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SAVE THAT - Except that. This was all that he knew, that bonds and
afflictions were to be his portion.
THE HOLY GHOST WITNESSETH - Either by direct revelation to him, or by
the predictions of inspired...
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CHAPTER 20
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1. Paul in Macedonia (Acts 20:1).
2. His abode in Greece, the visit to Troas and what transpired there
(Acts 20:3).
3. The journey from Troas to Miletus (Acts 20:13).
4. The farewell...
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PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS AT MILETUS. See Ramsay, art.
Miletus in HDB, as to the difficulties of the journey at that period
from Miletus to Ephesus; one had to sail to Priene and make fro...
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PATHETIC APPEAL TO PAUL'S PAST WORK AT EPHESUS AND TO HIS PRESENT
POSITION.
Acts 20:18. after what manner I was with you: _cf._ 1 Thessalonians
2:1.
Acts 20:19. serving the Lord: _cf._...
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SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
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From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the
church. When they were with him he said to them, "You yourselves know
how, from the first day I came into Asia, I spent all the time,...
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SAVE. But only.
THE HOLY GHOST. App-101.
WITNESSETH. Same word as testify, Acts 20:21. The texts add "to me".
IN EVERY CITY. Greek. _kata polin._ Compare Acts 15:21.
AFFLICTIONS Greek. _thlipsis._...
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_save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city_ The oldest MSS.
add "unto me." _Rev. Ver._"testifieth unto me." The Holy Ghost had
called him to the work (Acts 13:2) and moved the disciples (Acts...
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ΠΛῊΝ ὍΤΙ … ΔΙΑΜΑΡΤΎΡΕΤΑΊ ΜΟΙ, _save that
the Holy Ghost witnesseth unto me in every city_. The Holy Ghost had
called him to the work (Acts 13:2) and moved the disciples (Acts 21:4)
and Agabus (Acts 21...
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PAUL SENDS FOR THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS, GIVES THEM HIS PARTING CHARGE,
AND LEAVES MILETUS...
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_PAUL VISITED WITH THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS ACTS 20:17-38:_ Paul called
for the Elders from the church at Ephesus to meet with him at Miletus.
He reminded them that he had never tried to obtain the app...
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ΠΛΉΝ (G4133) кроме того, только; союз с
ограничительным значением (Thrall, 20).
ΚΑΤΆ ΠΌΛΙΝ (G2596; G4172) из города в город,
ΛΈΓΟΝ _praes. act. part. n. пот. sing. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004)
говорить. Семитск...
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IN MILETUS. Acts 20:16-38.
a.
Past Ephesus to Miletus. Acts 20:16-17.
Acts 20:16
For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have
to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if...
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See notes on verse 22...
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Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds
and afflictions abide me.
SAVE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WITNESSETH - `witnesseth to me,' is
undoubtedly the true reading;
IN EVERY...
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21 Repentance had its place in Paul's preaching while he was
proclaiming the kingdom. It was associated with pardon. Henceforth he
no longer preaches these, but justification and conciliation by faith...
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THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED)
1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until
the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after
Pentecost, 55 a.d. (1 Corinth...
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ST PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS. He reminds them of his
ministry among them (Acts 20:18). And now that the Spirit draws him to
Jerusalem, to face the unknown future, he entrusts the Ephesian...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 20
PAUL TRAVELS THROUGH MACEDONIA AND GREECE, 20:1-6
V1 After the *riot, Paul sent for the *believers and he encouraged
them. Then he said good...
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THE HOLY GHOST WITNESSETH IN EVERY CITY. — This can hardly refer to
mere internal previsions of the future, but implies, like the
analogous phraseology of 1 Timothy 4:1, predictions uttered by the
mou...
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πλὴν ὅτι : The collocation is found nowhere else in N.T.
except in Philippians 1:18, _only that_ (so Alford, Lightfoot, W.H
[335], see Lightfoot, _l. c._, for parallels), _i.e._, knowing one
thing onl...
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A PARTING MESSAGE
Acts 20:13
The vessel had to stop at Miletus and Paul sent word to the Ephesian
elders, urging them to come and see him. He spent the day in their
company, and before parting delive...
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Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless
in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident
throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alway...
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Meeting with the Elders from Ephesus
The rest of the apostle's company travelled by ship to Assos, while he
went on foot. He joined them in the ship at Assos and went on with
them to Mitylene, then by...
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_In every city. There were in every city Christian prophets, who
foretold to Paul the tribulations which awaited him. It appears, then,
that the apostle did not know these things by immediate revelati...
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And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the
church. (18) And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye
know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I...
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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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_THE CHRISTIAN COURSE_
‘And now, behold, I go bound in the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not
knowing the things that shall befall me there: save that the Holy
Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bon...
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23._But that the Holy Ghost. _I do not understand this of secret
oracles, but of those foretellings which he heard everywhere of the
prophets. And this speech hath greater dignity to set forth the
p...
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But let us return to the history of Paul.
After the uproar has ceased he sends for the disciples, embraces them,
and departs for Macedonia; he visits that whole country, and comes
into Greece. The beg...
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SAVE THAT THE HOLY GHOST WITNESSETH IN EVERY CITY,.... As he passed
along, where there was a church, or any number of saints: in the
churches of those times there were prophets who foretold things to...
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Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds
and afflictions abide me.
Ver. 23. _Bonds and afflictions abide me_] Let no faithful minister
dream of a delicacy, or think by any...
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_And behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem_ Strongly impelled
by the Spirit which intimates my duty to me in such a manner, that I
can neither omit nor delay it. I am, therefore, fully resolv...
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SAVE THAT THE HOLY GHOST WITNESSETH IN EVERY CITY, SAYING THAT BONDS
AND AFFLICTIONS ABIDE ME....
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Paul warned of coming affliction:...
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Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field
of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi,
Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them muc...
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EXCEPT THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT TESTIFIES IN EVERY CITY, SAYING THAT
CHAINS AND TRIBULATIONS AWAIT ME.
1. Paul knew that in every city there were enemies. There were jails,
chains, beatings, and all kind...
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ABIDE ME:
Or, wait for me...
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"save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying
that bonds and afflictions abide me": The Holy Spirit was probably
testifying through various Christians who had the gift of prophec...
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17-27 The elders knew that Paul was no designing, self-seeking man.
Those who would in any office serve the Lord acceptably, and
profitably to others, must do it with humility. He was a plain
preache...
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Acts 20:23 except G4133 that G3754 Holy G40 Spirit G4151 testifies
G1263 (G5736) every G2596 city G4172 saying...
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HE DESCRIBES WHAT HAS CAUSED HIM TO WANT TO SPEAK TO THEM AND THE FATE
THAT AWAITS HIM (22-24).
“And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing
the things that will befall me the...
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PAUL'S ADDRESS TO THE ELDERS OF THE EPHESIAN CHURCH (20:17-38)....
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_St. Paul's Farewell Address to the Elders of the Church at Ephesus,_
18-38.
In this short epitome of the discourse of the apostle on the occasion
of his bidding farewell to his old Ephesian friends a...
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Acts 20:23. SAVE THAT THE HOLY GHOST WITNESSETH IN EVERY CITY, SAYING
THAT BONDS AND AFFLICTIONS ABIDE ME. Such warnings as these here
referred to as having happened in the past, do not seem to have b...
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SAVE THAT
(πλην οτ). The οτ clause is really in the ablative case after
πλην, here a preposition as in Philippians 1:18, this idiom
πλην οτ occasionally in ancient Greek.IN EVERY CITY
(κατα πολιν...
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CONTENTS: Paul goes to Macedonia and Greece. His visits at Troas,
Miletus. Paul's conference with the Ephesian elders.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus,
Gaius, Tim...
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Acts 20:4. _There accompanied him Sopater of Berea,_ the son of
Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater.
Romans 16:21. _Aristarchus,_ who accompanied him to Rome, and
_Secun...
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ASKING THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH TO MEET HIM. We are not told about
them before this, but it was Paul's custom to appoint elders in each
church (Acts 14:23). Elders [church leaders] are also called she...
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_And now, behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem._
THE FUTURE
(New Year’s sermon):--The text presents the future as something--
I. We are Bound to face. Paul was under the pressure of no bo...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:22 CONSTRAINED indicates the Holy Spirit
prompted Paul to go quickly and directly to Jerusalem. THE HOLY SPIRIT
TESTIFIES TO ME IN EVERY CITY. Probably through Christian prophets...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:17 Paul’s Miletus address is the only example
in Acts 1:1 of a major speech to Christians. Of all Paul’s speeches
in Ac
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 20:17. MILETUS.—Thirty-six miles south of Ephesus, and on the
south-west of the Latmian Gulf. “Now a desolation: then an emporium
of trade with four ports or docks crowded wit...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 20:1
_Having sent for_ …_ and exhorted _for _called unto him, _A.V. and
T.R.; _took leave of them, and departed _for _and embraced them, and
departed, _A.V. DEPARTED FOR TO GO INTO MA...
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Last week we left Paul in Ephesus, in the midst of a near riot in
town, as Demetrius the silversmith got together his companions in
trade and pointed out how the preaching of Paul was about to put the...
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1 Thessalonians 3:3; 2 Timothy 2:12; Acts 14:22; Acts 21:11; Acts 21:4
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Save that — Only this I know in general; the Holy Ghost witnesseth
— By other persons. Such was God's good pleasure to reveal these
things to him, not immediately, but by the ministry of others....