And (1) it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the [day] following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: (1) Not only ordinary men, but even our friends, and such as are endued with the Spirit of God, sometimes go ab... [ Continue Reading ]
And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the (a) Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. (a) They foretold through the Spirit what dangers were about to befall Paul, and this they did as prophets: but they misdirected him away from Jerusalem because of a f... [ Continue Reading ]
And the next [day] we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was [one] of the (b) seven; and abode with him. (b) He speaks of the seven deacons which he mentioned before in (Acts 6:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did (c) prophesy. (c) They had a peculiar gift of foretelling things to come.... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. (2) The will of God bridles all affections in those who earnestly seek the glory of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
(3) And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. (3) God is to be praised, who is the author of all good sayings and deeds.... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) And when they heard [it], they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: (4) In things indifferent (of which sort the traditions of the Pharisees were not, but rather the ceremonies of the... [ Continue Reading ]
Them take, and (d) purify thyself with them, and (e) be at charges with them, that they may shave [their] heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but [that] thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. (d) That is, consecrate th... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, (f) to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. (f) The priests were to be informed of the accomplishment of the days of the p... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) 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, (5) A preposterous zeal is the cause of great confusion and great troubles.... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. (6) God finds some even amongst the wicked and profane themselves, to hinder the endeavours of the rest.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 thousand men, read Josephus, book 2, chap. 12.... [ Continue Reading ]