Acts 20:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. ”

Acts 20:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The uproar - The tumult excited, by Demetrius and the workmen. After it had been quieted by the town-clerk, Acts 19:40-41 . Embraced them - Saluted them; gave them parting expressions of kin...
Acts 20:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And (1) after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto [him] the disciples, and embraced [them], and departed for to go into Macedonia. (1) Paul departs from Ephesus by the consent of the church, not...
Acts 20:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

To Greece; Return to Troas. The journey sketched in Acts 19:21 ; 1 Corinthians 16:5-9 , is entered on; for what happened at Troas and in Macedonia on the way cf. 2 Corinthians 2:12 f., 2 Cor...
Acts 20:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And . Now. uproar . din. Greek. thorubos. Here, Acts 21:34 ; Acts 24:18 ; Matthew 26:5 ; Matthew 27:24 . Mark 5:38 ; Mark 14:2 . Compare Acts 17:5 . called unto . The texts and Syriac re...
Acts 20:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 1. Luke declareth in this chapter how Paul, loosing from Asia, did again cross the seas to go to Jerusalem. And though whatsoever is written in this narration be worthy of most diligent medit...
Acts 20:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them , and departed for to go into Macedonia. After the uproar was ceased - The tumult excited by Demetrius appare...
Acts 20:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. Leaving Ephesus, the apostle proceeds through Macedonia and Greec...
Acts 20:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Third Missionary Journey (continued) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after Pentecost, 55 a.d. ( 1 Co...
Acts 20:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XX. (1) Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them... — The latter verb implies a farewell salutation. Departed for to go into Macedonia. — We are able from the Epistles to the Cor...
Acts 20:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 16 ST. PAUL AND THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. Acts 20:1 ; Acts 20:7 ; Acts 20:17-19 ; Acts 20:28 THE period of St. Paul's career at which we have now arrived was full of life, vigour, act...
Acts 20:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Messenger of Truth and Life Acts 20:1-12 The Second Epistle to the Corinthians should be read with the introductory verses of this chapter, as it reveals the Apostle's inner mind at this time...
Acts 20:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alwa...
Acts 20:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS Paul goeth to Macedonia. He preacheth at Troas, and celebrates the Lord's Supper. A Youth falls front - a Window while Paul was long preaching, and is taken up as dead. Paul restores him to...
Acts 20:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And after the uproar was ceased ,.... Which Demetrius, and the craftsmen, had raised at Ephesus, and which was put an end to by the speech of the town clerk, or register keeper of the theatre: Pau...
Acts 20:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them , and departed for to go into Macedonia. Ver. 1. Into Macedonia ] Great Alexander's country, called at th...
Acts 20:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

After the uproar, Paul called unto him the disciples To comfort and encourage them; and departed From Ephesus, after the long abode he had made there; to go into Macedonia To visit the churches...
Acts 20:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them mu...
Acts 20:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Departure from Ephesus; Paul's Removal to Troas. 1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, an...
Acts 20:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ACTS CHAPTER 20 Acts 20:1-6 Paul goeth to Macedonia, and having passed over divers countries cometh to Troas. Acts 20:7-12 Where, as he preached long, Eutychus falleth out of a window, and is...
Acts 20:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And after the uproar ceased, Paul having sent for the disciples and exhorted them, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.' Once the uproar had ceased and everything had quietened do...
Acts 20:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 20:1 . After the uproar was ceased .—Soon after, but not necessarily because of the uproar. The best authorities insert and exhorted , παρακαλέσας, before and embraced o...
Acts 20:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:4 . There accompanied him Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater. Romans 16:21 . Aristarchus, who accompanied him to Rome, and...
Acts 20:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for Macedonia. Reading between the lines There does not seem to be much in this section of t...
Acts 20:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 20:1 Having sent for … and exhorted for called unto him, A.V. and T.R.; took leave of them, and departed for and embraced them, and departed, A.V. Departed for to...
Acts 20:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
Acts 20:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 16:20 ; 1 Corinthians 16:5 ; 1 Samuel 20:41 ; 1 Samuel 20:42 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:26 ; 1 Timothy 1:3 ; 2 Corinthians 13:12 ; 2 Corinthians 7:5 ; Acts 19:21 ; Acts 19:23-41 ; A...
Acts 20:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

After the tumult was ceased — So Demetrius gained nothing. Paul remained there till all was quiet.

Acts 20:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 20:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 20:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 20:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 20:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 20:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 20:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 20:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 20:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 20:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 20:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 20:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 20:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 20:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 20:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 20:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes