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Verse Acts 13:11. _THE HAND OF THE LORD_ IS _UPON THEE_] The _power_
of God is now about to deal with thee in the way of _justice_.
_THOU SHALT BE BLIND_] Every word here proves the immediate
inspir...
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THE HAND OF THE LORD IS UPON THEE - God shall punish thee. By this
sudden and miraculous punishment he would be awed and humbled, and the
proconsul and others would be convinced that he was an imposto...
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PART III
The Witness to the Gentiles.
The Apostle to the Gentiles; his Ministry and Captivity.
Chapter s 13-28
CHAPTER 13
_ 1. The Divine Choice. Barnabas and Saul separated unto the work
(Acts 1...
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SUCCESSES IN CYPRUS.
Acts 13:4. went down: the usual phrase in connexion with a seaport.
SELEUCIA is the port of Antioch, about sixteen miles from it.
Acts 13:5. Salamis is the eastern port of Cyprus...
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THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (Acts 13:1-3)
Acts 13:1-52; Acts 14:1-28 tell the story of the first missionary
journey. Paul and Barnabas set out from Antioch. Antioch was 15 miles
up the River Orontes...
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So when they had been sent out by the Holy Spirit they went down to
Seleucia, and from there they sailed away to Cyprus. When they were in
Salamis they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogue of t...
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SEEING. Greek. _blepo._ App-133.
FOR. until.
IMMEDIATELY. Greek. _parachrema,_ as in Acts 3:7.
MIST. Greek. _achlus._ Only here.. medical word for incipient
blindness.
SOME TO LEAD, &C. Literally h...
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_the hand of the Lord_ Of the Jehovah whose ways he had perverted, for
it could only have been after the Jewish faith that Sergius Paulus had
made his enquiries of Elymas, who instead of teaching him...
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Acts 13:1-12. BEGINNING OF SAUL’S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY. HE
VISITS CYPRUS...
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ΧΕῚΡ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ, _the hand of the Lord_, i.e. of that Jehovah
whose ways Elymas had perverted, for it could only have been after the
Jewish faith that Sergius Paulus had made his inquiries of Elymas, who...
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_ELYMAS, A FALSE PROPHET, A SORCERER ACTS 13:4-12:_ John Mark
accompanied Paul and Barnabas as they went to Seleucia and then sailed
to the island of Cyprus. In Salamis they began to preach God's mess...
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ΈΣΗ _fut. ind. med. 2 pers. sing. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть,
ΒΛΈΠΩΝ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΒΛΈΠΩ (G991)
видеть,
ΈΠΕΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098) падать,
ΆΧΛΫ́Σ (G887) облако. Авторами
м...
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DISCOURSE: 1775
ELYMAS THE SORCERER STRUCK BLIND
Acts 13:9. Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy
Ghost, set his eyes on him, and said, O full of all subtilty and all
mischief, th...
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AT PAPHOS. Acts 13:6-12.
Acts 13:6
And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they
found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was
Bar-Jesus;
Acts 13:7
who was wi...
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See notes one verse 8...
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And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be
blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on
him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some t...
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17 The death of James and the escape of Peter mark a crisis in the
history of the kingdom proclamation. The power in Jerusalem passes out
of the hands of the apostles into the hands of James, the Lord...
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13:11 Lord's (b-5) Possibly 'Jehovah.'...
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ST. PAUL AS A MISSIONARY
1. Prophets] see on Acts 11:27. SIMEON THAT WAS CALLED NIGER] Niger
was a Roman cognomen. LUCIUS OF CYRENE] doubtless one of those
Cyrenians who first preached at Antioch (Act...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 13
THE *HOLY SPIRIT CHOOSES BARNABAS AND SAUL, 13:1-3
V1 There were some *prophets and teachers in the *church at Antioch.
They were Barnabas,...
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THE HAND OF THE LORD IS UPON THEE. — The anthromorphic phrase would
convey to every Jew the thought of a chastisement which was the direct
result of the will of God. (Comp. 1 Kings 18:46; Ezekiel 1:3;...
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καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ, _cf._ Hort, _Ecclesia_, p. 179. μὴ
βλέπων τὸν ἥλιον : emphasising the punishment, as it
would imply that he should be stone-blind (Weiss). ἄχρι
καιροῦ : “until a season,” R.V. margin, “u...
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BEGINNING A MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN
Acts 13:1-12
This is one of the greatest Chapter s in the New Testament, making a
new departure in the ministry of the gospel, which henceforth begins
to pass out to t...
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The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and
was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in
Antioch sent Saul and Barnabas, and it is declared immediately...
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Preaching at Paphos
The company first went to Seleucia, which was the port city of
Antioch. It was located about 16 miles downstream. They sailed
approximately one hundred miles to Salamis, the larges...
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And now, behold, the (f) hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou
shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there
fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking s...
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Now Paul, in the name of the Lord, pronounces on him an awful anathema
of physical blindness, symbolic of his spiritual darkness, which
immediately supervenes, beginning with a mist and developing int...
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SATAN'S PREACHER AND THE CONVERSION OF THE PROCONSUL
6-12. Having traveled across the island of Cyprus throughout the whole
length from east to west, everywhere preaching the Word, they arrive
at Paph...
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And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the
synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. (6)
And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they foun...
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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...
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11._Behold the hand. _The hand is put here to punish; (789) a whereby
he doth signify that God is the author of this punishment, and that he
is only the minister. Furthermore, I think that this habili...
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We come now to the beginning of the direct history of the work, new in
some important respects, that is, connected with Paul's mission by the
immediate intervention of the Holy Ghost. It is not now Ch...
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AND NOW BEHOLD THE HAND OF THE LORD IS UPON THEE,.... That is, the
power of God was just ready to be exerted on him in a way of
punishment, by striking him with blindness:
AND THOU SHALL BE BLIND, NO...
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And now, behold, the hand of the Lord _is_ upon thee, and thou shalt
be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell
on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some...
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_Then Saul, who also is called Paul_ Moved by an immediate inspiration
of the _Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him_ Looked steadfastly on that
impostor, and said, with just indignation, _O full of all sub...
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THE HAND OF THE LORD; he will visit thee in judgment....
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AND NOW, BEHOLD, THE HAND OF THE LORD IS UPON THEE, AND THOU SHALT BE
BLIND, NOT SEEING THE SUN FOR A SEASON. AND IMMEDIATELY THERE FELL ON
HIM A MIST AND A DARKNESS; AND HE WENT ABOUT SEEKING SOME TO...
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The opposition of Elymas:...
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From this time our attention is drawn particularly to the work of
Saul, whose name is in this chapter changed to Paul, meaning "little,"
for one who is the most greatly used of God is, in his own esti...
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AND NOW, INDEED, THE HAND OF THE LORD _IS_ UPON YOU, AND YOU SHALL BE
BLIND, NOT SEEING THE SUN FOR A TIME. " AND IMMEDIATELY A DARK MIST
FELL ON HIM, AND HE WENT AROUND SEEKING SOMEONE TO LEAD HIM BY...
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"The hand of the Lord" God's power manifested in. punishment. "You
will be blind... for. time" Note God's mercy. This blindness was
temporary and was designed to put this false prophet out of commissi...
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4-13 Satan is in a special manner busy with great men and men in
power, to keep them from being religious, for their example will
influence many. Saul is here for the first time called Paul, and neve...
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THE HAND OF THE LORD is put for any powerful action of God, whether in
mercy or judgment: here it is put for the Divine power wherewith God
strikes his enemies. God did in judgment remember mercy, inf...
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Acts 13:11 And G2532 now G3568 indeed G2400 (G5628) hand G5495 Lord
G2962 upon G1909 you G4571 and...
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THE EXPANSION OF THE WORD IN CYPRUS AND ASIA MINOR, WITH SATAN'S
COUNTERATTACK BEING DEFEATED AT AN ASSEMBLY IN JERUSALEM, WHICH IS
THEN FOLLOWED BY FURTHER MINISTRY (13:1-18:22).
Jerusalem having for...
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THE MINISTRY OF PAUL AND BARNABAS RESULTS IN THE COUNTER-ATTACK OF
SATAN AND THE GATHERING AT JERUSALEM (13:1-15:35).
Leaving Antioch under the direct commissioning of the Holy Spirit, in
a parallel c...
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“And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be
blind, not seeing the sun for a season.” And immediately there fell
on him a mist and a darkness, and he went about seeking some to le...
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Acts 13:11. THOU SHALT BE BLIND. Miracles of punishment are very rare
in the New Testament. Peter and Paul each once at least worked a
miracle of wrath in the name of their Master, Peter, in the case...
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UPON THEE
(επ σε). The use of επ with the accusative is rich and varied,
the precise shade of meaning depending on the content. The "hand of
the Lord" might be kindly (Acts 11:21) or hostile (Hebrew...
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CONTENTS: Paul and Barnabas called. Satanic opposition from a
sorcerer. Paul's sermon in the synagogue at Antioch. Opposition from
Jews. Paul and Barnabas turn to Gentiles.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Ho...
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Acts 13:1. _The church that was at Antioch,_ which was counted one of
the five apostolic churches. It is the true church by way of eminence,
the synagogue having degenerated into a state of warfare wi...
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YOU SON OF THE DEVIL! This is the only recorded miracle by an apostle,
done for the purpose of injury. Yet this had to be done to show the
power of Christ superior to the power of this man. Sergius Pa...
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_As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,
Separate unto Me Barnabas and Saul._
THE COMPLETION OF THE APOSTOLATE
This act was no conferring of the apostleship by the prophets a...
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_And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them,
they sent them away._
UNDYING FAME
History has contemptuously obliterated from her annals the names of
countless kings, who have se...
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THEN SAUL (WHO ALSO IS CALLED PAUL).
The crisis in Saul’s history and his change of name
From this point Paul appears as the great figure in every picture, and
Barnabas falls into the background. The...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:11 THE PROCONSUL BELIEVED. Throughout Acts 1:1,
miracles have a significant role in bringing unbelievers to genuine
faith....
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:4 The two missionaries worked first on Cyprus,
Barnabas’s home (Acts 4:36). The events of Paul’s first missionary
journey are recorded in...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:1 The Witness in Cyprus and Southern Galatia.
Chapters Acts 13:1 and Acts 14:1 re
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 13:4. SELEUCIA.—“Civitas potens, sæpta muris neque in
barbarum corrupta sed conditoris Seleucia retinens” (Tac, _An._, vi.
42). The port of Antioch, three miles west of the cit...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 13:1
_At Antioch., in the Church that was there _for _in the Church that
was at Antioch, _A.V.; _prophets, _etc., for _certain prophets, _etc.,
A.V. and T.R.; _Barnabas, _etc., for _a...
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Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and
teachers; Barnabas, Simeon that was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene,
and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,...
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1 Samuel 5:11; 1 Samuel 5:6; 1 Samuel 5:9; 2 Kings 6:8; 2 Peter 2:17;...
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Mist [α χ λ υ ς]. Only here in New Testament. The word is used by
medical writers as a name for a disease of the eyes. The mention of
the successive stages, first dimness, then total darkness, are
cha...
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ELYMAS, PAULUS, AND PAUL
Acts 13:7
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Barnabas and Saul and John Mark made up the party that journeyed
together, as the Holy Ghost led them in the way. It was a strong
party, and th...
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And immediately a mist — Or dimness within, and darkness without,
fell upon him....