain; we have, however, two definite points of time to assist us in determin...
GATHERED THE CHURCH TOGETHER (συναγαγοντες την εκκλησιαν). Second aorist active participle of συναγω. It "was the first missionary meeting in history" (Furneaux). It was not hard to get the church t...
CONTENTS: Work of the Gospel at Iconium, Derbe, Lystra. An impotent man at Lystra healed. Paul stoned. Elders appointed in the churches. CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Barnabas, impotent man, priest of Jupit...
Acts 14:1. _It came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the jews._ St. Luke makes here a great leap, and is very laconic, merely naming Perga and Attalia. This great...
THEY PREACHED THE MESSAGE M PERGA. They had not preached here when they landed from Paphos (Acts 13:13-14). ATTALIA. A seaport close to Perga. BACK TO ANTIOCH. The Antioch in Syria. See notes on Acts...
_And there came thither certain Jews … Who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city._ THE FICKLENESS OF THE LYSTRIANS It would not be difficult to find a parallel to th...
_And thence sailed to Antioch … And when they were come, and had gathered the Church together, they rehearsed all that God had done._ APOSTLES AND CRUSADERS AT ANTIOCH: A HISTORICAL CONTRAST If when...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:27 OPENED A DOOR. An expression Paul used elsewhere (e.g., 1 Corinthians 16:9)....
_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 14:20_ The Homeward Journey of Paul and Barnabas; or, Back to Antioch in Syria I. THE TURNING POINT.—Derbe (see on Acts 14:6). 1. The _character_ of the apostles’ work...
EXPOSITION ACTS 14:1 _Entered _for _went both, _A.V.; _Jews _for _the Jews, _A.V.; _and _for _and also, _A.V.; Greeks for _the Greeks, _A.V. Observe how in every case Greeks are found attending the s...
Paul and Barnabas, in carrying the Gospel, have come into the uncharted territories as far as the Gospel is concerned into Asia Minor. They came from Cyprus to the area that is now known as Turkey. Th...
1 Corinthians 11:18; 1 Corinthians 14:23; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 16:9;...
With them [μ ε τ α υ τ ω ν]. In connection with them; assisting them. And how [κ α ι ο τ ι]. Better, that. The and has an incressive and particularizing force : "and in particular, above all....