Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 21:26
See notes on verse 18
See notes on verse 18
Verse Acts 21:26. _TO SIGNIFY THE ACCOMPLISHMENT_, c.] διαγγελλων, _Declaring_ the accomplishment, c. As this declaration was made to the priest, the sense of the passage is the following, if we supp...
THEN PAUL TOOK THE MEN - Took them to himself; united with them in observing the ceremonies connected with their vow. To transactions like this he refers in 1 Corinthians 9:20; “And unto the Jews I be...
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...
ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM: PAUL'S NAZIRITE VOW. Acts 21:17 gives the general impression on both sides when Paul arrived; in Acts 21:18 he presents himself to James with his retinue, and finds the elders, _...
NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
When we arrived in Jerusalem the brethren received us gladly. On the next day Paul along with us went to visit James; and all the elders were present. He greeted them and recounted one by one the thin...
NEXT. Same as in Acts 20:15. Greek. _echomai_ ENTERED. Greek. _eiseimi,_ as in Acts 21:18. TEMPLE. Greek. _hieron_. See note on Matthew 23:16. TO SIGNIFY. declaring. Greek. diangell
_Then Paul took the men_ This consent of Paul to the advice of James and the elders has been taken by some for a contradiction of the words and character of the Apostle as represented in his own writi...
ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM. PAUL’S RECEPTION BY THE CHURCH AND BY THE PEOPLE...
ΤΌΤΕ Ὁ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΣ ΠΑΡΑΛΑΒῺΝ ΤΟῪΣ ἌΝΔΡΑΣ, _then Paul having taken the men_. This consent of Paul to the advice of James and the elders has been taken by some for a contradiction of the words and character...
_COMPROMISE ABOUT THE LAW ACTS 21:17-26:_ When Paul and his companions reached Jerusalem he went to visit James, the Lord's brother._ _ He reported how that God had received many Gentiles into the kin...
ΈΧΟΜΈΝΗ ήμέρ _q._ (G2192; G2250) на следующий день; _dat._ времени, ΆΓΝΙΣΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 21:24. ΕΊΣΉΕΙ _impf. ind. act., см._ Acts 21:18. ΔΙΑΓΓΈΛΛΩΝ praes. act. part. о
TO SIGNIFY THE ACCOMPLISHMENT, &C.— Dr. Heylin renders this, _and declared how many days the purification was to last, and when the offering was to be made for each of them._ This seems to be the true...
THE VOYAGE TO ROME Acts 21:17 Acts 28:31 1. AT JERUSALEM. Acts 21:17, Acts 23:30 a. Paul's salutation and the advice of the e
_ Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for...
24 The belief of the circumcisionists, based on tangible evidence, such as signs and wonders, was of a very different quality from that of Paul's epistles. In our Lord's day "many believe in [into] Hi...
ENTERED, etc.] We may freely translate this difficult passage thus: 'He entered into the Temple, informing the priests that within seven days (see Acts 21:27) the days of their purification would be a...
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...
ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
Apollos at Ephesus. 24. Apollos] The name is a contraction of Apollonius. He is mentioned again Acts 19:1; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:4.;...
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...
TO SIGNIFY THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE DAYS OF PURIFICATION... — The process lasted, as the next verse shows, for seven days, which were probably reckoned from the completion of the thirty days, or othe...
τότε ὁ Παῦλος : St. Paul's conduct was another illustration of the rule laid down for himself when writing to Corinth, _cf._ 1 Corinthians 9:20. This is in itself an answer to the captious criticism w...
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's Arrest in the Temple Paul yielded to the proposal set forth by James and the others and began to be purified, perhaps to enter the inner part of the temple (See McGarvey). Near the end of the s...
Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, (f) to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered fo...
They very judiciously advised Paul to adopt a procedure in connection with four Jewish brethren, who at that time had on them temporary Nazaritish vows, to fall in with them, becoming a Mosaic Nazarit...
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...
− 26.Whereas some accuse Paul of subtilty, − (483) as if he did play the hypocrite, I have before refuted this. Yet I do not deny but that he granted to do thus much at the request of the brethren, be...
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...
THEN PAUL TOOK THE MEN,.... The four men that had the vow on them; he joined himself to them, and put himself in the same condition, and under a like vow: this he did, not as what he thought himself b...
Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for ev...
_Then Paul took the men_ Agreeably to the advice which he had received from James and the elders. _And the next day, purifying himself with them_ According to the rites of the law; _entered into the t...
ENTERED INTO THE TEMPLE; to make known to the priest when the vow would end, and thus prepare the way for the customary sacrifices to be offered. Some things are in themselves indifferent; if we do th...
THEN PAUL TOOK THE MEN, AND THE NEXT DAY, PURIFYING HIMSELF WITH THEM, ENTERED INTO THE TEMPLE TO SIGNIFY THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE DAYS OF PURIFICATION UNTIL THAT AN OFFERING SHOULD BE OFFERED FOR EV...
The beginning of the riot:...
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...
THEN PAUL TOOK THE MEN, AND THE NEXT DAY, HAVING BEEN PURIFIED WITH THEM, ENTERED THE TEMPLE TO ANNOUNCE THE EXPIRATION OF THE DAYS OF PURIFICATION, AT WHICH TIME AN OFFERING SHOULD BE MADE FOR EACH O...
Acts 21:22-26 Paul in the Temple For centuries this has been. difficult section of Scripture to harmonize with what Paul taught elsewhere.. offer the following comments from Wayne Jackson on this sec...
19-26 Paul ascribed all his success to God, and to God they gave the praise. God had honoured him more than any of the apostles, yet they did not envy him; but on the contrary, glorified the Lord. Th...
Paul agrees to their advice, and follows it; and having set such a time for his vow as might end with the other four men s, he, with the four mentioned, signify to the priest (who was concerned to kno...
Origen Against Celsus Book II And why do I mention that they who preached to the circumcision withdrew and separated themselves from the heathen, when even Paul himself "became as a Jew to the Jews,...
Acts 21:26 Then G5119 Paul G3972 took G3880 (G5631) men G435 next G2192 (G5746) day G2250 purified...
“Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them went into the temple, declaring the fulfilment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.”...
PAUL PROVES HIS TRUE DEDICATION IN JERUSALEM AND HIS CONFORMITY WITH THE LAW AND DOES NOTHING THAT IS WORTHY OF DEATH BUT THE DOORS OF THE TEMPLE ARE CLOSED AGAINST HIM (21:17-30)....
_Paul takes the Nazarite's VowThe Uproar in the TempleHe is arrested by the Roman Soldiery and interrogated by the Officer in Command, who allows him to address the Crowd,_ 26-40. Acts 21:26. THEN PAU...
TOOK THE MEN (παραλαβων τους ανδρας). The very phrase used in verse Acts 21:24 to Paul.THE NEXT DAY (τη εχομενη). One of the phrases in Acts 20:15 for the coming day. Locative case of time.PURIFY...
PAUL TOOK Contrast (Acts 21:4); (Galatians 2:2). See (Romans 3:9); (Romans 3:10); ...
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...
TO SEE JAMES. This James was not one of the Twelve, but is the human brother of Jesus (see note on 1 Corinthians 15:7; Acts 15:6). He seemed to be a man of great influence in the Jerusalem church (Gal...
_And when we were come to Jerusalem the brethren received us gladly._ PAUL AT JERUSALEM Note here-- I. The early conquests of the gospel. During the quarter of a century which had elapsed since Paul...
_Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow upon them._ PAUL AND THE NAZARITE VOW Hardly had Paul’s glowing words of passionate love to Christ--his plea for a flee pulpi...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:26 HE PURIFIED HIMSELF. See note on v. 27. Paul voluntarily went along with the suggestion from James and the elders. Paul’s willingness to take the vow (vv....
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:17 The Arrest in Jerusalem. While fulfilling a vow at the temple, Paul was attacked by a Jewish mob and rescued by the Romans. He defended himself before the Jewish crowd and the...
_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 requ...
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...
1 Corinthians 9:20; Acts 24:18; Numbers 6:13...
Purifying himself [α γ ν ι σ θ ε ι ς]. See on 1 Peter 1:22; James 4:8. Declaring [δ ι α γ γ ε λ λ ω ν]. To the priests who directed the sacrifices and pronounced release from the vow. Fulfillment - un...
Then Paul took the men — Yielding his own judgment to their advice, which seemed to flow not out of spiritual but carnal wisdom; seeming to be what he really was not: making as if he believed the law...
Observe here, 1. That at the instance and importunity of his friends, St. Paul is persuaded to purify himself in the temple; partly to gain upon the affections of the believing Jews, who were still ze...