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Acts 21:12-15

Acts 21:12-15

In these verses one or another Western witness makes sundry small additions. In ver. Acts 21:12 after oi` evnto,pioi D and itgig add to.n Pau/lon; in ver. Acts 21:13 Dgr adds pro.j h`ma/j before o` Pau/loj; after deqh/nai D and Tertullian add bou,lomai; and after VIhsou/ C D itgig syrp al add Cristou/; in ver. Acts 21:14 after eivpo,ntej D adds pro.j avllh,louj; in ver. Acts 21:15 D reads meta. de, tinaj h`me,raj avpotaxa,menoi…(“And after some days we bade them farewell …”).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 21:12. _BESOUGHT HIM NOT TO GO UP TO JERUSALEM._] For they all understood the prophecy to be _conditional_ and _contingent_; and that it was in Paul's power to turn the scale....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 21 _ 1. The journey from Miletus to Tyre and Ptolemais (Acts 21:1)._ 2. In Caesarea (Acts 21:8). 3. The Apostle's Arrival in Jerusalem and his visit to the Temple (Acts 21:15). 4. The Uproa...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    TO CÆ SAREA. From Tyre to Ptolemais (p. 28) is 20 miles. The stay there is brief; the journey from Ptolemais to Cæ sarea, about 30 miles, _was_ probably by land. Philip arrived at Cæ sarea after his m...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    When we had torn ourselves away from them and had set sail, we sailed a straight course and came to Cos; on the next day we reached Rhodes; and from there we came to Patara. There we found a ship whic...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THEY OF THAT PLACE. the residents, i.e. the believers there. Greek. _entopios._ Only here. BESOUGHT. were beseeching. Greek. _parakaleo._ App-134....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _we, and they of that place_ We (i.e. St Luke and the rest who were his fellow-travellers) and the Christians of Cæsarea. The act of Agabus was in all probability done with some publicity....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Paul's Journey to Cesarea, and his Stay there _And when … Ptolemais_ For "our course" _Rev. Ver._has "the voyage" and for "came to" reads "arrived at." For the same verb in Acts 16:1, "came to" is le...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ ΤΕ ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ἘΝΤΌΠΙΟΙ, _we and they of that place_. We (i.e. St Luke and the rest who were fellow-travellers with St Paul) and the Christian congregation of Cæsarea. The act of Agabus was in all p...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    PAUL’S JOURNEY TO CÆSAREA, AND HIS STAY THERE...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _PAUL WOULD NOT RETREAT ACTS 21:1-16 :_ Paul knew that danger awaited him in Jerusalem. But he would not retreat. He took ship and quickly passed through Coos, Rhodes, and Patara. At Patara they chang...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΉΚΟΎΣΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΠΑΡΕΚΑΛΟΎΜΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870) требовать, побуждать. Конативный _impf._, "мы пытались убедить его не ходить" (RWP). ΕΝΤΌΠΙΟΣ...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CAESAREA. Acts 21:8-14. Acts 21:8 And on the morrow we departed, and came unto Caesarea: and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him. Acts 21:9...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes on verse 10...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place (the Caesarean Christians) b...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY, AUG. 52 A.D. TO PENTECOST 56 A.D. (ACTS 18:23 TO ACTS 21:16) 23. Visit to Galatia. St. Paul revisits Antioch in Syria and the Churches of Galatia and Phrygia, founded in the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ST. PAUL ARRESTED AT JERUSALEM 1. Were gotten] rather, 'had torn ourselves.' COOS] or Cos, a fertile island off the Carian coast, producing silks, ointments, wheat, and wines. RHODES] a city, and lar...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 21 PAUL VISITS THE *BELIEVERS IN TYRE, 21:1-6 V1 We said goodbye to them and then we left. We sailed straight to Cos. The next day, we went to...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BOTH WE, AND THEY OF THAT PLACE... — For the first time the courage even of the Apostle’s companions began to fail, and St. Luke admits that he himself had joined in the entreaty. Could not they, who...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    παρεκ. ἡμεῖς : St. Luke joins in the entreaty. ἐντόπ., _i.e._, the Christians of Cæsarea, including of course the inmates of Philip's house; not in LXX or Apocr., but in classical Greek. τοῦ μὴ ἀναβ.,...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    READY TO DIE FOR HIS LORD Acts 21:1 The vessel coasted along Asia Minor, sighted Cyprus, sailed to the south of it, and so finally to Tyre. There the disciples were poor and obscure, and it took sear...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Passing on toward Jerusalem, Paul and those with him reached Tyre. There the disciples urged the apostle not to go to Jerusalem; but, having received from the Spirit a revelation of all that lay befor...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Warnings On the Road To Jerusalem The departure from Miletus was an emotional one. In fact, Luke used the word for depart which Thayer says means, "tear away." They went from Cos, to Rhodes, to Patara...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    God has been good to him, giving him four daughters, all happily endued with the gift of prophecy, and efficient helpers in his evangelistic work. While Paul and his comrades enjoy the kind hospitalit...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. (11) And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thu...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    − 12._Both we. _Because they had not all one revelation, it is no marvel if their judgments were diverse. For seeing these holy men knew that there consisted much in the life or death of one man, they...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    After this time the apostle has to give account of himself, and to accomplish in a striking manner the predictions of the Lord. Brought before tribunals by the malice of the Jews, given up through the...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND WHEN WE HEARD THESE THINGS,.... These prophecies, concerning the binding of the apostle by the Jews, and the delivery of him to the Romans, and saw the symbolical representations of these things:...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And as we tarried there many days_ There being many disciples in that city, the fruit, as appears, of the ministry and miracles of Philip; _there came from Judea a prophet named Agabus_ Paul, and som...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    WE AND THEY; Paul's companions and the disciples at Cesarea....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The prophecy of Agabus:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND WHEN WE HEARD THESE THINGS, BOTH WE AND THEY OF THAT PLACE BESOUGHT HIM NOT TO GO UP TO JERUSALEM....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    From this point onwards there is no record of the work of God spreading as it had previously through Paul's energetic ministry. In fact, we read of no conversions until Chapter 28:24, though we may be...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    NOW WHEN WE HEARD THESE THINGS, BOTH WE AND THOSE FROM THAT PLACE PLEADED WITH HIM NOT TO GO UP TO JERUSALEM. 1. Now all in Paul's party are joining with the disciples from Tyre. 2. They pleaded wit...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "When we had heard this" Remember, the we includes the messengers mentioned in Acts 20:4. as well as Luke the writer. "The local residents" The brethren at Caesarea. "Began begging him not to go up to...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-18 Paul had express warning of his troubles, that when they came, they might be no surprise or terror to him. The general notice given us, that through much tribulation we must enter into the kingd...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEY OF THAT PLACE; the converts or believers that were in Caesarea, pitying him, and having a tender affection for him: SEE POOLE ON "ACTS 21:4". BESOUGHT HIM with tears, so earnest were they, as in...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 21:12 Now G1161 when G5613 heard G191 (G5656) things G5023 both G5037 we G2249 and G2532 place...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.' The result of the prophecy is that his companions, including Luke, together with the church at...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 21:12. AND WHEN WE HEARD THESE THINGS, BOTH WE, AND THEY OF THAT PLACE, BESOUGHT HIM NOT TO GO UP TO JERUSALEM. The prediction of Agabus, set forth in so striking and impressive a manner, and pos...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    BOTH WE AND THEY OF THAT PLACE (ημεις τε κα ο εντοπιο). Usual use of τε κα (both--and). Εντοπιο, old word, only here in N.T.NOT TO GO UP (του μη αναβαινειν). Probably ablative of the articular pre...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Holy Spirit forbids Paul to go to Jerusalem. Paul goes to Jerusalem. Paul takes a Jewish vow. Seized in the temple by the Jews and bound with chains. CHARACTERS: Paul, Holy Spirit, Philip,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Acts 21:1. _We came with a straight course to Coos,_ or Cos. See the map of St. Paul's travels. It is the principal island of the group called Cyclades. Hypocrates the physician, and Apelles the paint...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    TO PTOLEMAIS. On the coast, about half-way to Caesarea. Named for the Egyptian king who rebuilt the city. This is the Accho of Judges 1:31. AND ARRIVED IN CAESAREA. Some thirty or forty miles south. P...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the next day we … came to Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the Evangelist._ PAUL AT CAESAREA I. Paul visits Philip. Learn-- 1. That fidelity in our present calling is the high...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 21:7. AND WHEN HE HAD FINISHED OUR COURSE FROM TYRE might be read _but me, having finished our voyage, came down from Tyre_ (Alford). From Tyre, a moderate day’s journey by lan...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ACTS 21:1 _When it came to pass float we were parted from them, and had set sail _for _it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, _A.V.; _Cos _for _Coos_, A.V....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And so it came to pass, that after we had gotten from them, and we had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the following day unto to Rhodes, and from there to Patara: where we foun...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 20:22; Acts 21:4; Matthew 16:21...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Besought him not to go up. This suggests the case of Luther when on his journey to the Diet of Worms, and the story of Regulus the Roman, who, being, permitted to return to Rome with an embassy from t...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Both we, (his fellow travellers,) and they of the place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem — St. Paul knew that this prediction had the force of a command. They did not know this....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, 1. The entire affection of the disciples to the holy apostles; BOTH WE AND THEY OF THAT PLACE BESOUGHT HIM, THAT HE WOULD NOT GO UP TO JERUSALEM. Learn, That the lives and liberties of t...

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