Acts 20:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. ”

Acts 20:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And there abode - Why he remained here is unknown. It is probable that while in Greece he wrote the Epistle to the Romans. Compare Romans 15:25-27 . And when the Jews laid wait for him - The...
Acts 20:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) And [there] abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. (2) A perverse zeal is the guider and instructor...
Acts 20:3 - 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 20:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

abode three months . Literally having done three months. Compare Acts 15:33 ; Acts 18:23 . Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the species). App-6. The whole period covered by verses: Acts 20:1-3...
Acts 20:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 3. Because the Jews laid wait for him. The Lord did exercise his servant so diversely and continually that he set before us in him an example of most excellent constancy. It is not suffici...
Acts 20:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. Abode three months - Partly, as we may suppose, at Co...
Acts 20:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And there abode three months.— It seems that St. Paul met with sacred business here and in other places, which detained him longer than he expected
Acts 20:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. And there abode three months. Though the provin...
Acts 20:3 - 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 20:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When the Jews laid wait for him... — In sailing for Syria, Cenchreæ would naturally be the port of embarkation, and St. Paul’s presence there may reasonably be connected with the mention of Phœbe,...
Acts 20:3 - 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 20:3 - 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 20:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. (2) And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhor...
Acts 20:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And there abode three months ,.... In Greece: and when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria ; from some part of Greece, in order to go to Jerusalem; which the Jews in the...
Acts 20:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. Ver. 3. And there abode three ] Gr. ποιησας, "Was...
Acts 20:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And there Namely, in Greece; he abode three months Meeting, it seems, with business there as he often did in other places, which detained him longer than he expected. During this time, he receive...
Acts 20:3 - 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 20:3 - 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 20:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Jews laid wait for him; some have thought that their laying in wait might be to rob him of the collections which he carried with him for the saints at Jerusalem; but most likely it was rather t...
Acts 20:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Visits To Macedonia and Greece And Seven Days in Troas (20:1-6). It is indicative of Luke's concentration on the new direction in which events have turned, and his purpose in writing what f...
Acts 20:3 - 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 20:3 - 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 20:3 - 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 20:3 - 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 20:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Journey to Macedonia and Back to Miletus. The second visit to Macedonia and Greece:
Acts 20:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 1:15 ; 2 Corinthians 11:26 ; 2 Corinthians 7:5 ; Acts 18:18 ; Acts 19:21 ; Acts 21:3 ; Acts 20:19 ; Acts 23:12-15 ; Acts 25:3 ; Acts 9:23 ; Acts 9:24 ; Ezra 8:31 ; Galatian...
Acts 20:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

An ambush being laid for him — In his way to the ship.

Acts 20:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 20:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 20:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 20:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 20:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 20:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 20:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 20:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 20:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 20:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 20:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 20:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 20:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 20:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 20:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes