Acts 21:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. ”

Acts 21:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And finding disciples - Christians. This is the first mention of there being Christians at Tyre, but there is no improbability in supposing that the gospel had been preached there, though it is n...
Acts 21:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the (a) Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. (a) They foretold through the Spirit what dangers were about to be...
Acts 21:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

From Miletus to Tyre. The sailing is by day, with a following wind ( cf. Acts 20:15 ). After Patara D adds and Myra, where Paul touched on his journey to Rome (see Acts 27:5 ). Vessels from the...
Acts 21:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

flnding . having found. Greek. aneurisko, to find by searching. Only here and Luke 2:16 . disciples . the disciples. Probably few. He no longer seeks the synagogue. tarried . Greek. epimeno....
Acts 21:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 4. And when they had found disciples. Though the number of the faithful was but small, yet there came some seed of the gospel thither, according to the prophecies Of the prophets, ( Isaia...
Acts 21:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. Who said to Paul through the Spirit - We cannot understand this as a co...
Acts 21:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That he should not go up to Jerusalem— That is, if he tendered his own liberty and safety. It is necessary to take it with this limitation; for had the Spirit forbidden his journey to Jerusalem, we...
Acts 21:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Third Missionary Journey, Aug. 52 a.d. to Pentecost 56 a.d. ( Acts 18:23 to Acts 21:16 ) 23. Visit to Galatia. St. Paul revisits Antioch in Syria and the Churches of Galatia and Phrygia, founded...
Acts 21:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days. — The word for “finding” implies a previous search. They inquired, when they landed, amid the crowded streets of the still busy port, whether any...
Acts 21:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ready to Die for His Lord Acts 21:1-14 The vessel coasted along Asia Minor, sighted Cyprus, sailed to the south of it, and so finally to Tyre. There the disciples were poor and obscure, and it...
Acts 21:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Passing on toward Jerusalem, Paul and those with him reached Tyre. There the disciples urged the apostle not to go to Jerusalem; but, having received from the Spirit a revelation of all that lay befo...
Acts 21:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And finding disciples we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. (5) And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our wa...
Acts 21:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And finding disciples ,.... At Tyre, for the Gospel had been preached in Phoenicia by the ministers of the word, who were scattered by the persecution raised at the death of Stephen; and here were b...
Acts 21:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. Ver. 4. And finding disciples ] Such as Isaiah had long since foret...
Acts 21:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Finding disciples, we tarried there seven days In order to spend a sabbath with them. Who said to Paul, through the inspiration of the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem The meaning...
Acts 21:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From this point onwards there is no record of the work of God spreading as it had previously through Paul's energetic ministry. In fact, we read of no conversions until Chapter 28:24, though we may b...
Acts 21:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Voyage to Cæsarea; Paul's Arrival at Ptolemais. 1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched...
Acts 21:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Seven days; they tarried the rather so long, that they might worship and serve the Lord on his day together. Through the Spirit; by the Spirit of prophecy they foretold his sufferings at Jerusale...
Acts 21:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And having found the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and these said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem.' There at Tyre they spent the customary ‘seven days...
Acts 21:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 21:1 . And it came to pass that after we had gotten from them and had launched .—Better, as well as literally, And when it came to pass that we had weighed anchor, having...
Acts 21:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

go up to Literally, set foot in. Not, as in ( Acts 20:23 ) a warning of danger, but now an imperative command. See ( Acts 22:17 ); ( Acts 22:18 ).
Acts 21:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 21:1 . We came with a straight course to Coos, or Cos. See the map of St. Paul's travels. It is the principal island of the group called Cyclades. Hypocrates the physician, and Apelles the pa...
Acts 21:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

And finding disciples,…who said to Paul, through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. Conflicting inspirations How timid is man, how fearless is God, about Scripture contradiction...
Acts 21:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 21:1 When it came to pass float we were parted from them, and had set sail for it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, A.V.; Cos for C...
Acts 21:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Trip to Jerusalem. From Miletus to Tyre:
Acts 21:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 1:17 ; Acts 19:1 ; Acts 20:6 ; Acts 20:7 ; Acts 28:14 ; Acts 20:22 ; Acts 21:10-12 ; Matthew 10:11 ; Revelation 1:10
Acts 21:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days — ln order to spend a Sabbath with them. Who told Paul by the Spirit — That afflictions awaited him at Jerusalem. This was properly what they said...

Acts 21:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 21:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 21:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 21:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 21:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 21:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 21:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 21:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 21:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 21:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 21:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 21:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 21:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 21:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 21:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 21:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 21:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 21:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 21:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 21:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 21:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 21:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 21:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 21:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 21:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 21:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 21:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes