Acts 19:21 f. Paul's Plan of Travel. The plan here stated (for in the spirit, in his spirit, or in spirit may suffice) is that intimated in 1 Corinthians 16:5, which he says in 2 Corinthians 11:5 f. that he changed, and which eventually he carried out as far as to Corinth (2 Corinthians 2:12). His desire to visit Rome was an old one; see Romans 1:13-16; Romans 15:24. In Ac. the shadow of this journey has already been felt (Acts 18:21; Acts 19:1, Cod. D). Timothy's journey to Corinth is also spoken of; in 1 Corinthians 16:10 he is to return to Paul before the latter sets out. The name Erastus occurs in Romans 16:23 and 2 Timothy 4:20, but it may be doubted whether one, two, or three persons are spoken of in the three passages (see Headlam, art. Erastus in HDB).
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Acts 19:21
21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.