Genuine Acts of Peter of Alexandria
Then this most gentle teacher going to the rest of the clergy, who, as I have said, had come in to him to speak in behalf of Arius, spake to them his last consoling words, and such as were necessary; then pouring forth his prayers to God, and bidding them adieu, he dismissed them all in peace.[18]
Verse Acts 20:38. _THAT THEY SHOULD SEE HIS FACE NO MORE_] This was a most solemn meeting, and a most affecting parting. The man who had first pointed out to them the Lord Jesus Christ, by whom they...
SORROWING MOST OF ALL ... - This was a most tender and affectionate parting scene. It can be more easily imagined than described. We may learn from it: (1) That the parting of ministers and people is...
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...
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
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,...
SORROWING. Greek. _odunomai._ Only here, Luke 2:48; Luke 16:24; Luke 16:25. FOR. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. THE WORDS. the word. Greek. _logos._ App-121. SHOULD. were about to. see
_sorrowing … the words which he spake_ More literally "the word which he had spoken" (_Rev. Ver._). _that they should see_, &c. The word in the original is not that which the Apostle uses in Acts 20:2...
PAUL SENDS FOR THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS, GIVES THEM HIS PARTING CHARGE, AND LEAVES MILETUS...
ἘΠῚ ΤΩ͂Ι ΛΌΓΩΙ ὮΙ ΕἸΡΉΚΕΙ, _for the word which he had spoken_. On the attraction of the relative cf. Acts 1:1. ΤῸ ΠΡΌΣΩΠΟΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΩΡΕΙ͂Ν, _to behold his face_. The Apostle in Acts 20:25 uses only ὁ...
_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...
ΌΔΥΝΏΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (conymcme.)_ от ΌΔΥΝΆΟΜΑΙ (G3600) быть в отчаянии, горевать, печалиться, ΜΆΛΙΣΤΑ (G3122) особенно, Ω _dat. sing._ rel. _pron. от_ ΌΣ (G3739). _Dat._ по аттракции...
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 36...
Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should...
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...
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...
ὀδυνώμενοι : common in Luke and Acts, only three times elsewhere in N.T., Luke 2:48; Luke 16:24-25. θεωρεῖν, Lucan, _cf._ Acts 17:16; Acts 17:22, “to behold,”
COMMENDED TO GOD Acts 20:28 Notice the change of the Revised Version in Acts 20:28. The elder, whether presbyter or bishop, is not put _over_ the flock; he is _in_ it like the rest, needing redemptio...
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...
Paul's Charge to the Ephesian Elders Because he did not anticipate seeing them again, the apostle charged those elders, who had been selected on the basis of the qualifications listed by the Holy Spir...
_“Especially grieving over the word which he had spoken, that they are about to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.”_ Some of the holiness people emphasize the holy kiss, not w...
REFLECTIONS READER! let you and I behold with delight, what is here said, of the Apostle and his companions, celebrating the Lord's supper on the Lord's day. Let it encourage our hearts to delight in...
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...
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...
SORROWING MOST OF ALL FOR THE WORDS WHICH HE SPAKE,.... In Acts 20:25 it filled them with sorrow to part with him; but this was increased, and made almost intolerable by what he said, THAT THEY SHOU...
Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. Ver. 38. _Sorrowing most_] They are out, then, _qui ferream et imman...
_When he had thus spoken, he kneeled down_ The posture generally used by the apostles and first Christians in prayer, as it had been also by our Lord himself, and by holy men of old; see the margin. A...
SORROWING MOST OF ALL FOR THE WORDS WHICH HE SPAKE THAT THEY SHOULD SEE HIS FACE NO MORE. AND THEY ACCOMPANIED HIM UNTO THE SHIP. The touching farewell address of Paul had deeply moved all the elders...
The elders bid their teacher Godspeed:...
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...
SORROWING MOST OF ALL FOR THE WORDS WHICH HE SPOKE, THAT THEY WOULD SEE HIS FACE NO MORE. AND THEY ACCOMPANIED HIM TO THE SHIP. 1. Saddened that he was leaving. 2. They were sad for the warnings he...
The Reformed Pastor. pp. 121-122....
28-38 If the Holy Ghost has made ministers overseers of the flock, that is, shepherds, they must be true to their trust. Let them consider their Master's concern for the flock committed to their char...
The loss of a faithful and painful minister is a public loss, and many are concerned in it; besides, they had found great benefit by his ministry, and could not but be sensible of their missing of it....
Acts 20:38 sorrowing G3600 (G5746) all G3122 for G1909 words G3056 which G3739 spoke G2046 (G5715) that...
‘And they all wept grievously, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the word which he had spoken, that they would behold his face no more. And they brought him on his way...
PAUL'S ADDRESS TO THE ELDERS OF THE EPHESIAN CHURCH (20:17-38)....
Acts 20:38. THAT THEY SHOULD SEE HIS FACE NO MORE. In this both Paul and his companions in work the elders of Ephesus were no doubt wrong. St. Paul most probably did revisit these shores, and no doubt...
_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...
SORROWING (οδυνωμενο). Present middle participle of οδυναω, old verb to cause intense pain, to torment (Luke 16:24), middle to distress oneself (Luke 2:48; Acts 20:38). Nowhere else in N.T.WHICH HE...
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...
HE KNELT DOWN WITH THEM ALL AND PRAYED. This is the final good-bye. These people are more emotional than we are, but remember Paul is their spiritual leader and close friend, and they never expect to...
_And they all wept sore … sorrowing most of all … that they should see his face no more._ PAUL’S FAREWELL I. The tears of the noble servants of God. 1. A painful tax of human weakness, which even t...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:38 SORROWFUL. Paul’s churches had deep affection for him. ⇐ ⇔
_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 16:11; Acts 15:3; Acts 21:16; Acts 21:5; Acts 20:25...
See [θ ε ω ρ ε ι ν]. See on Luke 10:18. The word for steadfast, earnest contemplation suggests the interest and affection with which they looked upon his countenance for the last time....
Sorrowing most for that word which he spake, that they should see his face no more — What sorrow will be in the great day, when God shall speak that word to all who are found on the left hand, that th...