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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 13:4-12

The gospel in Cyprus. Break in the narrative, the second portion, referring to the missionary labors of St. Paul, reminding us that the chief purpose of the book is to describe the growth of the Church, not directly its constitution or doctrines or discipline. Notice— I. THE TENTATIVE CHARACTER of this first missionary journey, which embraced Cyprus, Pamphylia, Pisidia, Lycaonia, and so back through Attalia to Antioch. The Church at Antioch kept in view, and the report of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 13:4-13

Forwardness and frailty. The two leading points in this passage are the forwardness of Bar-jesus and the frailty of Mark. But there are other incidental lessons which spring up by the way. We may learn as we pass: 1. That good work for others comes home with a blessing before long. Some of the scattered Christians were men of Cyprus, " who, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Greeks" ( Acts 11:20 ); and here are men from the Church which the Cypriots helped to form... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 13:4

Being sent forth by the Holy Ghost - Having been called to this world by the Holy Spirit, and being under his direction.Departed unto Seleucia - This city was situated at the mouth of the river Orontes, where it fails into the Mediterranean. Antioch was connected with the sea by the Orontes River. Strabo says that in his time they sailed up the river in one day. The distance from Antioch to Seleucia by water is about 41 miles, while the journey by land is only 16 12 miles (Life and Epistles of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 13:4-5

Acts 13:4-5. 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 recommended to God by the prayers of their brethren, their authority was not derived from them, but from the Holy Spirit himself. Departed unto Seleucia A considerable port on the Mediterranean sea; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus The island so infamous for the worship of Venus, who was supposed to hold her peculiar residence there,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 13:4-12

Preaching in Cyprus (13:4-12)Barnabas and Paul took with them as their young assistant John Mark, a relative of Barnabas who had come back with them from Jerusalem (see 12:12,25; Colossians 4:10). (John Mark was probably the young man mentioned in Mark 14:51-52. Later he wrote the book known as Mark’s Gospel.) The three sailed for Cyprus, the home of Barnabas, and immediately began preaching in the synagogues (4-5). They headed west for the provincial capital of Paphos, preaching the gospel... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 13:4

sailed . Greek apopleo. Here, Acts 14:26 ; Acts 20:15 ; Acts 27:1 . Cyprus . Compare Acts 4:36 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 13:4

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from thence they sail to Cyprus.Sent forth by the Holy Spirit ... But, in the previous verse, it is clear that the church sent them forth; and this declares that what is done by the church of our Lord (in which the Spirit dwells) may be said also to have been done by the Holy Spirit; and so it is today. Preachers of the gospel sent into all lands by the church are no less sent by the Holy Spirit than were Barnabas and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 13:4

Acts 13:4. 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 brethren, theirauthority was not derived from them, but from the Holy Ghost; and consequently affords a further proof of the miraculous conversion of St. Paul. See the Inferences on ch. 9: Selucia lay fifteen miles below Antioch, upon the same river, the Orontes, and was five miles from the place where that river falls into the sea. It had its... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 13:4

4, 5. departed unto Seleucia—the seaport of Antioch, from which it lay nearly due west fifteen miles, and five from the Mediterranean shore, on the river Orontes. thence sailed to Cyprus—whose high mountain summits are easily seen in clear weather from the coast [COLONEL CHESNEY in HOWSON]. "Four reasons may have induced them to turn in first to this island: (1) Its nearness to the mainland; (2) It was the native place of Barnabas, and since the time when Andrew found his brother Simon, and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 13:4

Luke carefully noted that the person ultimately responsible for the venture that followed was the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1:1-2). This was another of God’s initiatives in building His church. Barnabas and Saul departed from the port of Antioch, Seleucia, located about 15 miles to the west near where the Orontes River flowed into the Mediterranean Sea. The island of Cyprus (Kittim, Genesis 10:4; et al.) was Barnabas’ homeland (Acts 4:36). [Note: See Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, "On the Road and on the... read more