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“ So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. ”

Acts 13:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Being sent forth by the Holy Ghost - Having been called to this world by the Holy Spirit, and being under his direction. Departed unto Seleucia - This city was situated at the mouth of the ri...
Acts 13:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto (d) Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. (3) Paul and his companions first bring Cyprus to the subjection and obedience of...
Acts 13:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 po...
Acts 13:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sailed . Greek apopleo. Here, Acts 14:26 ; Acts 20:15 ; Acts 27:1 . Cyprus . Compare Acts 4:36 .
Acts 13:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Being sent out by the Holy Ghost. There is no mention made here of the election made by the Church, because it was altogether a divine calling; the Church did only receive those who were...
Acts 13:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. Being sent forth by the Holy Ghost - By his influence, authority, and under his continual d...
Acts 13:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Sent forth by the Holy Ghost,— This seems to be added to remind us, that though they were solemnly recommended to God by the prayers of their brethren, theirauthority was not derived from them, b...
Acts 13:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, departed. Remarks: (1) How little m...
Acts 13:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 An...
Acts 13:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Being sent forth by the Holy Ghost. — The words may be only a summing up of the result of the previous facts, but looking to Acts 16:6-7 , it seems more probable that they refer to a fresh revelat...
Acts 13:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 9 ST. PAUL'S ORDINATION AND FIRST MISSIONARY TOUR. Acts 13:2-4 ; Acts 13:14 ; Acts 14:1 ; Acts 14:26 We have now arrived at what we might call the watershed of the Acts of the Apost...
Acts 13:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 ou...
Acts 13:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Acts 13:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod t...
Acts 13:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So they being sent forth of the Holy Ghost ,.... This is said, lest it should be thought they were sent by men; it was the Holy Ghost that moved the prophets at Antioch to separate them from them, a...
Acts 13:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. Ver. 4. Sailed to Cyprus ] This island was anciently for its wealth called Macaria, tha...
Acts 13:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So they being sent forth by the Holy Ghost By his immediate direction. This seems to be added to signify, that though they were solemnly recommended to God by the prayers of their brethren, their a...
Acts 13:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 est...
Acts 13:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Elymas Struck with Blindness. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to...
Acts 13:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Seleucia; a sea town of Cilicia, nigh unto Antioch, and over against Cyprus, built by Seleucus, and was a town of some note, but mentioned here only as in their passage to Cyprus.
Acts 13:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 13:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 t...
Acts 13:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Acts 13:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 prophe...
Acts 13:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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, et...
Acts 13:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
Acts 13:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 11:19 ; Acts 20:23 ; Acts 27:4 ; Acts 4:36

Acts 13:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 13:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 13:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 13:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 13:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 13:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 13:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 13:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 13:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 13:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 13:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 13:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 13:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 13:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 13:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 13:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 13:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 13:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 13:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 13:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 13:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 13:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 13:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 13:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 13:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 13:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 13:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge