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ACTS 20:3-4
Codex Bezae, supported in part by syrhmg and Ephraem, presents the
following text of verses Acts 20:3 and Acts 20:4:...
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Verse Acts 20:3. _ABODE THREE MONTHS_] Partly, as we may suppose, at
Corinth, at Athens, and in Achaia; from which place he is supposed to
have sent his epistle to the _Romans_, because he continued l...
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AND THERE ABODE - Why he remained here is unknown. It is probable that
while in Greece he wrote the Epistle to the Romans. Compare Romans
15:25.
AND WHEN THE JEWS LAID WAIT FOR HIM - There was a desig...
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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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TO GREECE; RETURN TO TROAS. The journey sketched in Acts 19:21; 1
Corinthians 16:5, is entered on; for what happened at Troas and in
Macedonia on the way _cf._ 2 Corinthians 2:12 f.,...
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After the disturbance had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples. He
spoke words of encouragement to them and bade them farewell and
departed to go to Macedonia. When he had gone through those parts and...
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SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
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ABODE THREE MONTHS. Literally having done three months. Compare Acts
15:33; Acts 18:23. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the species).
App-6. The whole period covered by verses: Acts 20:1 is about ni...
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_and there abode three months_ More literally, with _Rev. Ver._, "_and
when he had spent three months there_," connecting it, as the Greek
does, with what follows.
_and when the Jews laid wait for him...
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Acts 20:1-6. PAUL JOURNEYS THROUGH MACEDONIA AND GREECE, AND RETURNS
AS FAR AS TROAS...
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ἮΛΘΕΝ ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ἙΛΛΆΔΑ, _he came into Greece_.
There is nothing said of the places which St Paul visited in this
journey, but as he was always anxious to strengthen any work which he
had before begun we...
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_PAUL WENT THROUGH MACEDONIA AND GREECE ACTS 20:1-6:_ When the uproar
that had been caused by Demetrius at Ephesus ceased Paul called for
the Christians at Ephesus. He embraced them, comforted them, a...
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ΠΟΙΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ гопесо (G4160)
делать; с указанием на время,
проводить время,
ΜΉΝΑΣ _acc. pl. от_ ΜΉΝ (G3375) месяц. _acc._
выражает промежуток времени, отвечая
на вопрос: "как долго?" ...
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AND THERE ABODE THREE MONTHS.— It seems that St. Paul met with
sacred business here and in other places, which detained him longer
than he expected...
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AT CORINTH IN GREECE. Acts 20:3-5.
Acts 20:3
And when he had spent three months there, and a plot was laid against
him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined
to return thro...
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See notes on verse 2...
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And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as
he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through
Macedonia.
AND THERE ABODE THREE MONTHS. Though the province onl...
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38 After showing them that the men they had led to the theater were
not guilty of any overt act against the temple or goddess he reminds
them that there are legal means of redress for any wrong which...
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The plot was to kill Paul on board the Jewish pilgrim ship in which he
had taken his passage.
4, 5. The men mentioned here were delegates bearing the contributions
of St. Paul's Gentile churches to th...
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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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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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WHEN THE JEWS LAID WAIT FOR HIM... — In sailing for Syria, Cenchreæ
would naturally be the port of embarkation, and St. Paul’s presence
there may reasonably be connected with the mention of Phœbe, the...
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ποιήσας τε μῆνας τρεῖς, _cf._ Acts 15:33; Acts
18:23. ἐπιβουλῆς : only in Acts in N.T., see above on Acts
9:24; the plot may have been formed in the anticipation that it would
be easy to carry it thro...
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A MESSENGER OF TRUTH AND LIFE
Acts 20:1
The Second Epistle to the Corinthians should be read with the
introductory verses of this chapter, as it reveals the Apostle's inner
mind at this time. He seem...
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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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Travelling from Ephesus to Troas
After encouraging the Ephesian brethren, Paul went on to Macedonia. He
also built up the churches there before he went on to Greece. His work
there continued for some...
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(2) And [there] abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for
him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through
Macedonia.
(2) A perverse zeal is the guider and instructor...
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Spending the summer in the churches of Northern Greece, meanwhile
Timothy and Titus with their comrades at different times have gone
down into Achaia and preached to the Corinthians; bringing him word...
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And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples,
and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. (2) And when
he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhort...
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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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3._Because the Jews laid wait for him. _The Lord did exercise his
servant so diversely and continually that he set before us in him an
example of most excellent constancy. It is not sufficient for h...
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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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AND THERE ABODE THREE MONTHS,.... In Greece:
AND WHEN THE JEWS LAID WAIT FOR HIM, AS HE WAS ABOUT TO SAIL INTO
SYRIA; from some part of Greece, in order to go to Jerusalem; which
the Jews in the part...
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_And there_ Namely, in Greece; he _abode three months_ Meeting, it
seems, with business there as he often did in other places, which
detained him longer than he expected. During this time, he received...
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AND THERE ABODE THREE MONTHS. AND WHEN THE JEWS LAID WAIT FOR HIM, AS
HE WAS ABOUT TO SAIL INTO SYRIA, HE PURPOSED TO RETURN THROUGH
MACEDONIA....
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THE JOURNEY TO MACEDONIA AND BACK TO MILETUS.
The second visit to Macedonia and Greece:...
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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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AND STAYED THREE MONTHS. AND WHEN THE JEWS PLOTTED AGAINST HIM AS HE
WAS ABOUT TO SAIL TO SYRIA, HE DECIDED TO RETURN THROUGH MACEDONIA.
1. Paul stayed in Corinth about 3 months.
2. Same story - nex...
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"And when he had spent three months there, and. plot was laid against
him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined
to return through Macedonia"Three months": These "were the wi...
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1-6 Tumults or opposition may constrain a Christian to remove from his
station or alter his purpose, but his work and his pleasure will be
the same, wherever he goes. Paul thought it worth while to be...
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THE JEWS LAID WAIT FOR HIM; some have thought that their laying in
wait might be to rob him of the collections which he carried with him
for the saints at Jerusalem; but most likely it was rather to t...
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Acts 20:3 and G5037 stayed G4160 (G5660) three G5140 months G3376 Jews
G5259 G2453 plotted G1096 ...
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THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM (20:3-21:16).
As we read this section of Acts some of it may seem a little pointless
and repetitive. But we must recognise in it what Luke is doing. One
purpose that he has in...
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‘And when he had spent three months there, and a plot was laid
against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he
determined to return through Macedonia.'
The three months of continual mini...
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PAUL'S VISITS TO MACEDONIA AND GREECE AND SEVEN DAYS IN TROAS
(20:1-6).
It is indicative of Luke's concentration on the new direction in which
events have turned, and his purpose in writing what follo...
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Acts 20:3. AND THERE ABODE THREE MONTHS. With these few words the
writer of the ‘Acts' refers to this second and shorter residence of
the apostle in his old Corinthian home. Much had happened in that...
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WHEN HE HAD SPENT THREE MONTHS THERE
(ποιησας μηνας τρεις). Literally, "having done three
months," the same idiom in Acts 14:33; Acts 18:23; James 5:13. During
this period Paul may have written Gala...
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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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AFTER THE UPROAR DIED DOWN. Paul had already decided to go through
Macedonia and Greece (Acts 19:21), but planned to stay in Ephesus
until after Pentecost (1 Corinthians 16:8). This time had come (abo...
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_And when the Jews laid wait for him as he was about to sail._
PAUL’S PRUDENCE
Why was it safer for Paul to travel by land through Macedonia than to
go down to the seaport, Cenchrea, to take ship the...
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_And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples,
and embraced them, and departed for Macedonia._
READING BETWEEN THE LINES
There does not seem to be much in this section of the...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:3 Paul stayed at Corinth for THREE MONTHS,
likely the winter months (see 1 Corinthians 16:6). Sea travel was more
dangerous then....
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_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 l...
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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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2 Corinthians 1:15; 2 Corinthians 11:26; 2 Corinthians 7:5; Acts
18:18;...
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Sail [α ν α γ ε σ θ α ι]. Better, as Rev., set sail. See on
Luke 8:22; and compare Luke 5:3....
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An ambush being laid for him — In his way to the ship....