Acts 13:12. Believed. That Sergius Paulus was baptized is the natural inference. ‘Believed' is the ordinary expression used in the early Christian records for turning to the Lord and joining the Church (so Acts 4:4; Acts 11:21; Acts 19:18). The proconsul of Cyprus is another instance of men of high rank joining the Christian brotherhood in very early times (see note on Acts 13:1 of this chapter).
ACTS 13:12 Curiously, though codex Bezae is especially fond of to,te, 257 here it substitutes de, for to,te. In order to heighten and clarify the narrative D E itgig syrp Lucifer Ephraem an...
Verse Acts 13:12. _THE DEPUTY - BELIEVED_] This was a proof that the doctrine was true; and that the power of God, from which nothing could be concealed, and which nothing could resist, was with these...
THEN THE DEPUTY ...BELIEVED - Was convinced that Elymas was an impostor, and that the doctrine of Paul was true. There seems no reason to doubt that his faith was what is connected with eternal life;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
SAW. Greek. _eidon._ App-133. BELIEVED. App-150. ASTONISHED. Greek. _ekplesso._ Compare Matthew 7:28; Matthew 22:33.Luke 4:32. AT. Greek. _epi._ App-104. DOCTRINE. teachin
_Then the deputy_[PROCONSUL], _when he saw what was done, believed_ He was convinced by the miracle and by the words with which it was accompanied, that the Apostles were teachers of the way of the Lo...
ΤΌΤΕ ἸΔῺΝ Ὁ�.Τ.Λ., _then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed_. He was convinced by the miracle and by the words with which it was accompanied that the Apostles were teachers of that way of...
Acts 13:1-12. BEGINNING OF SAUL’S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY. HE VISITS CYPRUS...
_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...
ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ όρά(0 (G3708) видеть, ΓΕΓΟΝΌΣ _perf. act. part. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, случаться. Part, в роли _subst._, "то, что случилось" ΈΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от...
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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Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. THEN THE DEPUTY, WHEN HE SAW WHAT WAS DONE, BELIEVED, BEING ASTONISHED AT THE DOCTRINE OF THE LOR...
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...
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...
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,...
BEING ASTONISHED AT THE DOCTRINE OF THE LORD. — The genitive is, probably, that of the object, _the teaching which had the Lord, i.e.,_ the Lord Jesus, _as its main theme. _...
ἐπίστευσεν : “the blindness of Elymas opened the eyes of the proconsul” (Felten). If the verb is understood in its full sense, _viz._, that Sergius Paulus became a convert to the faith, Acts 13:48; Ac...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
12._Then when the deputy saw _This is that which I said, that the snares were broken wherein Elymas kept him entangled, for he was brought by the miracle unto faith, because the reverence of doctrine...
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...
THEN THE DEPUTY, WHEN HE SAW WHAT WAS DONE,.... That Elymas was struck with blindness immediately, and that the hand of God was manifestly in it, and there was no juggle nor magic art in the case; it...
Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. Ver. 12. _Being astonished, &c._] The word worketh not kindly till it be received with admiration....
_Then the deputy_ Or proconsul; _when he saw what was done_ What a wonderful miracle was performed, yielding to such convincing evidence; _believed_ the gospel; _being astonished_ Εκπλησσομενος, _bein...
DOCTRINE OF THE LORD; not merely the doctrine, but the divine power accompanying it. Compare Mark 1:27....
THEN THE DEPUTY, WHEN HE SAW WHAT WAS DONE, BELIEVED, BEING ASTONISHED AT THE DOCTRINE OF THE LORD. Barnabas and Saul were making some progress with the proconsul, when they met with opposition from a...
The opposition of Elymas:...
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...
THEN THE PROCONSUL BELIEVED, WHEN HE SAW WHAT HAD BEEN DONE, BEING ASTONISHED AT THE TEACHING OF THE LORD. 1. Sergius Paulus believed. He saw the miracle. He was amazed. 2. NOTE : Miracles don't sav...
"Then the proconsul believed" Which will include the acts of repentance, confession and baptism (Acts 8:12; Acts 11:21; Acts 16:34). "Being amazed at the teaching of the Lord" "The amazement may stem...
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...
The gospel which Paul preached; finding in it (though a wise man) depths beyond his fathoming; and all accompanied with such a power in doing of miracles, and changing of hearts and lives, as might we...
Acts 13:12 Then G5119 proconsul G446 believed G4100 (G5656) saw G1492 (G5631) done G1096 (G5756) astonished...
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...
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...
‘Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.' Amazed at what he saw the Lord could do, as he might well have been, the pro-consul believed. I...
BELIEVED (επιστευσεν). Ingressive aorist active indicative. Renan considers it impossible that a Roman proconsul could be converted by a miracle. But it was the teaching about the Lord (του κυριου,...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
_Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed._ TWO PAULS AND A BLINDED SORCERER Note-- I. Opposition to the faith. 1. Elymas “withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the fait...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:11 THE PROCONSUL BELIEVED. Throughout Acts 1:1, miracles have a significant role in bringing unbelievers to genuine faith....
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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:1 The Witness in Cyprus and Southern Galatia. Chapters Acts 13:1 and Acts 14:1 re
_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...
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...
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,...
2 Corinthians 10:4; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Acts 19:7; Acts 6:10; Acts 13:
Astonished [ε κ π λ η σ σ ο μ ε ν ο ς]. See on Matthew 7:28....
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...
Being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord — Confirmed by such a miracle....