Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Acts 21:38
That Egyptian; this Egyptian is mentioned by Josephus, Antiq B 20, chap 8, sec 6; and Jewish Wars, B 2, chap 13, sec 5.
That Egyptian; this Egyptian is mentioned by Josephus, Antiq B 20, chap 8, sec 6; and Jewish Wars, B 2, chap 13, sec 5.
Verse 38. _ART NOT THOU THAT EGYPTIAN, C._] The history to which Claudius Lysias refers is taken from Josephus, _Ant_. lib. xx. cap. 7, sec. 6, and _War_, lib. ii. cap. 13, sec. 5, and is in substanc...
ART NOT THOU THAT EGYPTIAN? - That Egyptian was probably a Jew who resided in Egypt. Josephus has given an account of this Egyptian which strikingly accords with the statement here recorded by Luke. S...
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...
CONVERSATION ON THE STEPS: PAUL ADDRESSES THE JEWS. Josephus (_Wars,_ II. xiii. 5, _Ant._ XX. viii. 6) tells us of an Egyptian Jew who, under Felix, led 30, 000 men to the Mount of Olives with promise...
NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
When Paul was about to be brought into the barracks he said to the commander, "May I say something to you?" He said, "Can you speak Greek? Are you not then the Egyptian who some time ago started a rev...
ART NOT THOU. Art thou not then. THAT. the. MADEST AN UPROAR. stirred up to sedition. Greek. _anastatoo._ See note on Acts 17:6. THAT WERE MURDERERS. of the _Sicarii,_ or assassins (Greek. _sikarios...
_Art not thou that Egyptian_ Better (as _Rev. Ver._), "_Art thou not then the Egyptian?_" Thus we see more clearly the reason of the previous question which the chief captain had asked. The Egyptian t...
ΟΥ̓Κ ἌΡΑ ΣῪ ΕἾ, _thou art not then_ (as I supposed thee to be). Probably St Paul had addressed him in Greek already. Ὁ ΑἸΓΎΠΤΙΟΣ, _the Egyptian_. The person to whom allusion is here made was a suffici...
PAUL ASKS LEAVE TO ADDRESS THE CROWD...
_PAUL FACED AN ANGRY MOB ACTS 21:37-40:_ As Paul was being pushed toward the Temple he asked for permission to speak to the mob. The chief captain was surprised that Paul spoke the Greek language. He...
ΟΎΚ (G3756) _Отр.._ в вопросе предполагает утвердительный ответ: "ты ведь..., не так ли?" ΆΝΑΣΤΑΤΏΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΆΝΑΣΤΑΤΌΩ (G387) подстрекать к мятежу, вызывать восстание, ΈΞΑΓΑΓΏΝ _...
WHO SAID, CANST THOU SPEAK GREEK?— St. Paul's addressing himself in Greek to the chief captain surprised him a good deal, as he took him for an _Egyptian impostor;_ upon which he said to him with some...
b. 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...
See notes on verse 35...
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? ART NOT THOU THAT EGYPTIAN, [ ouk ( G3756 ) ARA _ (G68...
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...
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...
ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
ART NOT THOU] rather, 'Thou art not then the Egyptian,' etc. FOUR THOUSAND MEN] rather, the four thousand men of the Sicarii. The Sicarii (i.e. assassins) were the extreme members of the 'zealot' part...
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...
ART NOT THOU THAT EGYPTIAN? — The Greek has an illative particle which is wanting in the English: _Art not thou then that Egyptian?_ This was the inference drawn by the chief captain from the fact tha...
οὐκ ἄρα σὺ εἶ : _mirantis est, cf._ Arist., _Av._, 280 (Blass). Vulgate, Eras, render _Nonne tu es …?_ but emphasis on οὐκ “Thou art not then” (as I supposed). No doubt the false prophet to whom refer...
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...
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...
Paul's Request to be Allowed to Speak In proper fashion, Paul asked the chief captain, who had taken him prisoner, if he could speak. The captain was surprised to hear Paul so fluently speak to him i...
Art not thou that (g) Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? (g) Concerning this Egyptian who assembled thirty...
This Egyptian coming to Jerusalem, and professing himself to be a prophet, had persuaded the people to accompany him to Mount Olivet, pretending he would throw down the walls of the city only by a wor...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ART THOU NOT THAT EGYPTIAN, WHICH BEFORE THESE DAYS MADEST AN UPROAR,.... Josephus speaks i of one that came out of Egypt to Jerusalem, and gave out that he was a prophet, and deceived the people, who...
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? Ver. 38. _Art not thou that Egyptian?_] Of whom read J...
_And as Paul was going to be led into the castle_ To which the soldiers were conducting him; _he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee?_ The wisdom of God teaching him to make use of that...
On the way to the barracks:...
ART NOT THOU THAT EGYPTIAN WHICH BEFORE THESE DAYS MADEST AN UPROAR, AND LEDDEST OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS FOUR THOUSAND MEN THAT WERE MURDERERS?...
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...
ARE YOU NOT THE EGYPTIAN WHO SOME TIME AGO STIRRED UP A REBELLION AND LED THE FOUR THOUSAND ASSASSINS OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS? " 1. The commander has a case of mistaken identity. 2. He believes Paul...
"Do you know Greek?" The commander is surprised that Paul speaks to him in the Greek language. The next verse explains this surprise. Acts 21:38 "Then you are not the Egyptian" The commander had jumpe...
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...
THAT EGYPTIAN; a famous ringleader of a rebellious crew, as some think, in the reign of Tiberius; but as others, in the thirteenth year of the emperor Claudius, and continued till under Nero's reign,...
Acts 21:38 Are G1488 (G5748) you G4771 G686 not G3756 Egyptian G124 ago G4253 G5130 G225
‘And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he says to the chief captain, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek?” Are you not then the Egyptian, who before these days...
Acts 21:38. ART THOU NOT THAT EGYPTIAN, WHICH BEFORE THESE DAYS MADEST AN UPROAR, AND LEDDEST OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS FOUR THOUSAND MEN THAT WERE MURDERERS? The ‘Egyptian' for whom the chief captain h...
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,...
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...
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...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:38 Jewish historian Josephus mentions the revolt led by an EGYPTIAN Jew. The Roman governor Felix had stopped it. The Egyptian fled, and his movement scattered. Josephus also wrot...
_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...
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....
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...
1 Corinthians 4:13; Acts 5:36; Acts 5:37; Matthew 5:11...
Art thou not [ο υ κ α ρ α σ υ ε ι]. Indicating the officer's surprised recognition of his own mistake. "Thou art not, then, as I supposed." Rev. properly adds then [α ρ α]. The Egyptian. A false proph...
Art not thou that Egyptian — Who came into Judea when Felix had been some years governor there! Calling himself a prophet, he drew much people after him; and having brought them through the wilderness...