Acts 11:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

when he came and had. having come, and.

grace. App-184.

exhorted. was exhorting. Greek. parakaleo. App-134.:6. Compare Acts 4:36.

purpose. Greek. prothesis, that which is put before one. The Eng. word is from the Latin propositum, which exactly corresponds to the Greek. The word is used of the shewbread, i.e. the bread of presentation, in Matthew 12:4.Mark 2:26; Luke 6:4.Hebrews 9:2. In its seven other occurances it is rendered as here.

cleave unto. abide with, Greek. prosmeno. Here, Acts 18:18; Matthew 15:32. Mar 8:2. 1 Timothy 1:3; 1 Timothy 5:5.

Acts 11:23

23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.