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Verse 38. _ART NOT THOU THAT EGYPTIAN, C._] The history to which
Claudius Lysias refers is taken from Josephus, _Ant_. lib. xx. cap. 7,
sec. 6, and _War_, lib. ii. cap. 13, sec. 5, and is in substanc...
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ART NOT THOU THAT EGYPTIAN? - That Egyptian was probably a Jew who
resided in Egypt. Josephus has given an account of this Egyptian which
strikingly accords with the statement here recorded by Luke. S...
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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 Uproa...
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CONVERSATION ON THE STEPS: PAUL ADDRESSES THE JEWS. Josephus (_Wars,_
II. xiii. 5, _Ant._ XX. viii. 6) tells us of an Egyptian Jew who,
under Felix, led 30, 000 men to the Mount of Olives with promise...
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When Paul was about to be brought into the barracks he said to the
commander, "May I say something to you?" He said, "Can you speak
Greek? Are you not then the Egyptian who some time ago started a
rev...
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NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
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ART NOT THOU. Art thou not then.
THAT. the.
MADEST AN UPROAR. stirred up to sedition. Greek. _anastatoo._ See note
on Acts 17:6.
THAT WERE MURDERERS. of the _Sicarii,_ or assassins (Greek.
_sikarios...
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_Art not thou that Egyptian_ Better (as _Rev. Ver._), "_Art thou not
then the Egyptian?_" Thus we see more clearly the reason of the
previous question which the chief captain had asked. The Egyptian t...
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ΟΥ̓Κ ἌΡΑ ΣῪ ΕἾ, _thou art not then_ (as I supposed thee
to be). Probably St Paul had addressed him in Greek already.
Ὁ ΑἸΓΎΠΤΙΟΣ, _the Egyptian_. The person to whom allusion
is here made was a suffici...
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PAUL ASKS LEAVE TO ADDRESS THE CROWD...
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_PAUL FACED AN ANGRY MOB ACTS 21:37-40:_ As Paul was being pushed
toward the Temple he asked for permission to speak to the mob. The
chief captain was surprised that Paul spoke the Greek language. He...
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ΟΎΚ (G3756) _Отр.._ в вопросе предполагает
утвердительный ответ: "ты ведь..., не
так ли?" ΆΝΑΣΤΑΤΏΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (adj.) от_
ΆΝΑΣΤΑΤΌΩ (G387) подстрекать к мятежу,
вызывать восстание,
ΈΞΑΓΑΓΏΝ _...
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WHO SAID, CANST THOU SPEAK GREEK?— St. Paul's addressing himself in
Greek to the chief captain surprised him a good deal, as he took him
for an _Egyptian impostor;_ upon which he said to him with some...
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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 35...
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Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar,
and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were
murderers?
ART NOT THOU THAT EGYPTIAN, [ ouk ( G3756 ) ARA _ (G68...
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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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ART NOT THOU] rather, 'Thou art not then the Egyptian,' etc. FOUR
THOUSAND MEN] rather, the four thousand men of the Sicarii. The
Sicarii (i.e. assassins) were the extreme members of the 'zealot'
part...
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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 lar...
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ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16)
17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
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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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ART NOT THOU THAT EGYPTIAN? — The Greek has an illative particle
which is wanting in the English: _Art not thou then that Egyptian?_
This was the inference drawn by the chief captain from the fact tha...
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οὐκ ἄρα σὺ εἶ : _mirantis est, cf._ Arist., _Av._, 280
(Blass). Vulgate, Eras, render _Nonne tu es …?_ but emphasis on
οὐκ “Thou art not then” (as I supposed). No doubt the false
prophet to whom refer...
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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 r...
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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 Request to be Allowed to Speak
In proper fashion, Paul asked the chief captain, who had taken him
prisoner, if he could speak. The captain was surprised to hear Paul so
fluently speak to him i...
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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...
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This Egyptian coming to Jerusalem, and professing himself to be a
prophet, had persuaded the people to accompany him to Mount Olivet,
pretending he would throw down the walls of the city only by a wor...
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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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ART THOU NOT THAT EGYPTIAN, WHICH BEFORE THESE DAYS MADEST AN
UPROAR,.... Josephus speaks i of one that came out of Egypt to
Jerusalem, and gave out that he was a prophet, and deceived the
people, who...
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Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar,
and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were
murderers?
Ver. 38. _Art not thou that Egyptian?_] Of whom read J...
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_And as Paul was going to be led into the castle_ To which the
soldiers were conducting him; _he said unto the chief captain, May I
speak unto thee?_ The wisdom of God teaching him to make use of that...
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THAT EGYPTIAN; this Egyptian is mentioned by Josephus, Antiq B 20,
chap 8, sec 6; and Jewish Wars, B 2, chap 13, sec 5....
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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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ARE YOU NOT THE EGYPTIAN WHO SOME TIME AGO STIRRED UP A REBELLION AND
LED THE FOUR THOUSAND ASSASSINS OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS? "
1. The commander has a case of mistaken identity.
2. He believes Paul...
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"Do you know Greek?" The commander is surprised that Paul speaks to
him in the Greek language. The next verse explains this surprise. Acts
21:38 "Then you are not the Egyptian" The commander had jumpe...
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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 ceremonie...
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THAT EGYPTIAN; a famous ringleader of a rebellious crew, as some
think, in the reign of Tiberius; but as others, in the thirteenth year
of the emperor Claudius, and continued till under Nero's reign,...
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Acts 21:38 Are G1488 (G5748) you G4771 G686 not G3756 Egyptian G124
ago G4253 G5130 G225
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‘And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he says to the
chief captain, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do
you know Greek?” Are you not then the Egyptian, who before these
days...
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Acts 21:38. ART THOU NOT THAT EGYPTIAN, WHICH BEFORE THESE DAYS MADEST
AN UPROAR, AND LEDDEST OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS FOUR THOUSAND MEN THAT
WERE MURDERERS? The ‘Egyptian' for whom the chief captain h...
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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. Reli...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:38 Jewish historian Josephus mentions the
revolt led by an EGYPTIAN Jew. The Roman governor Felix had stopped
it. The Egyptian fled, and his movement scattered. Josephus also wrot...
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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 requ...
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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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1 Corinthians 4:13; Acts 5:36; Acts 5:37; Matthew 5:11...
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Art thou not [ο υ κ α ρ α σ υ ε ι]. Indicating the officer's
surprised recognition of his own mistake. "Thou art not, then, as I
supposed." Rev. properly adds then [α ρ α].
The Egyptian. A false proph...
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Art not thou that Egyptian — Who came into Judea when Felix had been
some years governor there! Calling himself a prophet, he drew much
people after him; and having brought them through the wilderness...