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ACTS 13:12
Curiously, though codex Bezae is especially fond of to,te, 257 here it
substitutes de, for to,te.
In order to heighten and clarify the narrative D E itgig syrp Lucifer
Ephraem an...
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Verse Acts 13:12. _THE DEPUTY - BELIEVED_] This was a proof that the
doctrine was true; and that the power of God, from which nothing could
be concealed, and which nothing could resist, was with these...
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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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SUCCESSES IN CYPRUS.
Acts 13:4. went down: the usual phrase in connexion with a seaport.
SELEUCIA is the port of Antioch, about sixteen miles from it.
Acts 13:5. Salamis is the eastern port of Cyprus...
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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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So when they had been sent out by the Holy Spirit they went down to
Seleucia, and from there they sailed away to Cyprus. When they were in
Salamis they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogue of t...
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SAW. Greek. _eidon._ App-133.
BELIEVED. App-150.
ASTONISHED. Greek. _ekplesso._ Compare Matthew 7:28; Matthew
22:33.Luke 4:32.
AT. Greek. _epi._ App-104.
DOCTRINE. teachin
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_Then the deputy_[PROCONSUL], _when he saw what was done, believed_ He
was convinced by the miracle and by the words with which it was
accompanied, that the Apostles were teachers of the way of the Lo...
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Acts 13:1-12. BEGINNING OF SAUL’S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY. HE
VISITS CYPRUS...
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ΤΌΤΕ ἸΔῺΝ Ὁ�.Τ.Λ., _then the deputy, when he saw what
was done, believed_. He was convinced by the miracle and by the words
with which it was accompanied that the Apostles were teachers of that
way of...
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_ELYMAS, A FALSE PROPHET, A SORCERER ACTS 13:4-12:_ John Mark
accompanied Paul and Barnabas as they went to Seleucia and then sailed
to the island of Cyprus. In Salamis they began to preach God's mess...
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ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ όρά(0 (G3708) видеть,
ΓΕΓΟΝΌΣ _perf. act. part. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096)
становиться, случаться. Part, в роли
_subst._, "то, что случилось"
ΈΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от...
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AT PAPHOS. Acts 13:6-12.
Acts 13:6
And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they
found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was
Bar-Jesus;
Acts 13:7
who was wi...
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See notes one verse 8...
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Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being
astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
THEN THE DEPUTY, WHEN HE SAW WHAT WAS DONE, BELIEVED, BEING
ASTONISHED AT THE DOCTRINE OF THE LOR...
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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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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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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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BEING ASTONISHED AT THE DOCTRINE OF THE LORD. — The genitive is,
probably, that of the object, _the teaching which had the Lord, i.e.,_
the Lord Jesus, _as its main theme.
_...
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ἐπίστευσεν : “the blindness of Elymas opened the eyes of
the proconsul” (Felten). If the verb is understood in its full
sense, _viz._, that Sergius Paulus became a convert to the faith, Acts
13:48; Ac...
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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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Preaching at Paphos
The company first went to Seleucia, which was the port city of
Antioch. It was located about 16 miles downstream. They sailed
approximately one hundred miles to Salamis, the larges...
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Now Paul, in the name of the Lord, pronounces on him an awful anathema
of physical blindness, symbolic of his spiritual darkness, which
immediately supervenes, beginning with a mist and developing int...
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SATAN'S PREACHER AND THE CONVERSION OF THE PROCONSUL
6-12. Having traveled across the island of Cyprus throughout the whole
length from east to west, everywhere preaching the Word, they arrive
at Paph...
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And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the
synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. (6)
And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they foun...
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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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12._Then when the deputy saw _This is that which I said, that the
snares were broken wherein Elymas kept him entangled, for he was
brought by the miracle unto faith, because the reverence of doctrine...
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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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THEN THE DEPUTY, WHEN HE SAW WHAT WAS DONE,.... That Elymas was struck
with blindness immediately, and that the hand of God was manifestly in
it, and there was no juggle nor magic art in the case; it...
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Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished
at the doctrine of the Lord.
Ver. 12. _Being astonished, &c._] The word worketh not kindly till it
be received with admiration....
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_Then the deputy_ Or proconsul; _when he saw what was done_ What a
wonderful miracle was performed, yielding to such convincing evidence;
_believed_ the gospel; _being astonished_ Εκπλησσομενος,
_bein...
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DOCTRINE OF THE LORD; not merely the doctrine, but the divine power
accompanying it. Compare Mark 1:27....
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The opposition of Elymas:...
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THEN THE DEPUTY, WHEN HE SAW WHAT WAS DONE, BELIEVED, BEING ASTONISHED
AT THE DOCTRINE OF THE LORD.
Barnabas and Saul were making some progress with the proconsul, when
they met with opposition from a...
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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 THE PROCONSUL BELIEVED, WHEN HE SAW WHAT HAD BEEN DONE, BEING
ASTONISHED AT THE TEACHING OF THE LORD.
1. Sergius Paulus believed. He saw the miracle. He was amazed.
2. NOTE : Miracles don't sav...
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"Then the proconsul believed" Which will include the acts of
repentance, confession and baptism (Acts 8:12; Acts 11:21; Acts
16:34). "Being amazed at the teaching of the Lord" "The amazement may
stem...
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4-13 Satan is in a special manner busy with great men and men in
power, to keep them from being religious, for their example will
influence many. Saul is here for the first time called Paul, and neve...
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The gospel which Paul preached; finding in it (though a wise man)
depths beyond his fathoming; and all accompanied with such a power in
doing of miracles, and changing of hearts and lives, as might we...
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Acts 13:12 Then G5119 proconsul G446 believed G4100 (G5656) saw G1492
(G5631) done G1096 (G5756) astonished...
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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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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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‘Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being
astonished at the teaching of the Lord.'
Amazed at what he saw the Lord could do, as he might well have been,
the pro-consul believed. I...
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Acts 13:12. BELIEVED. That Sergius Paulus was baptized is the natural
inference. ‘Believed' is the ordinary expression used in the early
Christian records for turning to the Lord and joining the Churc...
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BELIEVED
(επιστευσεν). Ingressive aorist active indicative. Renan
considers it impossible that a Roman proconsul could be converted by a
miracle. But it was the teaching about the Lord (του κυριου,...
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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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YOU SON OF THE DEVIL! This is the only recorded miracle by an apostle,
done for the purpose of injury. Yet this had to be done to show the
power of Christ superior to the power of this man. Sergius Pa...
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_Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed._
TWO PAULS AND A BLINDED SORCERER
Note--
I. Opposition to the faith.
1. Elymas “withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the
fait...
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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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_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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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:11 THE PROCONSUL BELIEVED. Throughout Acts 1:1,
miracles have a significant role in bringing unbelievers to genuine
faith....
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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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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:4 The two missionaries worked first on Cyprus,
Barnabas’s home (Acts 4:36). The events of Paul’s first missionary
journey are recorded in...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 13:4. SELEUCIA.—“Civitas potens, sæpta muris neque in
barbarum corrupta sed conditoris Seleucia retinens” (Tac, _An._, vi.
42). The port of Antioch, three miles west of the cit...
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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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2 Corinthians 10:4; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Acts 19:7; Acts 6:10; Acts 13:
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Astonished [ε κ π λ η σ σ ο μ ε ν ο ς]. See on Matthew
7:28....
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ELYMAS, PAULUS, AND PAUL
Acts 13:7
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Barnabas and Saul and John Mark made up the party that journeyed
together, as the Holy Ghost led them in the way. It was a strong
party, and th...
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Being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord — Confirmed by such a
miracle....