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Acts 21:11

Coming

(ελθÂων, second aorist active participle of ερχομα), taking (αρας, first aorist active participle of αιρÂω, to take up),binding

(δÂησας, first aorist active participle of δεÂω, to bind). Vivid use of three successive participles describing the dramatic action of Agabus.Paul's girdle

(την ζωνην του Παυλου). Old word from ζωννυμ, to gird. See on Acts 12:8.His own feet and hands

(εαυτου τους ποδας κα τας χειρας). Basis for the interpretation. Old Testament prophets often employed symbolic deeds (1 Kings 22:11; James 2:2; Jeremiah 13:1-7; Ezekiel 4:1-6). Jesus interpreted the symbolism of Peter's girding himself (John 21:18).So

(ουτως). As Agabus had bound himself. Agabus was just from Jerusalem and probably knew the feeling there against Paul. At any rate the Holy Spirit revealed it to him as he claims.Shall deliver

(παραδωσουσιν). Like the words of Jesus about himself (Matthew 20:19). He was "delivered" into the hands of the Gentiles and it took five years to get out of those hands.

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See also Acts 21:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 21:11. _TOOK PAUL'S GIRDLE, AND BOUND HIS OWN HANDS_, c.] This was no doubt a _prophet_, in the commonly received sense of the term and his mode of acting was like that of the ancient prop...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HE TOOK PAUL’S GIRDLE - The loose, flowing robes, or outer garments, which were worn in Eastern countries, were bound by a girdle, or sash, around the body when they ran, or labored, or walked. Such a...

  • 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

    THE HOLY GHOST. the Holy Spirit. App-101. Both articles here. SHALL. will. AT. in. Greek. _en_. App-104. MAN. Greek. _aner._ App-123. DELIVER. Greek. _paradidomi._ See note on John 19:30. GENTILE...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And when he was come … he took … and bound his own hands and feet_ The oldest MSS. have "feet and hands," and the _Rev. Ver._adopts the Greek construction, "_And coming … and taking … he bound_, &c....

  • 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

    ΔΉΣΑΣ ἙΑΥΤΟΥ͂ ΤΟῪΣ ΠΌΔΑΣ ΚΑῚ ΤᾺΣ ΧΕΙ͂ΡΑΣ with אBCDHLP. _Vulg_. ‘alligans sibi pedes et manus.’ 11. ΚΑῚ ἘΛΘῺΝ … ΔΉΣΑΣ ἙΑΝΤΟΥ͂ ΤΟῪΣ ΠΌΔΑΣ ΚΑῚ ΤᾺΣ ΧΕΙ͂ΡΑΣ, _and coming … he bound his own feet and hands_....

  • 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

    ΈΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 21:1. ΆΡΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΑΊΡΩ (G142) подбирать, брать, ΖΏΝΗ (G2223) пояс, ΔΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΔΈΩ (G1210) связывать, подвязывать, ΕΊ...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE TOOK PAUL'S GIRDLE,— This was in the manner of the ancient prophets, who frequently attended their predictions with significant and prophetic actions. See Jeremiah 13:1....

  • 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 he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and sha...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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...

  • 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

    HE TOOK PAUL’S GIRDLE, AND BOUND HIS OWN HANDS AND FEET. — The MSS. vary between “his hands” (St. Paul’s) and “his own;” but the latter is by far the best-supported reading. It is interesting to note...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἄρας τὴν ζώνην : the symbolic action by Agabus reminds us of the O.T. prophets, _cf._ 1 Kings 22:11; Isaiah 20:2; Jeremiah 13:1; Ezekiel 4:5 Agabus as a

  • 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 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 HE WAS COME UNTO US,.... In Philip's house: HE TOOK PAUL'S GIRDLE AND BOUND HIS OWN HANDS AND FEET; and so prophesied by types and symbols, and gestures, as the prophets of old did; as Isaia...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and sha...

  • 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)

    GENTILES; the Romans, who then governed Judea....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND WHEN HE WAS COME UNTO US, HE TOOK PAUL'S GIRDLE, AND BOUND HIS OWN HANDS AND FEET, AND SAID, THUS SAITH THE HOLY GHOST, SO SHALL THE JEWS AT JERUSALEM BIND THE MAN THAT OWNETH THIS GIRDLE, AND SHA...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The prophecy of Agabus:...

  • 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

    WHEN HE HAD COME TO US, HE TOOK PAUL ' S BELT, BOUND HIS _OWN_ HANDS AND FEET, AND SAID, " THUS SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT, ‘SO SHALL THE JEWS AT JERUSALEM BIND THE MAN WHO OWNS THIS BELT, AND DELIVER _HIM_...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "He took Paul's belt" "Outer garments worn in the first century were loose and flowing robes, and the belt was used to bind them to the body at the waist" (Reese p. 787). "Bound his own feet and hands...

  • 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

    TOOK PAUL'S GIRDLE; it was ordinary amongst the prophets to confirm, or at least to exemplify, their prophecies by outward signs and symbols, as ISAIAH 20:2 JEREMIAH 13:1 EZEKIEL 12:5. But that of...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian Scorpiace When Agabus, making use of corresponding action too, had foretold that bonds awaited Paul, the disciples, weeping and entreating that he would not venture upon going to Jerusalem...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 21:11 G2532 come G2064 (G5631) to G4314 us G2248 G2532 took G142 (G5660) Pauls G39

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this girdle, and will deliver hi...

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

    Acts 21:11. AND WHEN HE WAS COME UNTO US, HE TOOK PAUL'S GIRDLE AND BOUND HIS OWN HANDS AND FEET, AND SAID. The loose flowing robes worn in eastern countries are bound about the waist with a sash or g...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:10 AGABUS had earlier predicted a famine (Acts 11:28). Old Testament prophets often acted out their prophecies (e.g.,...

  • 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

    1 Kings 11:29; 1 Peter 1:12; 1 Samuel 15:27; 1 Samuel 15:28;...

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

    Bound his own feet and hands. Imitating the symbolical acts of the Old Testament prophets. See 1 Kings 22:11; Isaiah 20:1-3; Jeremiah 13:1-7; E

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Binding his own feet and hands — In the manner that malefactors were wont to be bound when apprehended. So shall the Jews bind the man whose girdle this is — St. Paul's bonds were first particularly f...

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