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ACTS 13:3 proseuxa,menoi
The addition of pa,ntej after proseuxa,menoi in codex Bezae is a
typical Western expansion. The omission of avpe,lusan by the same
manuscript must be accounted a scribal blun...
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Verse Acts 13:3. _AND WHEN THEY HAD FASTED AND PRAYED, AND LAID_ THEIR
_HANDS ON THEM_]
1. _They fasted_: this was probably done by the whole Church.
2. _They prayed_, that God would bless and prosp...
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AND WHEN THEY HAD FASTED - They were fasting when they were commanded
to set them apart. Yet this probably refers to an appointed day of
prayer, with reference to this very purpose. The first formal m...
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PART III
The Witness to the Gentiles.
The Apostle to the Gentiles; his Ministry and Captivity.
Chapter s 13-28
CHAPTER 13
_ 1. The Divine Choice. Barnabas and Saul separated unto the work
(Acts 1...
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THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH: THE SENDING OUT OF BARNABAS AND SAUL. Prophets
and teachers are mentioned by Paul (1 Corinthians 12:28) after
apostles; at Antioch there are no apostles, the prophets and teache...
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In the local church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers. There
were Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius from Cyrene,
and Manaen, who was brought up with Herod the tetrarch, an...
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THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (Acts 13:1-3)
Acts 13:1-52; Acts 14:1-28 tell the story of the first missionary
journey. Paul and Barnabas set out from Antioch. Antioch was 15 miles
up the River Orontes...
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WHEN THEY HAD. having.
PRAYED. Greek. _proseuchomai._ App-134.
SENT... AWAY. Greek. _apoluo._ App-174....
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Acts 13:1-12. BEGINNING OF SAUL’S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY. HE
VISITS CYPRUS...
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ΤΌΤΕ ΝΗΣΤΕΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ. This verse indicates that there was
a solemn dedication service at the end of the ministration and fasting
with which the devotions of the Church had commenced....
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_THE MISSION OF PAUL AND BARNABAS ACTS 13:1-3:_ Antioch in Syria was
located about 300 miles north of Jerusalem, and 16 miles from the
Mediterranean Sea. It became the starting place for Paul's missio...
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ΝΗΣΤΕΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 13:2.
ΠΡΟΣΕΥΞΆΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_
ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΟΜΑΙ (G4336) молиться. ΈΠΙΘΈΝΤΕΣ
_aor. act. part. от_ ΈΠΙΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G2007) возлагать.
Возл...
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THE CHURCH IN THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE WORLD
Acts 13:1, Acts 28:31
THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY
1.
AT ANTIOCH. Acts 13:1-3.
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Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets an...
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See notes one verse 2...
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And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them,
they sent them away.
AND WHEN THEY HAD FASTED AND PRAYED. As they were ministering to the
Lord and fasting when this supernatural...
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17 The death of James and the escape of Peter mark a crisis in the
history of the kingdom proclamation. The power in Jerusalem passes out
of the hands of the apostles into the hands of James, the Lord...
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This was the apostolic custom to fast at ordinations: see Acts 14:23.
ACTS 13:4 TO ACTS 15:35; FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY AND COUNCIL OF
JERUSALEM. During this journey St. Paul conclusively established...
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ST. PAUL AS A MISSIONARY
1. Prophets] see on Acts 11:27. SIMEON THAT WAS CALLED NIGER] Niger
was a Roman cognomen. LUCIUS OF CYRENE] doubtless one of those
Cyrenians who first preached at Antioch (Act...
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THE CHURCH IN ANTIOCH, 35-47 A.D. (ACTS 11:19 TO ACTS 13:3)
19-26. Extension of the Church to Antioch. Admission of Gentile
members. Antioch in N. Syria ranked next to Alexandria, as the third
city in...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 13
THE *HOLY SPIRIT CHOOSES BARNABAS AND SAUL, 13:1-3
V1 There were some *prophets and teachers in the *church at Antioch.
They were Barnabas,...
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AND WHEN THEY HAD FASTED AND PRAYED. — The repetition of the words
that had been used in Acts 13:2 seems to imply that the fast was
prolonged till the laying-on of hands had been completed. The new
co...
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CHAPTER 9
ST. PAUL'S ORDINATION AND FIRST MISSIONARY TOUR.
Acts 13:2; Acts 13:14; Acts 14:1; Acts 14:26
We have now arrived at what we might call th
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τότε probably indicating a new and special act of fasting and
prayer. But is the subject of the sentence the whole _Ecclesia_, or
only the prophets and teachers mentioned before? Ramsay maintains that...
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BEGINNING A MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN
Acts 13:1-12
This is one of the greatest Chapter s in the New Testament, making a
new departure in the ministry of the gospel, which henceforth begins
to pass out to t...
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The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and
was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in
Antioch sent Saul and Barnabas, and it is declared immediately...
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Barnabas' and Saul's Special Work
Once Barnabas and Saul had completed their task of delivering the gift
for the needy saints in Jerusalem, they returned to Antioch. Barnabas'
cousin, John Mark, also...
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(2) And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid [their] hands on
them, they sent [them] away.
(2) Fasting and solemn prayers were used before the laying on of
hands....
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Fasting and prayer, imposing their hands upon them. By which is
clearly expressed, the manner in which the ministers of God were, and
are still ordained bishops, priests, deacons in the Church. (Witha...
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_“Then fasting, and praying, and laying hands on them, they sent
them away.”_ This is all the ordination you can find in the New
Testament. The great ecclesiastical institution conferring exclusive
pr...
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Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and
teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of
Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod th...
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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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_SEPARATION AND ORDINATION_
‘As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,
Separate Me Barnabas and Saul for the work where-unto I have called
them. And when they had fasted and pr...
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3._When they had fasted and prayed. _That they may obey the oracle,
they do not only send Paul and Barnabas away; but also with a solemn
rite they appoint them to be the apostles of the Gentiles; it i...
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We come now to the beginning of the direct history of the work, new in
some important respects, that is, connected with Paul's mission by the
immediate intervention of the Holy Ghost. It is not now Ch...
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AND WHEN THEY HAD FASTED AND PRAYED,.... Not when they had done
fasting and praying, at the time the Holy Ghost made an impulse on
their minds, to separate two of their brethren to a work they were
ap...
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And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid _their_ hands on them,
they sent _them_ away.
Ver. 3. _Laid their hands on them_] So separating and consecrating
them to the work, as they did of old the...
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LAID THEIR HANDS ON THEM; the mode of setting them apart to their
work....
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AND WHEN THEY HAD FASTED AND PRAYED, AND LAID THEIR HANDS ON THEM,
THEY SENT THEM AWAY.
Luke here begins the second great part of his book of the Acts. After
having narrated the story of the establish...
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PAUL AND BARNABAS ON THE ISLAND OF CYPRUS. Acts 13:1
Barnabas and Saul delegated as missionaries:...
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From this time our attention is drawn particularly to the work of
Saul, whose name is in this chapter changed to Paul, meaning "little,"
for one who is the most greatly used of God is, in his own esti...
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THEN, HAVING FASTED AND PRAYED, AND LAID HANDS ON THEM, THEY SENT
_THEM_ AWAY.
1. Fast and pray - Often these words are used together. A conscious
decision to take a day and spend it without food is...
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"When they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them" Seeing
that Paul already was an apostle, this laying on of hands was not for
the purpose of conferring spiritual gifts and neither was th...
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1-3 What an assemblage was here! In these names we see that the Lord
raises up instruments for his work, from various places and stations
in life; and zeal for his glory induces men to give up flatte...
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WHEN THEY HAD FASTED AND PRAYED; a good preparation to enter into any
business with, whereby they acknowledged that all success must come
from God. Our blessed Saviour himself would not enter upon his...
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Acts 13:3 Then G5119 fasted G3522 (G5660) and G2532 prayed G4336
(G5666) and G2532 laid G2007 hands...
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THE EXPANSION OF THE WORD IN CYPRUS AND ASIA MINOR, WITH SATAN'S
COUNTERATTACK BEING DEFEATED AT AN ASSEMBLY IN JERUSALEM, WHICH IS
THEN FOLLOWED BY FURTHER MINISTRY (13:1-18:22).
Jerusalem having for...
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THE MINISTRY OF PAUL AND BARNABAS RESULTS IN THE COUNTER-ATTACK OF
SATAN AND THE GATHERING AT JERUSALEM (13:1-15:35).
Leaving Antioch under the direct commissioning of the Holy Spirit, in
a parallel c...
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‘Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them,
they sent them away (literally ‘released them').'
The laying on of hands confirms that it was well known what that work
was to be,...
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Acts 13:3. AND WHEN THEY HAD FASTED AND PRAYED, AND LAID THEIR HANDS
ON THEM. This their final consecration took place on another occasion.
Ewald suggests it was performed at one of the usual public a...
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WHEN THEY HAD FASTED
(νηστευσαντες). Either finishing the same fast in verse
Acts 13:2 or another one (Hackett), but clearly a voluntary fast.LAID
THEIR HANDS UPON THEM
(επιθεντες τας χειρας αυτοι...
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Acts 13:2
The Heroism of Foreign Missions.
I. The first element of heroism is the quality of ideality the power,
that is, of getting hold of the idea of any cause or occupation, or of
life in general...
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CONTENTS: Paul and Barnabas called. Satanic opposition from a
sorcerer. Paul's sermon in the synagogue at Antioch. Opposition from
Jews. Paul and Barnabas turn to Gentiles.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Ho...
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Acts 13:1. _The church that was at Antioch,_ which was counted one of
the five apostolic churches. It is the true church by way of eminence,
the synagogue having degenerated into a state of warfare wi...
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AND SENT THEM OFF. Paul was already an apostle. This simple ceremony
_identifies_ he and Barnabas as men who have been chosen for a special
mission. These are the first two men to be sent on a tour of...
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_As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,
Separate unto Me Barnabas and Saul._
THE COMPLETION OF THE APOSTOLATE
This act was no conferring of the apostleship by the prophets a...
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_And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them,
they sent them away._
UNDYING FAME
History has contemptuously obliterated from her annals the names of
countless kings, who have se...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:3 THEY. Probably the entire congregation. The
laying on of hands was a “commissioning,” indicating the
church’s support of the two in their mission. It also provided a
physical sy...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:1 The Witness in Cyprus and Southern Galatia.
Chapters Acts 13:1 and Acts 14:1 re
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 13:1. IN THE CHURCH THAT WAS AT ANTIOCH.—Better _at_ or _in
Antioch, in_ or _throughout_, or _for the benefit of the Church_,
κατά having all these different meanings. CERTAIN...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 13:1
_At Antioch., in the Church that was there _for _in the Church that
was at Antioch, _A.V.; _prophets, _etc., for _certain prophets, _etc.,
A.V. and T.R.; _Barnabas, _etc., for _a...
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Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and
teachers; Barnabas, Simeon that was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene,
and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,...
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1 Timothy 4:14; 1 Timothy 5:22; 2 Timothy 1:6; 2 Timothy 2:2; 3 John
1:
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Then having fasted — Again. Thus they did also, Acts 14:23....