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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 21:10

As we tarried there many days... — The adjective is in the comparative degree, and implies, accordingly, a longer time than had been intended. Probably the voyage had been quicker than the travellers had expected, and there was therefore time to remain at Cæsarea, and yet to arrive at Jerusalem, as St. Paul purposed, in time for Pentecost (chap 20:16). There was, at any rate, time for the tidings of his arrival to reach Jerusalem, and for Agabus (see Note on Acts 11:28) to come down in consequence.

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See also Acts 21:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 21:10. _AGABUS._] Acts 11:28, Acts 11:28....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THERE CAME DOWN - See the notes on Acts 15:1. NAMED AGABUS - See the notes on Acts 11:28....

  • 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

    CAME DOWN. Caesarea was 2,000 feet below the hill country of Judaea. CERTAIN. Greek. _tis._ App-123. PROPHET. See App-189. NAMED. by name. AGABUS. See Acts 11:28....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And as we tarried there many days_ The word rendered "many" is not the one commonly so translated. It is equal to "some" as _Rev. Ver._in margin, and implies that the Apostle made a suitable stay, su...

  • 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

    ἩΜΩ͂Ν omitted with אBCH. 10. ἘΠΙΜΕΝΌΝΤΩΝ ΔῈ ἩΜΈΡΑΣ ΠΛΕΊΟΥΣ, _and as we tarried there many days_. In this phrase πλείους loses its comparative sense, and means only ‘several,’ ‘some,’ ‘many.’ It is fre...

  • 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

    ΈΠΙΜΕΝΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 21:4. _Gen. abs._ ΠΛΕΊΟΥΣ _сотр. от_ ΠΟΛΎΣ (G4183) многий, большой по числу; _сотр._ больше; "больше дней, чем мы ожидали" (RWP). ΚΑΤΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind...

  • 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

    10-14. During the interval spent with the family of Philip, another, and the last of the prophetic warnings which Paul encountered on this journey was given, causing a scene of sorrow similar to those...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. And as we tarried there many days, [ epimenontoon (G1961) de (G1161) heemoon (G2257 ) _ heemeras (G2250...

  • 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

    AGABUS] see Acts 11:28. For his symbolic action, cp. 1 Kings 22:11; Isaiah 20:2; Jeremiah 13:1;...

  • 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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἡμέρας πλείους : “many days,” R.V., “some” margin; literally “more days,” the phrase is used vaguely with what Ramsay calls Luke's usual defective sense of time, _cf._ Acts 13:31; Acts 25:14. The phra...

  • 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 Calvin's Bible Commentary

    − 10._A certain prophet. _Though Luke doth not plainly express the same, yet do I conjecture that this Agabus was the same of whom mention is made in the eleventh chapter, ( Acts 11:28) who foretold t...

  • 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 AS WE TARRIED THERE MANY DAYS,.... How many days is not said, it could not be very many, if the apostle got to Jerusalem by Pentecost, as he desired, Acts 20:6 THERE CAME DOWN FROM JUDEA A CERTAI...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And as we tarried _there_ many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. Ver. 10. _A certain prophet_] So called _a procul fando, _ as some will have it. These New Testament...

  • 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)

    AGABUS; chap Acts 11:27-28....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND AS WE TARRIED THERE MANY DAYS, THERE CAME DOWN FROM JUDEA A CERTAIN PROPHET, NAMED AGABUS....

  • 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

    AND AS WE STAYED MANY DAYS, A CERTAIN PROPHET NAMED AGABUS CAME DOWN FROM JUDEA. 1. Agabus, is a prophet from Judea (the area around Jerusalem). 2. He comes to meet with Paul and his companions....

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "As we were staying there for some days" Paul had been hurrying to be at Jerusalem by Pentecost (Acts 20:16). This purpose has not been abandoned, but rather Paul may have arrived in Judea sooner than...

  • 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

    Of whom mention is made, ACTS 11:28; of whose prophecy they could not be ignorant, by reason of the great collection which, on that account, was made for the poor at Jerusalem....

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    10-14. During the interval spent with the family of Philip, another, and the last of the prophetic warnings which Paul encountered on this journey was given, causing a scene of sorrow similar to those...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 21:10 And G1161 we G2257 stayed G1961 (G5723) many G4119 days G2250 certain G5100 prophet G4396 named...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And as we tarried there some days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.' Due to having made good time they were able to stay in Caesarea for a time and have fellowship with th...

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

    Acts 21:10. AND AS WE TARRIED THERE MANY DAYS. ‘Many;' the Greek word thus rendered is in the comparative degree, and apparently signifies that Paul and his companions tarried in Cæsarea ‘more days' t...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    AS WE TARRIED (επιμενοντων ημων). Genitive absolute. Note επ (additional) with μενω as in Acts 12:16.MANY DAYS (ημερας πλειους). More days (than we expected), accusative of time.A CERTAIN PROPHET...

  • 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

    Acts 11:28; Acts 20:16; Acts 21:4; Acts 21:7...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A certain prophet came — The nearer the event was, the more express were the predictions which prepared Paul for it....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, 1. That during the apostle's stay at Cesarea, in Philip's house,. certain prophet named Agabus comes thither, and prophesieth of St. Paul's bonds at Jerusalem. Where note, that though Ag...

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