Acts 18:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. ”

• Acts 18:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  At Cesarea - See the notes on Acts 8:40 . And gone up - From the ship. And saluted the church - The church at Jerusalem. This was Paul’s main design; and though it is not distinctly spec...

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• Acts 18:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Journey to Syria. No special object, is stated; the facts are placed before us abruptly, and some are hard to understand. An apostle is by his office a traveller who does not give himself to any on...

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• Acts 18:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  when he had landed . having come down. at . to. Greek. eis. App-104. gone up , i.e. to Jerusalem. Figure of speech Ellipsis. App-6. church . App-186.

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• Acts 18:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  − 22. When he came down to Caesarea. Though Luke saith in a word that Paul saluted the Church at Jerusalem, yet is it certain that he was drawn thither with some great necessity. And yet we...

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• Acts 18:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. Landed at Caesarea - This must have been Caesarea in Palestine. Gone up - To Jerusalem, though the n...

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• Acts 18:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And he came to Ephesus,— For the short time that the apostle now continued at Ephesus, which seems to have been but one sabbath-day, he went into the synagogue, and discoursed with the Jews, and wi...

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• Acts 18:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. And when he had landed at Cesarea (leaving the vessel there), and gone up (that is, to Jerusa...

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• Acts 18:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  St Paul's Second Missionary Journey, 49, 50 a.d. ( Acts 15:36 to Acts 18:22 ) Having secured the formal recognition by the Twelve of Gentile Christianity, St. Paul was free to resume his mission...

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• Acts 18:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And when he had landed at Cæsarea. — It is obvious that a great deal is covered by the short record of this verse. In the absence of any data in the Acts for settling the question, we may possibl...

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• Acts 18:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  New Helpers in the Gospel Acts 18:18-28 In unimportant matters Paul was still amenable to Hebrew customs and rites, Acts 18:18 . Probably he desired to conciliate his Judaizing opponents so fa...

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• Acts 18:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Leaving Athens, the center of the intellectual life of Greece, Paul came to Corinth, its commercial center. There he joined Aquila, and gave himself to the work of tent-making, while reasoning on the...

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• Acts 18:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, (13) Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrar...

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• Acts 18:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And when he had landed at Caesarea ,.... This was Caesarea Stratonis, formerly called Strato's tower: it would have been nearest for the apostle to have landed at Joppa, in order to go to Jerusalem,...

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• Acts 18:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. Ver. 22. And gone up ] sc. To Jerusalem, which stood on high in respect of Coelesyria and the s...

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• Acts 18:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And he came to Ephesus The ship in which they sailed probably having occasion to touch there. And he entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews Upon whom his discourse made such an im...

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• Acts 18:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Paul leaves Athens and is directed to Corinth, a city as loose and licentious as Athens, but where the gospel nevertheless found a response. There he found a Jew named Aquila who had come with his wi...

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• Acts 18:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Paul's Visit to Ephesus and Jerusalem.       18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the br...

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• Acts 18:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Caesarea; not that Caesarea that was in Syria, but that which was in Palestine, called Caesarea Stratonis; and which was the safest way to Jerusalem; for the way by Joppa, though shorter, was accou...

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• Acts 18:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Paul Returns to Antioch Via Ephesus and Jerusalem (18:18-22). The ministry at Corinth continued for some time after which Paul decided that it was time to return back to the church at Syrian Antio...

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• Acts 18:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 18:18 . Having shorn his head at Cenchrea, for he had a vow .—The uncertainties connected with this passage are three: 1. Whether Aquila (Kuinoel, Meyer, Wendt, Zöckler)...

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• Acts 18:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Paul had been preaching the gospel at Athens to the most famous men of that city gathered at Areopagus. Acts 18:1 . After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth: Another mos...

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• Acts 18:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Acts 18:2 . Claudius had commanded all jews to depart from Rome. Suetonius says that this was on account of Chrestus, [Christ] who continually excited disturbances. This edict was issued in the ni...

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• Acts 18:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And he went through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches. Paul as a model for all gospel ministers He recognises the importance of-- I. Establishing new converts in the faith. In this v...

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• Acts 18:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Acts 18:1 He for Paul, A.V. and T.R. After these things , etc. No hint is given by St. Luke as to the length of Paul's sojourn at Athens. But as the double journey of the Be...

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• Acts 18:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Return Trip to Antioch and the Beginning of the Third Journey. From Corinth to Antioch:

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• Acts 18:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 10:1 ; Acts 10:24 ; Acts 11:11 ; Acts 11:19-27 ; Acts 13:1 ; Acts 14:26 ; Acts 15:23 ; Acts 15:30 ; Acts 15:35 ; Acts 18:22 ; Acts 23:23 ; Acts 25:1 ; Acts 25:9 ; Acts 8:40 ; Acts...

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• Acts 18:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And landing at Cesarea, he went up — Immediately to Jerusalem; and saluted the Church — Eminently so called, being the mother Church of Christian believers: and having kept the feast there, he went...

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