Acts 20:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.a ”

Acts 20:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Save that - Except that. This was all that he knew, that bonds and afflictions were to be his portion. The Holy Ghost witnesseth - Either by direct revelation to him, or by the predictions of...
Acts 20:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Speech to the Elders of Ephesus at Miletus. See Ramsay, art. Miletus in HDB, as to the difficulties of the journey at that period from Miletus to Ephesus; one had to sail to Priene and make...
Acts 20:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Save . But only. the Holy Ghost . App-101. witnesseth . Same word as testify, Acts 20:21 . The texts add "to me". in every city . Greek. kata polin. Compare Acts 15:21 . afflictions Gre...
Acts 20:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 23. But that the Holy Ghost. I do not understand this of secret oracles, but of those foretellings which he heard everywhere of the prophets. And this speech hath greater dignity to set fo...
Acts 20:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
Acts 20:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. Save that the Holy Spirit witnesseth - `witnesseth to me,' is undoubtedly the true reading; I...
Acts 20:23 - 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 20:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city. — This can hardly refer to mere internal previsions of the future, but implies, like the analogous phraseology of 1 Timothy 4:1 , predictions uttered by th...
Acts 20:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Parting Message Acts 20:13-27 The vessel had to stop at Miletus and Paul sent word to the Ephesian elders, urging them to come and see him. He spent the day in their company, and before parti...
Acts 20:23 - 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 20:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. (18) And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner...
Acts 20:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE CHRISTIAN COURSE ‘And now, behold, I go bound in the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bo...
Acts 20:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city ,.... As he passed along, where there was a church, or any number of saints: in the churches of those times there were prophets who foretold things...
Acts 20:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. Ver. 23. Bonds and afflictions abide me ] Let no faithful minister dream of a delicacy, or think by...
Acts 20:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem Strongly impelled by the Spirit which intimates my duty to me in such a manner, that I can neither omit nor delay it. I am, therefore, fully resol...
Acts 20:23 - 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 20:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Address to the Elders of Ephesus. 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. 18 And when...
Acts 20:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1. Those that were endued with the Spirit of prophecy, in every city, foretold his sufferings; as Acts 21:4,11 . 2. He did suffer more or less in every city or place he came to; so great was the...
Acts 20:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Address To The Elders of the Ephesian Church (20:17-38).
Acts 20:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 20:17 . Miletus .—Thirty-six miles south of Ephesus, and on the south-west of the Latmian Gulf. “Now a desolation: then an emporium of trade with four ports or docks crowde...
Acts 20:23 - 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 20:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

And now, behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem. The future (New Year’s sermon):--The text presents the future as something-- I. We are Bound to face. Paul was under the pressure of...
Acts 20:23 - 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 20:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul warned of coming affliction:
Acts 20:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 3:3 ; 2 Timothy 2:12 ; Acts 14:22 ; Acts 21:11 ; Acts 21:4 ; Acts 9:16 ; John 16:33
Acts 20:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Save that — Only this I know in general; the Holy Ghost witnesseth — By other persons. Such was God's good pleasure to reveal these things to him, not immediately, but by the ministry of others.

Acts 20:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 20:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 20:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 20:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 20:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 20:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 20:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Acts 20:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 20:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 20:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 20:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 20:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 20:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 20:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 20:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes