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Verse 32. _RAN DOWN UNTO THEM_] Ran down the stairs to the porticoes
mentioned above....
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CENTURIONS - Captains of 100 men....
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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 Upro...
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OUTBURST OF JEWISH FURY AGAINST PAUL IN THE TEMPLE: HIS ARREST. A week
later Paul is in the Temple to discharge his vow; whether it was
discharged or not is uncertain. The sight of him there infuriate...
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NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
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IMMEDIATELY. Greek. _exautes_. See note on Acts 10:33.
SOLDIERS, &C. From the garrison in Antonia.
CENTURIONS. Greek. _hekatontarchos_. The form used in the Gospels, and
in nine places in Acts. Here,...
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_Who immediately took soldiers and centurions_ Clearly he had charge
of a considerable troop, which perhaps might just then be augmented in
anticipation of any disturbance to which such a concourse, a...
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ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM. PAUL’S RECEPTION BY THE CHURCH AND BY THE
PEOPLE...
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_SLANDEROUS CHARGES AGAINST PAUL ACTS 21:27-36:_ Paul was in and out
of the Temple several times to perform the ritual suggested by James.
Afterwards, "the Jews which were of Asia said, "This is the m...
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ΈΞΑΥΤΉΣ (G1824) немедленно,
ΠΑΡΑΛΑΒΩΑΝ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.)_, _см._
Acts 21:24. ΈΚΑΤΟΝΤΆΡΧΗΣ (G1543) командир
сотни, центурион (_см._ Acts 10:1).
ΚΑΤΈΔΡΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΤΡΈΧΩ (G2...
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AND ALL THE CITY WAS MOVED,— The accusation brought against St.
Paul, though false, put all the city in a commotion, and brought a
vast concourse of people together, who seized upon him in order to
ki...
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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...
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See notes on verse 31...
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Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them:
and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left
beating of Paul.
Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, an...
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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...
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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 la...
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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...
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ἐξαυτῆς, _cf._ Acts 10:33. παραλ. στρ. καὶ
ἑκατοντ., indicating that he thought the tumult considerable.
κατέδραμεν ἐπʼ αὐτούς, “ran down upon them”
from Antonia, so R.V. vividly; verb found only here...
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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...
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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...
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Paul's Arrest in the Temple
Paul yielded to the proposal set forth by James and the others and
began to be purified, perhaps to enter the inner part of the temple
(See McGarvey). Near the end of the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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32._And when they saw the chief captain. _Those whose fury neither the
majesty of God, nor yet the reverence of the temple, could once stay,
begin to relent when they see a profane man. Whereby it a...
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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...
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WHO IMMEDIATELY TOOK SOLDIERS AND CENTURIONS,.... A very large number
of soldiers, for they are called an army, in Acts 23:27 with a
sufficient number of officers called centurions, who were each of t...
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Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them:
and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left
beating of Paul.
Ver. 32. _Who immediately took soldiers_] An adm...
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_And as they went about to kill him_ It was a rule among the Jews,
that any uncircumcised person who came within the separating wall,
mentioned above, might be stoned to death without any further proc...
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The captain of the Roman band interferes:...
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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...
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HE IMMEDIATELY TOOK SOLDIERS AND CENTURIONS, AND RAN DOWN TO THEM. AND
WHEN THEY SAW THE COMMANDER AND THE SOLDIERS, THEY STOPPED BEATING
PAUL.
1. This Roman commander takes charge. He takes soldiers...
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"At once". quick thinking man. "Some soldiers and centurions" Seeing
that. centurion was over 100 men, this force may have included. couple
of hundred soldiers. "Ran down to them" The soldiers came do...
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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 ceremonies...
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A wonderful providence of God for Paul's preservation, that the chief
captain should be so near, as to be able to hinder the massacring of
Paul; and especially that he should be defended and preserved...
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Acts 21:32 He G3739 immediately G1824 took G3880 (G5631) soldiers
G4757 and G2532 centurions G1543 down G2701 (G5627) to G1909 them G846
And G1161 saw G1492 (G5631) commander G5506 and G2532 soldiers...
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‘And as they were seeking to kill him, news came up to the chief
captain (chiliarch) of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion,
and at once he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down on them...
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FORTHWITH
(εξαυτης). Common in the _Koine_ (εξ αυτης, supply
ωρας, hour).HE TOOK
(παραλαβων). See verses Acts 21:24; Acts 21:26.CENTURIONS
(εκατονταρχας). See on Luke 7:2 for discussion. Plural...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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_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. Rel...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:17 The Arrest in Jerusalem. While fulfilling a
vow at the temple, Paul was attacked by a Jewish mob and rescued by
the Romans. He defended himself before the Jewish crowd and the...
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_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 req...
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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....
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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...
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Acts 18:17; Acts 22:19; Acts 23:23; Acts 23:24; Acts 23:27; Acts 24:7;
Acts 5:40; Isaiah 3:15...
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Centurions. See on Luke 7:2.
Unto them [ε π α υ τ ο υ ς]. Better, upon them....