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INTO THE CASTLE - The castle of Antonia, where the guard was kept. See
the notes on Acts 21:31. Compare Acts 23:10, Acts 23:16....
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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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OUTBURST OF JEWISH FURY AGAINST PAUL IN THE TEMPLE: HIS ARREST. A week
later Paul is in the Temple to discharge his vow; whether it was
discharged or not is uncertain. The sight of him there infuriate...
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When the seven days were nearly completed and when the Jews from Asia
had seen Paul in the temple, they stirred up the whole mob and they
attacked him shouting, "Help, men of Israel! This is the man w...
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NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
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CRIED. were crying out. Greek. _boao_, as in Acts 17:6. The texts read
_epiphoneo_, as in Acts 12:22 (gave. shout) and Acts 22:24.
MULTITUDE. Same as people,...
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_And some cried_[_R. V._shouted] … _another_ The verb is the same
which St Luke uses for the din of the multitude which shouted against
Jesus (Luke 23:21), "Crucify him;" also for the adulatory shouti...
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ἘΠΕΦΏΝΟΥΝ for ἐβόων with אABDE.
ΜῊ ΔΥΝΑΜΈΝΟΥ ΔῈ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ with אABDE.
34. ἌΛΛΟΙ ΔῈ ἌΛΛΟ ΤΙ ἘΠΕΦΏΝΟΥΝ, _and some
shouted one thing and some another_. ἐπιφωνέω is the verb
which St Luke gives for the din...
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ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM. PAUL’S RECEPTION BY THE CHURCH AND BY THE
PEOPLE...
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_SLANDEROUS CHARGES AGAINST PAUL ACTS 21:27-36:_ Paul was in and out
of the Temple several times to perform the ritual suggested by James.
Afterwards, "the Jews which were of Asia said, "This is the m...
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Jews from Asia cause Paul's arrest. Acts 21:27-40.
Acts 21:27
And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia,
when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and...
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See notes on verse 31...
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And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when
he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be
carried into the castle.
And some cried one thing, some an...
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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] Hi...
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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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ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16)
17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
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CASTLE] lit. 'encampment.' The fortress Antonia is meant....
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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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SOME CRIED ONE THING, SOME ANOTHER. — We note the parallelism with
the like confused clamour at Ephesus (Acts 19:32), which is described
in exactly the same terms.
HE COMMANDED HIM TO BE CARRIED INTO...
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ἐβόων : if we read ἐπεφώνουν, see critical note, a
verb peculiar to St. Luke, Luke 23:21; Acts 12:22; Acts 22:24 =
“shouted,” R.V., _cf._ Acts 19:31. μὴ δυνάμ., see
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FACING A BIGOTED MOB
Acts 21:27
Four days passed and there seemed a hope that, as the number of
pilgrims grew less, Paul might escape recognition till his vow was
fulfilled. In fulfilling it he was r...
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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's Arrest in the Temple
Paul yielded to the proposal set forth by James and the others and
began to be purified, perhaps to enter the inner part of the temple
(See McGarvey). Near the end of the s...
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_Into the castle. [1] Neither the Latin nor the Greek word signifies a
castle, but rather a camp, or a place walled, or with a trench about
it. It is true, we may here understand the tower, called Ant...
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Lysias, the Roman kiliarch, commander-in-chief at Castle Antonia on
Mt. Moriah near the temple, the Roman citadel for the protection of
Jerusalem, in all of his treatment of Paul shows up a very beaut...
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And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of
Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and
laid hands on him, (28) Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is...
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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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34._Some cried one thing, and some another. _The madness of the raging
people doth betray itself on every side. They make horrible outcries,
whereof one is contrary to another. Nevertheless, they de...
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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 SOME CRIED ONE THING, AND SOME ANOTHER, AMONG THE MULTITUDE,....
For though they agreed to beat him, and even to kill him, yet some of
them knew not for what; being led by a blind zeal for Moses,...
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And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when
he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be
carried into the castle.
Ver. 34. _For the tumult_] All wa...
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_And as they went about to kill him_ It was a rule among the Jews,
that any uncircumcised person who came within the separating wall,
mentioned above, might be stoned to death without any further proc...
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THE CASTLE; the fortress of Antonia, where the soldiers were
stationed....
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AND SOME CRIED ONE THING, SOME ANOTHER, AMONG THE MULTITUDE; AND WHEN
HE COULD NOT KNOW THE CERTAINTY FOR THE TUMULT, HE COMMANDED HIM TO BE
CARRIED INTO THE CASTLE.
It was a typical mob, without reas...
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The captain of the Roman band interferes:...
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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 SOME AMONG THE MULTITUDE CRIED ONE THING AND SOME ANOTHER. SO WHEN
HE COULD NOT ASCERTAIN THE TRUTH BECAUSE OF THE TUMULT, HE COMMANDED
HIM TO BE TAKEN INTO THE BARRACKS.
1. The same thing happen...
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When the commander seeks information from the crowd on who Paul is and
what he had done, all he receives back is confusion and contradiction.
Compare with Acts 19:32. "Lysias could make little sense o...
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27-40 In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a
place of safety, he was violently set upon. They falsely charged him
with ill doctrine and ill practice against the Mosaic ceremonie...
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SOME CRIED ONE THING, SOME ANOTHER; as is usual in popular commotions,
they agreed in doing mischief, but not in the reason of it. INTO THE
CASTLE called Antonia, because it was built in honour of Mar...
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Acts 21:34 And G1161 some G243 among G1722 multitude G3793 cried G994
(G5707) thing G5100 another G243 So...
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‘And some shouted one thing, some another, among the crowd. And when
he could not know the certainty for the uproar, he commanded him to be
brought into the castle.'
The inexcusable nature of the situ...
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Acts 21:34. AND SOME CRIED ONE THING, AND SOME ANOTHER, AMONG THE
MULTITUDE. The same angry, confused murmur of voices and cries were
heard among the crowd as at Ephesus in the amphitheater when the J...
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SOME SHOUTING ONE THING, SOME ANOTHER
(αλλο αλλο τ επεφωνουν). Same idiom of αλλο
αλλο as in Acts 19:32 which see. The imperfect of
επιφωνεω, to call out to, suits well the idiom. This old verb
occ...
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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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SOME JEWS FROM THE PROVINCE OF ASIA. These were not Christian Jews,
but probably the Jews from Ephesus mentioned in Acts 20:3. The
language implies they did not see Paul until the seven days of
purifi...
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_And when the seven days were almost ended the Jews which were of Asia
… stirred up all the people._
PAUL IN THE TEMPLE
1. Unholy zeal is more easily occasioned than good works (Acts 21:27).
2. Reli...
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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 21:26. PAUL TOOK THE MEN, AND THE NEXT DAY PURIFYING HIMSELF,
might read _took the men the next day, and having purified himself_,
not by performing the ordinary ablutions requ...
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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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Acts 19:32; Acts 22:30; Acts 25:26; Acts 21:37; Acts 22:24;...
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Castle [π α ρ ε μ β ο λ η ν]. Better, barracks. The main
tower had a smaller tower at each corner, the one at the southeastern
corner being the largest and overlooking the temple. In this tower
were t...