from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God Better, "had been commended." The verb is not the same as in Acts 14:23, but the sense is. The old English verb "recommended" had the meaning which now belongs only to "commend."
Verse Acts 14:26. _AND THENCE SAILED TO ANTIOCH_] This was Antioch in _Syria_; and to reach which, by sea, they were obliged to coast a part of the Mediterranean Sea, steering between _Cyprus_ and _Ci...
AND THENCE SAILED TO ANTIOCH - See the note at Acts 11:19. FROM WHENCE THEY HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED ... - Where they had been appointed to this missionary tour by the church, Acts 13:1. TO THE GRACE OF...
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...
SAILED. sailed away. Greek. _apopleo._ See note on Acts 13:4. RECOMMENDED. committed. Greek. _paradidomi._ See note on John 19:30. grace. Greek. _charis._ App-184....
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...
ὍΘΕΝ ἮΣΑΝ ΠΑΡΑΔΕΔΟΜΈΝΟΙ ΤΗ͂Ι ΧΆΡΙΤΙ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂, _from whence they had been commended to the grace of God_. It is necessary to recur to the more usual meaning of παραδίδοσθαι before we reach the whole...
_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...
ΑΠΈΠΛΕΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΠΛΈΩ (G75) плыть, отплывать, ΉΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510). ΠΑΡΑΔΕΔΟΜΈΝΟΙ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΠΑΡΑΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G3860) передавать, поручать. Part, используетс...
AND—SAILED TO ANTIOCH,— Not thinking it proper at that time to travel through Cilicia, though they were then on the borders of it, and some Christian churches had already been planted there, (see ch....
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...
See notes on verse 24...
And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled. AND THENCE SAILED TO ANTIOCH (touching tint at Seleucia), FROM WHENCE T...
6 Lystra seems to be the first place Paul preached without first proclaiming to the Jews in the synagogue, for it seems that there were not enough Jews to have a place of worship. Hence this is the fi...
ANTIOCH] They had been absent about 18 months....
'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...
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...
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...
κἀκεῖθεν, _cf._ Acts 7:3, and Luke 11:53, in six other places in Acts in a local sense as here, only once elsewhere in N.T., in Mark 9:30, in same sense; see also Acts 13:21
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...
And thence sailed to (i) Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled. (i) Antioch of Syria....
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...
− 26._When they had been commended. _Luke might have said that they were ordained there to be the apostles of the Gentiles; but by a circuit of words − (65) he doth more plainly express that they were...
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 THENCE SAILED TO ANTIOCH,.... In Syria, FROM WHENCE THEY HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED TO THE GRACE OF GOD; by the prophets: from this place they first set out on their travels; here they were separated b...
And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia: 26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled...
_After they had passed through Pisidia_, &c. Paul and Barnabas having, on their return from Phrygia and Galatia, visited all the cities of Lycaonia and Pisidia, where they had formerly planted churche...
THE WORK WHICH THEY FULFILLED; the missionary work to which they had been appointed, chap Acts 13:2-3....
The last part of the return journey:...
AND THENCE SAILED TO ANTIOCH, FROM WHENCE THEY HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED TO THE GRACE OF GOD FOR THE WORK WHICH THEY FULFILLED....
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...
FROM THERE THEY SAILED TO ANTIOCH, WHERE THEY HAD BEEN COMMENDED TO THE GRACE OF GOD FOR THE WORK WHICH THEY HAD COMPLETED. 1. Back on board a ship, they sail to Antioch of Syria, back home, back whe...
They sail from Attalia to the Syria coast and then journey inland to Antioch. "From which" Paul and Barnabas had been sent out from Antioch and when they had left the church there had commended them t...
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...
ANTIOCH; that Antioch which was in Syria, as appears ACTS 13:1, to which this relates; and is a sufficient proof that they had not sought God in vain, and that there is no better preparation or provis...
Acts 14:26 there G2547 sailed G636 (G5656) to G1519 Antioch G490 where G3606 been G2258 (G5713) commended...
‘And they passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia. And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia, and from there they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been committ...
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 14:26. AND THENCE THEY SAILED TO ANTIOCH. The famous Syrian Antioch is here meant. It was from the Christian Church in Antioch that the Apostles Barnabas and Paul had received their commission to...
THEY SAILED AWAY TO ANTIOCH (απεπλευσαν εις Αντιοχειαν). Effective aorist active indicative of αποπλεω, to sail off. They had been gone some eighteen months.THEY HAD BEEN COMMITTED (ησαν παραδεδομ...
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 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...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:24 Paul and Barnabas retraced their steps south to PERGA and the port city of ATTALIA. They then sailed home to their sponsoring congregation in Syrian ANTIOCH. T
_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...
2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Timothy 4:2; 2 Timothy 4:5; 3 John 1:6; Acts
Recommended to the grace — Or favour, of God, for the work which they had fulfilled — This shows the nature and design of that laying on of hands, which was mentioned Acts 13:3....