Acts 21:1-23

1 The party made a quick journey. The various terms, "running straight," "looming up, and leaving," suggest that they sailed before the wind, which blows from the northwest at that time of the year. 4 We cannot take this statement "who said to Paul, through the spirit, not to be stepping on board to... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 21:24-39

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] His name, beholding His signs which He did. Yet Jesus Himself did not entrust Himself to them... for H... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 21:40

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 dispersion together to hear this final testimony to the Messiah and His kingdom? Such an assemblage c... [ Continue Reading ]

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