Acts 13:6

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And when they had gone through the isle - The length of the island, according to Strabo, was 1,400 stadia, or nearly 170 miles. Unto Paphos -...
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

unto . as far as. Paphos . The capital and residence of the governor. certain. Greek. tis. App-123. sorcerer . Greek. magos. Here, Acts 13:...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. When they had passed over. It is to be thought that this their passage was not altogether without fruit; and, assuredly, Luke would never...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: Gone through t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Paphos,— The city of Paphos was seated on the western extremity of the island of Cyprus, and famous among the Heathens for the temple and obscene w...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus: And whe...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A.. sorcerer ] lit. 'a magus.' Here in a bad sense: see on Matthew 2:1 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When they had gone through the isle. — The better MSS. give, through the whole island. Paphos lay at its western extremity, and appears to have b...
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

And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. (6) And when th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos ,.... The Alexandrian copy, and the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "the whole isle"; fo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: Ver. 6. Wh...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When they had gone through the isle unto Paphos Which lay on its western coast; they found a certain sorcerer Or magician; a false prophet Who...
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

Unto Paphos; this city was on the west end of Cyprus, so that going from Salamis they went through the island: this place was famous for the worshi...
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

‘And when they had gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer (magos), a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus,...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

sorcerer (Greek, "magos"). See ( Matthew 2:1 ); "wise men." The same word was used for a vulgar magician, and for a true wise man of the...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

On the island of Cyprus:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus;
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Paphos was on the western, Salamis on the eastern part of the island.

⁶ And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

Related Commentaries of Acts 13:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 13:6