CHAPTER 21
BOUND FOR JERUSALEM.—THE TERMINATION OF THE THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY
§ 1. Seven Days at Tyre; or, Impending Danger announced (Acts 21:1).
§ 2. With Philip at Cæsarea; or, Renewed Foreannouncements of Evil
(Acts 21:7).
§ 3. With James and the Elders at Jerusalem; or, Mistaken Counsel
(A... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 21:1. AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT AFTER WE HAD GOTTEN FROM THEM AND
HAD LAUNCHED.—Better, as well as literally, _And when it came to
pass that we had weighed anchor, having departed from them_. The
“we” certainly included Luke and, most probably, Trophimus (Acts
21:29) and Arist... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 21:7. AND WHEN HE HAD FINISHED OUR COURSE FROM TYRE might be read
_but me, having finished our voyage, came down from Tyre_ (Alford).
From Tyre, a moderate day’s journey by land and a few hour’s by
sea. PTOLEMAIS.—The ancient Accho (Judges 1:31), the modern _Akka_
of the Ara... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 21:15. WE TOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES, or things to be carried (see
Judges 18:21).—ἀποσκευασάμενοι. The reading of the
Received text should be translated, _having packed away our
baggage—i.e._, the superfluous part of it (Olshausen); or _having
discharged our baggage—i.e._, unpack... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 required before entering the
temple (Howson), but by entering with them upon the same course of
dedicat... [ Continue Reading ]