Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 21:16
See notes on verse 15
See notes on verse 15
ACTS 21:16-17 xenisqw/men Mna,swni,…17 Genome,nwn de. h`mw/n {A} The Western text of these verses expands what may be implied in the use of avnebai,nomen (ver....
Verse Acts 21:16. _AND BROUGHT WITH THEM ONE MNASON_, c.] It is not very likely that they would bring a man _with_ them with whom they were to _lodge_ in Jerusalem therefore, the text should perhaps...
ONE MNASON OF CYPRUS - The original in this place would be better translated, “And brought us to Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple,” etc. It is evident that, though Mnason was originally of Cyprus, ye...
CHAPTER 21 _ 1. The journey from Miletus to Tyre and Ptolemais (Acts 21:1)._ 2. In Caesarea (Acts 21:8). 3. The Apostle's Arrival in Jerusalem and his visit to the Temple (Acts 21:15). 4. The Uproa...
NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
When we had torn ourselves away from them and had set sail, we sailed a straight course and came to Cos; on the next day we reached Rhodes; and from there we came to Patara. There we found a ship whic...
OF. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. AND BROUGHT. bringing. WITH THEM. Omit. ONE. Greek. _tis_ App-123. MNASON. Nothing more is known of him. OF CYPRUS. a Cypriote, as in Acts 4:36; Acts 11:20. OLD....
_There went with us also … of Cesarea_ The Greek text has a conjunction to introduce the sentence, " AND _there went_, &c.… FROM _Cæsarea._" The Evangelist had formed a Church where he had settled, an...
ΣΥΝΗ͂ΛΘΟΝ ΔῈ ΚΑῚ ΤΩ͂Ν ΜΑΘΗΤΩ͂Ν, _and there went with us also some of the disciples_. The genitive without government in this fashion is rare, and the more usual thing is to find ἐκ, or some other prep...
15, 16. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM...
_PAUL WOULD NOT RETREAT ACTS 21:1-16 :_ Paul knew that danger awaited him in Jerusalem. But he would not retreat. He took ship and quickly passed through Coos, Rhodes, and Patara. At Patara they chang...
ΣΥΝΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΝΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G4905) идти с кем-л., сопровождать. ΆΓΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΓ (G71) вести, нести. _Adj. part., пот. pl._ согласуется с ΤΊΝΕΣ; это те (RWP), "кто приве...
BROUGHT WITH THEM ONE MNASON, &C.— _Mnason_ was a native of Cyprus, but an inhabitant of Jerusalem, who probablyhad been converted either by Christ or the apostles, at the first opening of the gospel....
IN JERUSALEM. Acts 21:15-16. Acts 21:15 And after these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem. Acts 21:16 And there went with us also certain of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing...
There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge. There went with us also certain of the disciples...
1 The party made a quick journey. The various terms, "running straight," "looming up, and leaving," suggest that they sailed before the wind, which blows from the northwest at that time of the year. 4...
21:16 whom (c-23) Or 'to bring us to a certain Mnason, a Cyprian, an old disciple with whom.'...
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY, AUG. 52 A.D. TO PENTECOST 56 A.D. (ACTS 18:23 TO ACTS 21:16) 23. Visit to Galatia. St. Paul revisits Antioch in Syria and the Churches of Galatia and Phrygia, founded in the...
ST. PAUL ARRESTED AT JERUSALEM 1. Were gotten] rather, 'had torn ourselves.' COOS] or Cos, a fertile island off the Carian coast, producing silks, ointments, wheat, and wines. RHODES] a city, and lar...
BROUGHT WITH THEM ONE MNASON] A more probable translation is, 'brought us to Mnason,' etc. Mnason's house was probably half-way between Cæsarea and Jerusalem. D (Latin) reads, 'and when they had come...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 21 PAUL VISITS THE *BELIEVERS IN TYRE, 21:1-6 V1 We said goodbye to them and then we left. We sailed straight to Cos. The next day, we went to...
ONE MNASON OF CYPRUS, AN OLD DISCIPLE, WITH WHOM WE SHOULD LODGE. — Better, perhaps, _an early disciple._ The word for “old” refers less to personal age than to his having been a disciple from the beg...
ἄγοντες παρʼ ᾧ ξενισ.: A. and R.V. render “bringing with them Mnason with whom we should lodge,” but Meyer Wendt, so Page and Rendall, render “bringing us to _the house of_ Mnason,” etc., _cf._ also S...
BINDING TOGETHER THE CHURCH Acts 21:15 Mnason was an _early_ disciple. He could remember the first days of the Church's story. It was good for Paul to have the society and care of this good man durin...
Passing on toward Jerusalem, Paul and those with him reached Tyre. There the disciples urged the apostle not to go to Jerusalem; but, having received from the Spirit a revelation of all that lay befor...
Paul Urged To Take Peaceful Actions The group next travelled on to Jerusalem where they planned to lodge with one of the early disciples, Mnason of Cyprus. They were joyfully greeted by the brethren i...
Now they proceed to go up to Jerusalem, taking along with them a certain Mnason, a Cyprian, an old disciple, _i. e_., one of the first disciples of the Lord Jesus when He began His ministry, _“with wh...
And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. (16) There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple,...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
After this time the apostle has to give account of himself, and to accomplish in a striking manner the predictions of the Lord. Brought before tribunals by the malice of the Jews, given up through the...
THERE WENT WITH US ALSO CERTAIN OF THE DISCIPLES OF CAESAREA,.... Members of the church at Caesarea; of the church here, Acts 10:48. To which may be added the account of the pastors or bishops of this...
There went with us also _certain_ of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge. Ver. 16. _An old disciple_] A gray-headed exper...
_And after those days_ Spent at Cesarea, how many there were is not said; _we took up our carriages, and went_ Or, their baggage, which probably went by sea before; containing, doubtless, the alms the...
MNASON OF CYPRUS; formerly of Cyprus, but now living in Jerusalem, with whom Paul and his companions lodged....
THERE WENT WITH US ALSO CERTAIN OF THE DISCIPLES OF CAESAREA, AND BROUGHT WITH THEM ONE MNASON OF CYPRUS, AN OLD DISCIPLE, WITH WHOM WE SHOULD LODGE. "Many days," a few days more, they, Paul and his c...
The prophecy of Agabus:...
From this point onwards there is no record of the work of God spreading as it had previously through Paul's energetic ministry. In fact, we read of no conversions until Chapter 28:24, though we may be...
AND AFTER THOSE DAYS WE PACKED AND WENT UP TO JERUSALEM. 16 Also some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and brought with them a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we we...
Acts 21:15-16 "Some of the disciples from Caesarea also came with us" If they cannot dissuade Paul, at least they can travel with him. "Taking us to Mnason" The name is pronounced nay sohn and means ...
8-18 Paul had express warning of his troubles, that when they came, they might be no surprise or terror to him. The general notice given us, that through much tribulation we must enter into the kingd...
Either this Mnason was in their company, or rather they were brought by the disciples of Caesarea to the house of this Mnason, who was one of them that was converted when Paul and Barnabas were at Cyp...
Acts 21:16 Also G1161 G2532 disciples G3101 from G575 Caesarea G2542 went G4905 (G5627) with G4862
‘And there went with us also certain of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.' They were accompanied by certain disciples...
Acts 21:16. THERE WENT WITH US ALSO CERTAIN OF THE DISCIPLES OF CÆSAREA, AND BROUGHT WITH THEM ONE MNASON OF CYPRUS, AN OLD DISCIPLE, WITH WHOM WE SHOULD LODGE. This rendering of the Greek words is a...
CERTAIN OF THE DISCIPLES (των μαθητων). The genitive here occurs with τινες understood as often in the Greek idiom, the partitive genitive used as nominative (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 502).BRINGING...
Acts 21:16 I. This discipleship of Mnason commenced with the freshness of his youth. The epithet "old" does not, I think, refer so much to the man as the disciple. I do not think it tells us about the...
CONTENTS: Holy Spirit forbids Paul to go to Jerusalem. Paul goes to Jerusalem. Paul takes a Jewish vow. Seized in the temple by the Jews and bound with chains. CHARACTERS: Paul, Holy Spirit, Philip,...
Acts 21:1. _We came with a straight course to Coos,_ or Cos. See the map of St. Paul's travels. It is the principal island of the group called Cyclades. Hypocrates the physician, and Apelles the paint...
SOME OF THE DISCIPLES FROM CAESAREA. Groups often went along with Paul as he traveled. They could talk together and he could teach them. MNASON, FROM CYPRUS. The Latin Vulgate has Mnason in Caesarea,...
_Mnason of Cyprus, am old disciple._ MNASON, THE AGED CYPRIOTE teaches us-- I. How that with increasing years should come an increasing delight in learning of Christ. Mnason was a disciple still, al...
_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 bag...
EXPOSITION ACTS 21:1 _When it came to pass float we were parted from them, and had set sail _for _it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, _A.V.; _Cos _for _Coos_, A.V....
And so it came to pass, that after we had gotten from them, and we had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the following day unto to Rhodes, and from there to Patara: where we foun...
Acts 10:24; Acts 10:48; Acts 11:19; Acts 15:39; Acts 21:3;...
Bringing with them, etc. This would imply that Mnason was at Caesarea, and accompanied Paul and his companions to Jerusalem. It seems better to suppose that the disciples accompanied the apostle in or...
The disciples brought us to one Mnason, a Cyprian, an old disciple — He was a native of Cyprus, but an inhabitant of Jerusalem, and probably one of the first converts there....