Acts 17:14

1 Timothy 1:3; Acts 19:22; Acts 20:3; Acts 17:10; Acts 9:25; Acts 9:30; Joshua 2:16; Matthew 10:23; Titus 1:5

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The brethren - Those who were Christians. Sent away Paul - In order to secure his safety. A similar thing had been done in Thessalonica, Act...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. (7) There is neither co...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Through Berœ a to Athens. Berœ a was a populous place but off the main route. Paul and Silas at once go to the synagogue; by this time we should th...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sent away . Greek. exapostello. App-174. as it were . Greek. hos , but the texts read heos, as far as. abode . Greek. hupomeno. Gen. tran...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. To go as it were to the sea...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To go as it were to the sea— Grotius supposes that St. Paul was brought down to the sea-coast, as one about to sail, and that the rumour thereof wa...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. And then immediately...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Second Missionary Journey (continued) 1-15. Thessalonica and Berœa. 1. Amphipolis] 32 m. W. of Philippi. Apollonia ] 30 m. W. of Amphipolis. T...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

As it were to the sea ] i.e. they pretended to go to the sea (to elude pursuit), and then turned off and went by land to Athens. Others translate si...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To go as it were to the sea. — The English version conveys the impression that the movement was a feint in order to baffle the pursuers. Many of th...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA. Acts 16:29-31 ; Acts 17:1-2 ; Acts 17:10 TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic tra...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA. Acts 16:29-31 ; Acts 17:1-2 ; Acts 17:10 TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic tra...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Stirred by Idolatry Acts 17:13-21 From the first, the gospel was baptized in the fire of persecution. How unutterable the loneliness and sorrow...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At Thessalonica and Berea the apostle visited the synagogues, and again in each case persecution arose from the Jews. A sentence which fell from the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. (11) These were mo...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And then immediately the brethren ,.... That were at Berea, the new converts there: sent away Paul , whom they knew the Jews mostly sought after,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. Ver. 14. To go as it wer...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

These were more noble , &c. Greek, ευγενεστεροι, more ingenuous , or generous; of a more excellent disposition, more open to conviction, as b...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From Philippi Paul and his company travelled westward in Greece to Thessalonica (also in Macedonia). A Jewish synagogue being there, they attended th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Noble Bereans; Paul and Silas at Berea. 10 And the brethren immediately sent...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To go as it were to the sea; that they might give over the pursuit of him; or, at least, be disappointed if they did pursue him, being he went on f...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Ministry in Europe and Then In Ephesus (17:1-19:20). Ministry in Europe (17:1-18:22). Fruitful Ministry in Thessalonica and Berea (17:1-14...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy dwelt there still.' The believers, however, wer...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 17:10 . Bœrea .—Presently Pheria , south-west of Thessalonica, and fifty-one miles distant. Acts 17:12 . Many of them...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 17:1 . When they had passed through Amphipolis. Boiste adds the Roman name Emboli. It was built by Simon, the Athenian commander. It stood...
The Biblical Illustrator

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas unto Berea … These were more noble than those in Thessalonica. From Thessalonica to Berea...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 17:1 Amphipolis . This was the ancient capital of that division of Macedonia (Macedonia Prima); see Acts 16:12 , note. I...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Preaching in Berea:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go, as it were, to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. If Paul and Silas had c...

¹⁴ And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

Related Commentaries of Acts 17:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 17:14