Acts 13:4

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Being sent forth by the Holy Ghost - Having been called to this world by the Holy Spirit, and being under his direction. Departed unto Seleuci...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto (d) Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. (3) Paul and his companions firs...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Successes in Cyprus. Acts 13:4 . went down: the usual phrase in connexion with a seaport. Seleucia is the port of Antioch, about sixteen miles...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sailed . Greek apopleo. Here, Acts 14:26 ; Acts 20:15 ; Acts 27:1 . Cyprus . Compare Acts 4:36 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Being sent out by the Holy Ghost. There is no mention made here of the election made by the Church, because it was altogether a divine ca...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. Being sent forth by the Holy Ghost - By h...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Sent forth by the Holy Ghost,— This seems to be added to remind us, that though they were solemnly recommended to God by the prayers of their breth...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. So they, being sent forth by the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul as a Missionary 1. Prophets] see on Acts 11:27 . Simeon that was called Niger ] Niger was a Roman cognomen. Lucius of Cyrene ] doubtle...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Being sent forth by the Holy Ghost. — The words may be only a summing up of the result of the previous facts, but looking to Acts 16:6-7 , it seem...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 9 ST. PAUL'S ORDINATION AND FIRST MISSIONARY TOUR. Acts 13:2-4 ; Acts 13:14 ; Acts 14:1 ; Acts 14:26 We have now arrived at what we...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Beginning a Missionary Campaign Acts 13:1-12 This is one of the greatest Chapter s in the New Testament, making a new departure in the ministry...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in Antioch sent...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So they being sent forth of the Holy Ghost ,.... This is said, lest it should be thought they were sent by men; it was the Holy Ghost that moved the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. Ver. 4. Sailed to Cyprus ] This islan...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So they being sent forth by the Holy Ghost By his immediate direction. This seems to be added to signify, that though they were solemnly recommende...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From this time our attention is drawn particularly to the work of Saul, whose name is in this chapter changed to Paul, meaning "little," for one who...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Elymas Struck with Blindness. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, depa...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Seleucia; a sea town of Cilicia, nigh unto Antioch, and over against Cyprus, built by Seleucus, and was a town of some note, but mentioned here onl...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Expansion Of The Word In Cyprus and Asia Minor, With Satan's Counterattack Being Defeated at an Assembly In Jerusalem, Which is Then Followed By...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ministry of Paul and Barnabas Results in the Counter-attack of Satan and the Gathering at Jerusalem (13:1-15:35). Leaving Antioch under the di...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Barnabas and Saul Sail for Cyprus And Minister There (13:4-12). ‘So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from the...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 13:4 . Seleucia .—“Civitas potens, sæpta muris neque in barbarum corrupta sed conditoris Seleucia retinens” (Tac, An. , v...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 13:1 . The church that was at Antioch, which was counted one of the five apostolic churches. It is the true church by way of eminence, the sy...
The Biblical Illustrator

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate unto Me Barnabas and Saul. The completion of the apostolate This act...
The Biblical Illustrator

And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. Undying fame History has contemptuously obliterated fro...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 13:1 At Antioch., in the Church that was there for in the Church that was at Antioch, A.V.; prophets, etc., for cert...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 11:19 ; Acts 20:23 ; Acts 27:4 ; Acts 4:36

⁴ So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

Related Commentaries of Acts 13:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 13:4