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Verse 33. _AND TOOK HIM_] With _great violence_, according to Acts
24:7, probably meaning an _armed force_.
_TO BE BOUND WITH TWO CHAINS_] To be bound between two soldiers; his
right hand chained to...
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TO BE BOUND WITH TWO CHAINS - To show to the enraged multitude that he
did not intend to rescue anyone from justice, but to keep the peace.
Paul’s Being thus bound would convince them of his determina...
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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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CAME NEAR, AND. having drawn near.
TWO CHAINS: i.e. either hand chained to. soldier. See note on Acts
12:6.
DEMANDED. Greek. _punthanomai_. See note on Acts 4:7; Acts 10:18....
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_Then … took him_ The last verb implies a formal arrest, therefore
the _Rev. Ver._rightly gives "_laid hold on him_." The chief captain
did not come with a view to relieve St Paul, but to find out wha...
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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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ΈΓΓΊΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΕΓΓΊΖΩ (G1448)
приближать,
ΈΠΕΛΑΒΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 21:30.
ΈΚΈΛΕΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΕΛΕΎΩ (G2753)
приказывать,
ΔΕΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. inf.,...
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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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_ Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to
be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had
done._
Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and co...
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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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COMMANDED HIM TO BE BOUND WITH TWO CHAINS. — Looking to the usual
Roman practices in the treatment of prisoners, we may think of each
chain as fastened at one end to the Apostle’s arm, and at the othe...
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ἐπελ. αὐτοῦ : with a hostile intention, see Acts 17:19.
δεθ. ἁλύσεσι δυσὶ : as a malefactor and seditious
person, Acts 21:38, to be guarded securely as the cause of the tumult,
_cf._ Acts 12:6. τίς ἂν...
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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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_Two chains, for his hands and feet; or perhaps one chain was put on
each hand, which was likewise tied to a soldier on each side of him,
who led him. This was the Roman custom of binding prisoners. S...
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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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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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THEN THE CHIEF CAPTAIN CAME NEAR,.... To the place where the Jews were
beating Paul:
AND TOOK HIM the Arabic version adds, "from them"; he rescued him out
of their hands, as he himself says, Acts 23:...
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Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded _him_ to
be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had
done.
Ver. 33. _To be bound with two chains_] As if he would...
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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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BOUND WITH TWO CHAINS; a fulfilment of the prophecy, Acts 21:11....
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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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THEN THE COMMANDER CAME NEAR AND TOOK HIM, AND COMMANDED _HIM_ TO BE
BOUND WITH TWO CHAINS; AND HE ASKED WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HE HAD DONE.
1. Paul is now in the hands of the Romans.
2. He is bound wi...
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Paul is immediately arrested and bound with chains. "At least, the
arrest of the central figure would be the quickest way to stop the
uproar" (Reese p. 804). Remember, the commander in charge does not...
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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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BOUND WITH TWO CHAINS; whether as Peter was, SEE POOLE ON "ACTS 12:6",
or that he was bound with one upon his feet, and with the other upon
his hands, it was exactly fulfilled what Agabus had prophesi...
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Acts 21:33 Then G5119 commander G5506 near G1448 (G5660) took G1949
(G5633) him G846 and G2532 commanded G2753 (G5656) bound G1210 (G5683)
two G1417 chains G254 and G2532 asked G4441 (G5711) who G5101...
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‘Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and
commanded him to be bound with two chains, and enquired who he was,
and what he had done.'
Breaking through the crowd, and aware that he m...
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Acts 21:33. THEN THE CHIEF CAPTAIN CAME NEAR, AND TOOK HIM, AND
COMMANDED HIM TO BE BOUND WITH TWO CHAINS. The ‘chief captain'
assumed that Paul was a criminal and guilty of some very grave crime
agai...
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CAME NEAR
(εγγισας). First aorist active participle of εγγιζω, to
draw near, _Koine_ verb from εγγυς, near, and common in the
N.T.LAID HOLD ON HIM
(επελαβετο αντου). See same verb in verse Acts 2...
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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 22:24; Acts 25:16; Acts 12:6; Acts 20:23; Acts 21:11; Acts 22:25;
Acts 22:29; Acts 28:20; Ephesians 6:20; John 18:29;...
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Chains [α λ υ σ ε σ ι]. See on Mark 5:4....
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Then the tribune — Having made his way through the multitude, came
near and took him — And how many great ends of providence were
answered by this imprisonment? This was not only a means of preserving...