Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Acts 21:14
(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.
(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.
ACTS 21:12-15 In these verses one or another Western witness makes sundry small additions. In ver. Acts 21:12 after oi` evnto,pioi D and itgig add to.n Pau/lon; in ver....
Verse Acts 21:14. _THE WILL OF THE LORD BE DONE._] May that which is most for his glory take place! They plainly saw from the prophecy what would take place, if Paul went to Jerusalem; and every one s...
WOULD NOT BE PERSUADED - To remain. He was resolved to go. WE CEASED - We ceased remonstrating with him, and urging him to remain. THE WILL OF THE LORD BE DONE - They were now assured that it was the...
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...
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...
NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
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...
PERSUADED. Greek. _peitho._ App-150. CEASED. See note on Acts 11:18. WILL. Greek. _thelema._ App-102....
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...
_And … be done_ They gathered from the language of St Paul that he had a higher leading than theirs in what he was doing, and feeling that Christ's guidance was better than any other, they quieted the...
PAUL’S JOURNEY TO CÆSAREA, AND HIS STAY THERE...
ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ ΤῸ ΘΈΛΗΜΑ with אABCE. _Vulg_. ‘Domini voluntas.’ 14. ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΥΡΊΟΝ ΤῸ ΘΈΛΗΜΑ ΓΙΝΈΣΘΩ, _the will of the Lord be done_. They gathered; from the Apostle’s language that he had a higher leading...
_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...
ΠΕΙΘΟΜΈΝΟΥ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΠΕΊΘΩ (G3982) убеждать. _Gen. abs._, _temp._ или причины, ΉΣΥΧΆΣΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΉΣΥΧΆΖΩ (G2270) быть спокойным, молчать. Inch, _aor._, "мы затихли" ΕΊΠΌΝΤ...
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...
See notes on verse 10...
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done - making up their minds to the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE WILL OF THE LORD BE DONE. — It is, perhaps, too much to see in these words an acceptance of his purpose as being in accordance with the will of the Lord. They were the natural expressions of resig...
ἡσυχάσαμεν : only in Luke and Paul, _cf._ Luke 14:3; Acts 11:18. In LXX, Job 32:6; Nehemiah 5:8. τὸ θέλ. τοῦ Κ., _cf._...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_DIVINE GUIDANCE_ ‘And When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.’ Acts 21:14 We are all conscious of the need of guidance. Some of us perhaps could say that w...
− 14._We ceased saying. _If they had thought that he ran rashly unto death, they would not have ceased so. Therefore, they yield lest they resist the Holy Spirit, whereby they understand that Paul is...
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...
AND WHEN HE WOULD NOT BE PERSUADED,.... But was determined to go to Jerusalem at all events: WE CEASED; both from tears and arguments: SAYING, THE WILL OF THE LORD BE DONE; which was right, and to w...
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. Ver. 14. _The will of the Lord be done_] _Vox vere Christianorum, _ saith one, _Voluntas Dei, necessitas rei._ A g...
_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...
The prophecy of Agabus:...
AND WHEN HE WOULD NOT BE PERSUADED, WE CEASED, SAYING, THE WILL OF THE LORD BE DONE....
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...
SO WHEN HE WOULD NOT BE PERSUADED, WE CEASED, SAYING, " THE WILL OF THE LORD BE DONE. " 1. Paul was not persuaded. Was he stubborn? Or, was he acknowledging the will of God? 2. "The will of the Lord...
"Since he would not be persuaded" They realized that any more pleading would be fruitless. "The will of the Lord be done!". would interpret this exclamation as meaning that in spite of the warnings of...
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...
WE CEASED; as having done their utmost, and what became them. SAYING, THE WILL OF THE LORD BE DONE; they commit the event unto God: thus we pray daily, that God's will may be done, MATTHEW 6:10 LUKE 1...
Martyrdom of Polycarp be done."[16]...
Acts 21:14 So G1161 he G846 would G3982 not G3361 persuaded G3982 (G5746) ceased G2270 (G5656) saying...
‘And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The will of the Lord be done.” ' One they recognised that he believed that it was God's will for him to be bound in Jerusalem, and that nothin...
Acts 21:14. WE CEASED, SAYING, THE WILL OF THE LORD BE DONE. It seems very probable that this expression of resignation to the Divine will, to which the brethren so reverently bowed, was a quotation f...
WHEN HE WOULD NOT BE PERSUADED (μη πειθομενου αυτου). Genitive absolute of the present passive participle of πειθω. Literally, "he not being persuaded." That was all. Paul's will (καρδια) was not b...
Acts 21:14 I. The revealed will of God lies upon two pages the page of Scripture and the page of Providence. There were three trials pressing upon the men of Cæsarea when they meekly folded their hand...
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...
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...
_Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break my heart?_ PAUL’S RESOLUTION I. The bravery with which he persisted in it. 1. He reproves his friends for dissuading him. 2. Not withstanding...
_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...
_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...
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 Samuel 3:18; 2 Kings 20:19; 2 Samuel 15:25; 2 Samuel 15:26;...
And when he would not be persuaded — This was not obstinacy, but true Christian resolution. We should never be persuaded, either to do evil, or to omit doing any good which is in our power; saying, th...