Atos 19:21-20:30 NVIPT

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:21

After these things were ended - After the gospel was firmly established at Ephesus, so that his presence there was no longer necessary.Purposed in the spirit - Resolved in his mind.When he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia - In these places he had founded flourishing churches. It is probable that his main object in this visit was to take up a collection for the poor saints at Jerusalem. See the notes on Romans 15:25-26.To go to Jerusalem - To bear the contribution of the Gentile churches... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 19:21-22

Acts 19:21-22. After these things, &c. After the extraordinary cures performed, and conversions made, at Ephesus, which have been mentioned above, Paul, being much concerned about the spiritual welfare of his former converts, and very solicitous to promote the progress of the gospel; purposed in spirit διελθων , having passed through Macedonia and Achaia Where he had planted so many flourishing churches some time ago; to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 19:8-32

Ephesus and the surrounding region (19:8-22)After Paul had preached for three months in the synagogue, the Jews forced him out, so he went and taught in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. He carried on his teaching work there for the next two years, during which the disciples took the message into the surrounding countryside (8-10). This activity seems to have resulted in churches being founded, without Paul’s help, in the towns of Colossae, Hierapolis and Laodicea (Colossians 2:1; Colossians 4:13),... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 19:21

After = As soon as. ended = fulfilled or accomplished. Greek. pleroo. Frequently used of the O.T. prophecies. Also of any plan being carried out. Compare Matthew 3:15 .Mark 1:15 .Luke 7:1 . Joh 7:8 . The reference is not to the affairs at Ephesus only, but to the things recorded in Acts 13:4 - Acts 19:20 . Here ends Paul's proclamation of the kingdom, and a further development of God's purpose begins. See the Structure on p. 1575 and App-181 . purposed . Literally placed. Greek. tithemi.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 19:21

Now 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. And having sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.Purposed in the spirit ... I must see Rome ... Paul's plans were made prayerfully and with his considered best judgment; and here is the first historical mention of his avowed purpose... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 19:21

Acts 19:21. After these things—Paul purposed, &c.— It is not certain from the original, whether this relates to a determination to which St. Paul was moved by the Holy Spirit, by whom he was directed in his journeys, or to a purpose which he formed in his own mind: but as we find that he delayed the execution of it, and was led by several circumstances to alter his intended course,and to continue longer in his progress than he first designed, it seems more reasonable to refer it to his own... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:21

21, 22. After these things were ended—completed, implying something like a natural finish to his long period of labor at Ephesus. Paul purposed . . . when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem . . . After I have been there, I must also see Rome—Mark here the vastness of the apostle's missionary plans. They were all fulfilled, though he "saw Rome" only as a prisoner. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:21

Paul evidently sensed that having laid a firm foundation in Asia Minor and the Aegean Sea region he needed to press on to Gentile areas yet unreached (cf. Romans 15:23). Though he had some short-range goals, he ultimately wanted to go to Rome (Romans 1:15; cf. Luke 4:43; Luke 9:22; Luke 9:51). In Romans 15:24 he wrote that he intended to go on from there to Spain, the westernmost frontier of the Roman Empire. Luke made no reference to Spain. It was evidently his purpose to end his record of the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:21-22

Paul’s plans 19:21-22This pericope gives the reason for what follows in the remainder of Acts. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:21-31

D. The extension of the church to Rome 19:21-28:31"The panel is introduced by the programmatic statement of Acts 19:21-22 and concludes with the summary statement of Acts 28:31. Three features immediately strike the reader in this sixth panel: (1) the disproportionate length of the panel, including one-third of the total material of Acts; (2) the prominence given the speeches of Paul in his defense; and (3) the dominance of the ’we’ sections in the narrative portions (cf. Acts 20:5-15; Acts... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 19:21-22

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 19:8-32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 19:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 19:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 19:21

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:21-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:21-31

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