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Verse Acts 13:7. _THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY_] ανθυπατω, The
_proconsul_. Rosenmuller and others remark, that in those days the
Romans sent two different kinds of governors into the provinces. Some
of...
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WHICH WAS WITH THE DEPUTY - Or with the proconsul. The exact accuracy
of Luke in this statement is worthy of special remark. In the time
when Augustus united the world under his own power, the provinc...
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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...
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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 Cypru...
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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...
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DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY. Greek. _anthupatos._ Here, verses: Acts 13:8;
Acts 13:12; Acts 13:38. This is the Greek word for proconsul. Cyprus
had been an imperial province, governed by. propraetor, but ac...
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_which was with the deputy of the country_[PROCONSUL], _Sergius
Paulus_ Under Augustus the Roman provinces were divided into two
classes, one class of which (needing the presence of troops for their
g...
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Acts 13:1-12. BEGINNING OF SAUL’S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY. HE
VISITS CYPRUS...
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_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...
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ΆΝΘΎΠΑΤΟΣ (G446) проконсул; глава
правительства сенаторской провинции,
то есть провинции, которую населяли
граждане Рима (BAGD; RNE, 31-32). О Сергии
Павле и надписях _см._ BRD, 150-72; ААТ, 185-86;
B...
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PAPHOS,— The city of Paphos was seated on the western extremity of
the island of Cyprus, and famous among the Heathens for the temple and
obscene worship of the Paphian Venus. There resided Sergius Pa...
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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 w...
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See notes one verse 6...
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Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent
man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of
God.
WHICH WAS WITH THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY, [ sun (G486...
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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...
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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 (Ac...
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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, S...
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WHICH WAS WITH THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY, SERGIUS PAULIUS. — The
translators consistently use the word “deputy” as representing the
Greek for “proconsul.” It will be remembered that it was applied,
un...
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ὃς ἦν σὺν τῷ ἀ., _cf._ Acts 4:13. Nothing was more in
accordance with what we know of the _personnel_ of the strange groups
which often followed the Roman governors as _comites_, and it is quite
possi...
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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...
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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...
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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 large...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7.And whereas Sergius Paulus, desiring some better thing than that
which he had learned from his childhood, was unaptly drawn aside unto
diverse superstitions, I gather hereby that he sendeth for Paul...
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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...
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WHICH WAS WITH THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY, c. Or the Roman governor of
the island who very likely dwelt at Paphos, it being a principal, if
not the principal city in the island, since Pliny mentions it...
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Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent
man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of
God.
Ver. 7. _Which was with the deputy_] The greater opposi...
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_When they had gone through the isle unto Paphos_ Which lay on its
western coast; _they found a certain sorcerer_ Or magician; _a false
prophet_ Who falsely pretended to foretel future events; _a Jew,...
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DEPUTY; that is, the proconsul; the title borne by those governors of
provinces that were appointed by the Roman senate.
PRUDENT; intelligent, wise, candid....
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On the island of Cyprus:...
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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...
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WHO WAS WITH THE PROCONSUL, SERGIUS PAULUS, AN INTELLIGENT MAN. THIS
MAN CALLED FOR BARNABAS AND SAUL AND SOUGHT TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD.
1. Proconsul - Thayer explains - "The emperor Augustus divid...
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"Who was with" This false prophet had attached himself to. local Roman
official. Since Bar-Jesus was Jewish, the proconsul may have assumed
that he was. true prophet of Jehovah. Like many false prophe...
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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...
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THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY; whether he was pro-consul or proprietor, it
is in effect the same; for he it was that governed the island. DESIRED
TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD; this desire was extraordinary, an...
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Acts 13:7 who G3739 was G2258 (G5713) with G4862 proconsul G446
Sergius G4588 Paulus G3972 intelligent G4908 man G435 man G3778 called
G4341 (G5666) Barnabas G921 and G2532 Saul G4569 sought G1934 (G5...
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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...
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Acts 13:7. THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY. The word rendered ‘deputy' is
the Greek term for the Latin ‘proconsul.' In the Roman empire there
were two classes of provincial governments. The one class was un...
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WITH THE PROCONSUL SERGIUS PAULUS
(συν τω ανθυπατω Σεργιω Παυλω). Luke used to
be sharply criticized for applying this term to Sergius Paulus on the
ground that Cyprus was a province under the appo...
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DEPUTY
proconsul (Roman)....
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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...
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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...
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HE WAS A FRIEND OF THE GOVERNOR. The government officials of this era
asked advice from magicians and fortune-tellers as a normal practice.
_Since Jewish_ magicians had the greatest influence at this...
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_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...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:1 The Witness in Cyprus and Southern Galatia.
Chapters Acts 13:1 and Acts 14:1 relate Paul’s “first missionary
journey.” Sent by the Antioch church, Paul and Barnabas witnessed on...
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_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 ci...
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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...
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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,...
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1 Thessalonians 5:21; Acts 17:11; Acts 17:12; Acts 13:12; Acts 18:12;
Acts 19:38; Hosea 14:9; Proverbs 14:15; Proverbs 14:18; Proverbs 14:8
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The deputy [α ν θ υ π α τ ω]. Better, Rev., proconsul. See
Introduction to Luke, on Luke's accuracy in designating public
officers.
Sergius Paulus. Di Cesnola relates the discovery at Soli, which, ne...
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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...
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The proconsul — The Roman governor of Cyprus, a prudent man — And
therefore not overswayed by Elymas, but desirous to inquire farther....