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Acts 21:8,9

ACTS—NOTE ON Acts 21:8 Caesarea. A major port near Jerusalem. four unmarried daughters, who prophesied. The gift of prophecy was promised to women as well as men in Joel’s prophecy (Joel 2:28), which was fulfilled at Pentecost (Acts 2:17).

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    ACTS 21:8 h;lqomen {A} Before h;lqomen the Textus Receptus, following H L P 049 056 0142 and most minuscules, inserts oi` peri. to.n Pau/lon. The reason for the addition arises from the circumstance...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 21:8. _WE THAT WERE OF PAUL'S COMPANY_] Οἱ περι τον Παυλον· This clause is wanting in ABCE, and many others; the _Syriac,_ _Coptic, Vulgate, Armenian_, c. _CAME UNTO CAESAREA_] This was C...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WE THAT WERE OF PAUL’S COMPANY - From this it would appear that they had been attended thus far by some persons who were going only to Ptolemais. This clause, however, is missing in many mss., and has...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    TO CÆ SAREA. From Tyre to Ptolemais (p. 28) is 20 miles. The stay there is brief; the journey from Ptolemais to Cæ sarea, about 30 miles, _was_ probably by land. Philip arrived at Cæ sarea after his m...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NEXT. Here the common word _epaurion_ is used. Compare "following", Acts 21:1. OF PAUL'S COMPANY. Literally about (Greek. _peri._ App-104,) Paul. CAESAREA. See note on Acts 8:40. About sixty miles f...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And the next day Rev. Ver._"And on the morrow." _we that were of Paul's company_ The Greek for the last five of these words is omitted in the best MSS. We can see at once how such a marginal comment...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Paul's Journey to Cesarea, and his Stay there _And when … Ptolemais_ For "our course" _Rev. Ver._has "the voyage" and for "came to" reads "arrived at." For the same verb in Acts 16:1, "came to" is le...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΟἹ ΠΕΡῚ ΤῸΝ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΝ omitted with אABCE. Not represented in _Vulg_. ἬΛΘΟΜΕΝ for ἦλθον with אACE. _Vulg_. ‘venimus.’ 8. ΤΗ͂Ι ΔῈ ἘΠΑΎΡΙΟΝ ἘΞΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ ἬΛΘΟΜΕΝ ΕἸΣ ΚΑΙΣΆΡΕΙΑΝ, _and on the morrow having de...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    PAUL’S JOURNEY TO CÆSAREA, AND HIS STAY THERE...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΤΉ ΈΠΑΎΡΙΟΝ (G1887) на следующий день. Так как расстояние между пунктами было 64 км, они путешествовали по морю (ВВС), ΈΞΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 21:5. ΉΛΘΟΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    PHILIP— One of the seven deacons, ch. Acts 6:5 and who had settled at Caesarea after he had baptized the eunuch, ch. Acts 8:40. Concerning Caesarea see the note on ch. Acts 8:40....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CAESAREA. Acts 21:8-14. Acts 21:8 And on the morrow we departed, and came unto Caesarea: and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him. Acts 21:9...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    8, 9. The single day spent with the brethren in Ptolemais was sufficient for the solemn admonitions which Paul was leaving with all the Churches, and for another painful farewell. (8) "_And the next d...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. And the next...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PHILIP] see Acts 6:5 and Acts 8. THE EVANGELIST] Evangelists were itinerant officers, whose duty it was to break new ground, and establish new churches. They ranked below the prophets, and above the p...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WE THAT WERE OF PAUL’S COMPANY DEPARTED. — Better, simply, _we departed._ The Greek which answers to the intervening five words is wanting in the best MSS., and seems a needless interpolation, there b...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    φ. τοῦ εὐαγγ.: the title, as Wendt and Hilgenfeld think, may have been given to Philip on account of his evangelising work, _cf._ Acts 8:12; Acts 8:40; “the Evangelist”: the honourable title gained by...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    READY TO DIE FOR HIS LORD Acts 21:1 The vessel coasted along Asia Minor, sighted Cyprus, sailed to the south of it, and so finally to Tyre. There the disciples were poor and obscure, and it took sear...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Warnings On the Road To Jerusalem The departure from Miletus was an emotional one. In fact, Luke used the word for depart which Thayer says means, "tear away." They went from Cos, to Rhodes, to Patara...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the next [day] we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was [one] of the (b) seven; and abode with him. (b) H...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Philip, the evangelist, so called from his preaching the gospel, though he was one of the seven, that is, of the seven deacons. (Witham)_...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    _“....Going out we departed, all accompanying us, along with the women and children, even without the city, and, putting down our knees on the sand, praying, we bade each other adieu.”_ Lord, rebuke o...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. (8) And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE NEXT DAY WE THAT WERE OF PAUL'S COMPANY DEPARTED,.... From Ptolemais, as Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Timotheus, Tychicus, Trophimus, and Luke, the writer of this history; see Acts 20:4 A...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the next _day_ we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was _one_ of the seven; and abode with him. Ver. 8. _...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And when we had finished our course_ By sea; _we came to Ptolemais_ A celebrated city to the south of Tyre, on the same coast of the Mediterranean sea, anciently called _Accho._ It was enlarged and b...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    CESAREA; a city still farther south, about sixty miles from Jerusalem. EVANGELIST; a preacher of the gospel and founder of churches, but not a settled pastor. THE SEVEN; ACTS 6:1-9....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND THE NEXT DAY WE THAT WERE OF PAUL'S COMPANY DEPARTED AND CAME UNTO CAESAREA; AND WE ENTERED INTO THE HOUSE OF PHILIP THE EVANGELIST, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE SEVEN, AND ABODE WITH HIM....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    From Tyre to Caesarea:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    ON THE NEXT _DAY_ WE WHO WERE PAUL ' S COMPANIONS DEPARTED AND CAME TO CAESAREA, AND ENTERED THE HOUSE OF PHILIP THE EVANGELIST, WHO WAS _ONE_ OF THE SEVEN, AND STAYED WITH HIM. 1. Now they arrive at...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "Came to Caesarea" As noted in Acts 10:1 the city of Caesarea had been built by Herod the Great to serve as the port for Jerusalem. This was Paul's third recorded visit to Caesarea (Acts 9:30; Acts 18...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    CAESAREA; that which was called Caesarea Stratonis, to distinguish it from Caesarea Philippi, at the foot of Mount Libanus, as also from another city of that name in Cappadocia; they having been all s...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    8, 9. The single day spent with the brethren in Ptolemais was sufficient for the solemn admonitions which Paul was leaving with all the Churches, and for another painful farewell. (8) "_ And the next...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 21:8 G1161 next G1887 were G4012 Pauls G3972 companions G4012 departed G1831 (G5631) came G2064 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And on the morrow we departed, and came to Caesarea, and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him.' Leaving Ptolemais they arrived in Caesarea, w...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 21:8. AND CAME TO CÆSAREA. The little company now travelled by land. Their route led them round Carmel along the coast for some thirty to forty miles to Cæsarea. This was the third visit St. Paul...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    ON THE MORROW (τη επαυριον). Another and the more common way of expressing this idea of "next day" besides the three in Acts 20:15 and the one in Acts 21:1.UNTO CAESAREA (εις Καισαριαν). Apparentl...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    TO PTOLEMAIS. On the coast, about half-way to Caesarea. Named for the Egyptian king who rebuilt the city. This is the Accho of Judges 1:31. AND ARRIVED IN CAESAREA. Some thirty or forty miles south. P...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the next day we … came to Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the Evangelist._ PAUL AT CAESAREA I. Paul visits Philip. Learn-- 1. That fidelity in our present calling is the high...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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 lan...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Timothy 4:5; Acts 10:1; Acts 16:10; Acts 16:13; Acts 16:16;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    We that were of Paul's company. The best texts omit. Philip. See ch. 8. The seven. The first deacons. See ch. Acts 6:5....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    We came to Cesarea — So called from a stately temple which Herod the Great dedicated there to Augustus Cesar. It was the place where the Roman governor of Judea generally resided and kept his court. T...

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