Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
Acts 21:13
I am ready [ε τ ο ι μ ω ς ε χ ω]. Lit., 1 hold myself in readiness.
I am ready [ε τ ο ι μ ω ς ε χ ω]. Lit., 1 hold myself in readiness.
ACTS 21:12-15 In these verses one or another Western witness makes sundry small additions. In ver. Acts 21:12 after oi` evnto,pioi D and itgig add to.n Pau/lon; in ver....
ACTS 21:13 to,te avpekri,qh o` Pau/loj {B} When the word to,te was taken with the preceding sentence, some copula (de, or te) became necessary. In several of the later forms of text to,te is omitted...
Verse Acts 21:13. _I AM READY, NOT TO BE BOUND ONLY_] He was resolute and determined; but was under no constraining necessity. Acts 21:4, Acts 21:4....
WHAT MEAN YE - Greek: What do ye. A tender and affectionate, but firm reproach. TO WEEP AND TO BREAK MINE HEART? - To afflict me, and distract my mind by alarms, and by the expressions of tenderness....
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...
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...
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...
WHAT MEAN YE, &C. Literally What are ye doing, weeping, &c. BREAK. crush. Greek. _sunthrupto._ Only here. AM READY. hold myself in readiness. This expression Occurs also 2Co 12:14. 1 Peter 4:5. NOT...
_Then Paul answered. What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart_ Better (with _Rev. Ver._), "What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart?" The sentence is little more than an emphatic question, "Why d...
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...
ΤΌΤΕ before ἈΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ with אABC. _Vulg_. ‘tunc respondit.’ 13. ΤΊ ΠΟΙΕΙ͂ΤΕ ΚΛΑΊΟΝΤΕΣ ΚΑῚ ΣΥΝΘΡΎΠΤΟΝΤΈΣ ΜΟΝ ΤῊΝ ΚΑΡΔΊΑΝ; _what do yet weeping and breaking my heart?_ i.e. what are you seeking to effect...
PAUL’S JOURNEY TO CÆSAREA, AND HIS STAY THERE...
_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...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass_, _(.dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать, ΠΟΙΕΊΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. Используется с _part._ для выражения действия _part._ ΚΛΑΊΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. p...
DISCOURSE: 1804 PAUL’S READINESS TO SUFFER FOR CHRIST’S SAKE Acts 21:13. _Then Paul answered, what mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jer...
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...
See notes on verse 10...
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Paul answered, What mean ye to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WHAT MEAN YE TO WEEP AND TO BREAK MINE HEART? — Better, _What mean ye weeping and breaking_...? The intense sensitiveness of St. Paul’s nature shows itself in every syllable. It was with no Stoic hard...
τί ποιεῖτε κλαί.: what do ye, weeping? (as we might say “what are you about?” etc.), _cf._ Mark 11:5 (Acts 14:15). συνθ.: in Attic Greek, to break, to break in pieces, and so ἀποθρύπτω is used of (1)...
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...
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...
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...
God has been good to him, giving him four daughters, all happily endued with the gift of prophecy, and efficient helpers in his evangelistic work. While Paul and his comrades enjoy the kind hospitalit...
And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. (11) And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thu...
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...
_THE DAWN OF THE MISSIONARY CALL_ ‘I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.’ Acts 21:13 St. Paul’s conflict of feeling is suggestive of a very n...
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 ANSWERED, WHAT MEAN YE TO WEEP,.... For they were crying about him, both his companions and the disciples of Caesarea; which affected him, and gave him great uneasiness, even more than the p...
And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be...
_And as we tarried there many days_ There being many disciples in that city, the fruit, as appears, of the ministry and miracles of Philip; _there came from Judea a prophet named Agabus_ Paul, and som...
Affection for friends should not be so manifested or indulged as to unfit us or them for the performance of duty....
THEN PAUL ANSWERED, WHAT MEAN YE TO WEEP AND TO BREAK MINE HEART? FOR I AM READY NOT TO BE BOUND ONLY, BUT ALSO TO DIE AT JERUSALEM FOR THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS....
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...
THEN PAUL ANSWERED, " WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY WEEPING AND BREAKING MY HEART? FOR I AM READY NOT ONLY TO BE BOUND, BUT ALSO TO DIE AT JERUSALEM FOR THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS. " 1. Paul's response was cle...
"What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart?" Paul's brethren were so concerned that tears and weeping accompanied such pleas. "The verb breaking is. very picturesque word, being used of the po...
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...
WHAT MEAN YE TO WEEP, AND TO BREAK MINE HEART? a strange strife, who should overcome by loving most, as in that betwixt David and Jonathan, 1 SAMUEL 20:41,42. This undaunted champion, who did not seem...
Tertullian De Fuga in Persecutione d in like manner now at the close of his ministry, and after the injunction had come to an end, to give in to the anxieties of the disciples, eagerly entreating him...
Acts 21:13 Then G1161 Paul G3972 answered G611 (G5662) What G5101 mean G4160 (G5719) weeping G2799 ...
‘Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” ' But Paul rebuked them. He...
Acts 21:13. THEN PAUL ANSWERED, WHAT MEAN YE TO WEEP AND TO BREAK MY HEART? FOR I AM READY NOT TO BE BOUND ONLY, BUT TO DIE AT JERUSALEM FOR THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS. But Paul, in spite of these rei...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WEEPING? (Τ ποιειτε κλαιοντεσ?) Strong protest as in Mark 11:5.BREAKING MY HEART (συνθρυπτοντες μου την καρδιαν). The verb συνθρυπτω, to crush together, is late _Koine_ for απο...
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 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...
_Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break my heart?_ PAUL’S RESOLUTION I. The bravery with which he persisted in it. 1. He reproves his friends for dissuading him. 2. Not withstanding...
_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...
_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...
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 15:31; 1 Samuel 1:8; 1 Samuel 15:14; 2 Corinthians 11:23;...
Breaking my heart — For the apostles themselves were not void of human affections. I am ready not only to be bound, but to die — And to him that is ready for it, the burden is light....