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Verse Acts 21:20. _HOW MANY THOUSANDS_] ποσαι μυριαδες;
How many myriads, how many times 10,000. This intimates that there had
been a most extraordinary and rapid work even among the Jews; but what
is...
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THEY GLORIFIED THE LORD - They gave praise to the Lord for what he had
done. They saw new proofs of his goodness and mercy, and they rendered
him thanks for all that had been accomplished. There was n...
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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...
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ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM: PAUL'S NAZIRITE VOW.
Acts 21:17 gives the general impression on both sides when Paul
arrived; in Acts 21:18 he presents himself to James with his retinue,
and finds the elders, _...
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NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
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When we arrived in Jerusalem the brethren received us gladly. On the
next day Paul along with us went to visit James; and all the elders
were present. He greeted them and recounted one by one the thin...
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GLORIFIED. were glorifying. Not. single act, but. continual praising.
THE LORD. The texts read "God".
UNTO. to.
SEEST. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133.
BROTHER. Compare Acts 9:17 and 2 Peter 3:15.
THOUS...
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_And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord_ The oldest MSS. read
_God_. They took up the strain of thanksgiving which had run through
all the Apostle's story.
_and said unto him_ Their anxiety m...
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ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM. PAUL’S RECEPTION BY THE CHURCH AND BY THE
PEOPLE...
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ΘΕΌΝ for κύριον with אABCEL. _Vulg_. ‘Deum.’
ἘΝ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ἸΟΥΔΑΊΟΙΣ with אBCE. _Vulg_. ‘in
Judæis.’
20. ἘΔΌΞΑΖΟΝ ΤῸΝ ΘΕΌΝ, _they glorified God_. They
took up the strain of thanksgiving which had run thr...
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_COMPROMISE ABOUT THE LAW ACTS 21:17-26:_ When Paul and his companions
reached Jerusalem he went to visit James, the Lord's brother._ _ He
reported how that God had received many Gentiles into the kin...
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DISCOURSE: 1805
PAUL BECOMING A NAZARITE
Acts 21:20. And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said
unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are
which believe; and th...
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HOW MANY THOUSANDS— The original is μυριαδες, _myriads,_
which may only denote in general a great number; and if we consider
what a vast confluence there must have been at Jerusalem on occasion
of thi...
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THE VOYAGE TO ROME
Acts 21:17 Acts 28:31
1.
AT JERUSALEM. Acts 21:17, Acts 23:30
a.
Paul's salutation and the advice of the e
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See notes on verse 18...
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_ And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him,
Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which
believe; and they are all zealous of the law: _
And when they hea...
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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...
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THE LORD (i.e. Jesus)] RV 'God.'
23, 24. The four men were Nazirites (see Numbers 6), and St. Paul was
advised to pay for their sacrifices, and to associate himself with
their Nazirite vow during the...
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ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16)
17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
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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...
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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...
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THEY GLORIFIED THE LORD. — The better MSS. give, “they glorified
God.” The tense implies continued action, and although its meaning
would be satisfied by assuming mere ejaculations of wonder and prais...
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ἐδόξ.: “recte imperf. quia finis verbo εἶπαν
indicatur,” Blass. θεωρεῖς : the word seems to imply that
Paul had already become cognisant of the fact by his own observations
in his ministerial work. ἀδ...
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BINDING TOGETHER THE CHURCH
Acts 21:15
Mnason was an _early_ disciple. He could remember the first days of
the Church's story. It was good for Paul to have the society and care
of this good man durin...
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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...
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Paul Urged To Take Peaceful Actions
The group next travelled on to Jerusalem where they planned to lodge
with one of the early disciples, Mnason of Cyprus. They were joyfully
greeted by the brethren i...
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(4) And when they heard [it], they glorified the Lord, and said unto
him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which
believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
(4) In things in...
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_How many thousands. In the Greek, how many ten thousands. (Witham)_...
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NON-ESSENTIALITY OF ECCLESIASTICAL ORDINANCES
20. _“And hearing, they continued to glorify God and said to him,
You see, brother, how many myriads there are among the Jews of those
having believed, an...
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And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to
Jerusalem. (16) There went with us also certain of the disciples of
Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple,...
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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...
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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...
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AND WHEN THEY HEARD IT,.... The narrative of the wonderful spread of
the Gospel among the Gentiles, and the numerous conversions of them:
THEY GLORIFIED THE LORD; or "God", as the Alexandrian copy, t...
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And when they heard _it_, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him,
Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which
believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
Ver. 20. _Many thou...
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_When they heard it, they glorified the Lord_ The Lord Christ, for
this wonderful demonstration of his presence and grace, with his
servant; _and said, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews...
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ZEALOUS OF THE LAW; though they believed in Christ, they still
observed the ceremonial law....
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A case of Jewish prejudice:...
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AND WHEN THEY HEARD IT, THEY GLORIFIED THE LORD AND SAID UNTO HIM,
THOU SEEST, BROTHER, HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF JEWS THERE ARE WHICH
BELIEVE; AND THEY ARE ALL ZEALOUS OF THE LAW;...
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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...
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AND WHEN THEY HEARD _IT,_ THEY GLORIFIED THE LORD. AND THEY SAID TO
HIM, " YOU SEE, BROTHER, HOW MANY MYRIADS OF JEWS THERE ARE WHO HAVE
BELIEVED, AND THEY ARE ALL ZEALOUS FOR THE LAW;
1. There was g...
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"They began glorifying God" This means that the elders in Jerusalem
were in full agreement with Paul and his teaching and practice among
the Gentiles. This contradicts the claim made by some that ther...
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19-26 Paul ascribed all his success to God, and to God they gave the
praise. God had honoured him more than any of the apostles, yet they
did not envy him; but on the contrary, glorified the Lord. Th...
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GLORIFIED THE LORD; acknowledging all in that great work of the
conversion of the Gentiles to have been from God; and that Paul that
had planted, and Apollos that had watered, were nothing, 1 CORINTHI...
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Tertullian On Monogamy
on account of "supposititious false brethren; "and leading certain
"shaven men" into the temple[98]...
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Acts 21:20 And G1161 heard G191 (G5660) glorified G1392 (G5707) Lord
G2962 And G5037 said G2036 ...
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‘And they, when they heard it, glorified God; and they said to him,
“You see, brother, how many thousands (literally ‘tens of
thousands') there are among the Jews of those who have believed; and
they...
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PAUL PROVES HIS TRUE DEDICATION IN JERUSALEM AND HIS CONFORMITY WITH
THE LAW AND DOES NOTHING THAT IS WORTHY OF DEATH BUT THE DOORS OF THE
TEMPLE ARE CLOSED AGAINST HIM (21:17-30)....
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Acts 21:20. AND WHEN THEY HEARD IT, THEY GLORIFIED THE LORD, AND SAID
UNTO HIM. Thus the Jerusalem elders and James, when they heard the
story of the successful missionary apostle, reverently gave tha...
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GLORIFIED
(εδοξαζον). Inchoative imperfect, began to glorify God, though
without special praise of Paul.HOW MANY THOUSANDS
(ποσα μυριαδες). Old word for ten thousand (Acts 19:19)
and then an indef...
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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,...
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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...
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TO SEE JAMES. This James was not one of the Twelve, but is the human
brother of Jesus (see note on 1 Corinthians 15:7; Acts 15:6). He
seemed to be a man of great influence in the Jerusalem church
(Gal...
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_And when we were come to Jerusalem the brethren received us gladly._
PAUL AT JERUSALEM
Note here--
I. The early conquests of the gospel. During the quarter of a century
which had elapsed since Paul...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:17 The Arrest in Jerusalem. While fulfilling a
vow at the temple, Paul was attacked by a Jewish mob and rescued by
the Romans. He defended himself before the Jewish crowd and the...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 21:15. WE TOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES, or things to be carried (see
Judges 18:21).—ἀποσκευασάμενοι. The reading of the
Received text should be translated, _having packed away our
bag...
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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....
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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...
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2 Thessalonians 1:10; Acts 11:18; Acts 15:1; Acts 15:24; Acts 15:5;...
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They are all zealous for the law — For the whole Mosaic
dispensation. How astonishing is this! Did none of the apostles,
beside St. Paul, know that this dispensation was now abolished? And if
they did...