CHAPTER 20 THE THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY (PAUL AND TIMOTHY)—CONTINUED § 1. A Second Visit to Europe; or, Across the Ægean and Back (Acts 20:1). § 2. A Communion Festival at Troas; or, the Story of the Young Man Eutychus (Acts 20:7). § 3. Sailing past Ephesus; or, bound for Jerusalem (Acts 20:13... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 20:1. AFTER THE UPROAR WAS CEASED.—Soon after, but not necessarily because of the uproar. The best authorities insert _and exhorted_, παρακαλέσας, before AND EMBRACED or took leave of them—_i.e._, the disciples; the word ἀσπασάμενος referring to the farewell blessing and the... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 20:7. THE FIRST day OF THE WEEK.—Lit., _the first of the Sabbath_, as in 1 Corinthians 16:2, meaning not on one of the Sabbaths or Jewish festivals, but on the first day of the week, the term “Sabbaths” being put for the period of seven days (compare Matthew 28:1). Acts 20:... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 20:13. TO GO AFOOT.—Or, _by land_. “A paved road extended from Troas to Assos; so that starting even as late as seven or eight A.M. Paul could have reached Assos, twenty miles distant, in the afternoon” (Hackett). Acts 20:14. AND WHEN HE MET WITH US. Ramsay thinks the imper... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 with shipping” (Lewin). The stay at Miletus must have continued over three or four days. Acts 20:19. O... [ Continue Reading ]