使徒の働き 13:12, 使徒の働き 13:7 JCB

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Acts 13:4-12

B.—THEIR JOURNEY TO CYPRUS. THE RESULTS OF THEIR LABORS IN THIS ISLANDCHAPTER Acts 13:4-124So they3 , being [After they had now been] sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto [they went down to] Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5And when they were [they arrived] at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also [but they also had] John to their minister [as assistant]. 6And when they had gone [But when they travelled] through the... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Acts 13:10-12

Acts TO THE REGIONS BEYOND Act_13:1 - Act_13:13 . We stand in this passage at the beginning of a great step forward. Philip and Peter had each played a part in the gradual expansion of the church beyond the limits of Judaism; but it was from the church at Antioch that the messengers went forth who completed the process. Both its locality and its composition made that natural. I. The solemn designation of the missionaries is the first point in the narrative. The church at Antioch was not... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Acts 13:1-12

Beginning a Missionary Campaign Acts 13:1-12 This is one of the greatest chapters in the New Testament, making a new departure in the ministry of the gospel, which henceforth begins to pass out to the uttermost part of the earth, Acts 1:8 . It is likely that the mother church at Jerusalem was too conservative to lend herself to the pressure of the Holy Spirit, urging to world-wide evangelization, and that he had to employ the more mobile church at Antioch, which was more susceptible to the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Acts 13:1-52

The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in Antioch sent Saul and Barnabas, and it is declared immediately afterward they were sent by the Holy Spirit. Saul and Barnabas started on this journey together. While especially glad to work among the Gentiles, Paul ever began with the Jew and the synagogue. In Antioch in Pisidia we find him reviewing his own history, and proclaiming his evangel. He made it... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Acts 13:7-31

Elymas, Paulus, and Paul Acts 13:7-31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Barnabas and Saul and John Mark made up the party that journeyed together, as the Holy Ghost led them in the way. It was a strong party, and the grace of the Lord was with them. They passed from city to city giving their testimony and preaching the Word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. When they had left Salamis and had gone through the Isle of Paphros, they found "a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:1-52

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 Further Ministry (13:1-18:22). Jerusalem having forfeited its Messiah and its right to evangelise the world, the torch now passes to Antioch. For in his presentation of the forward flow of ‘the word’ Luke now had to find the next great forwards movement and he found it at Syrian Antioch. From there at the instigation of the Holy Spirit (the Holy... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:12

‘Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.’ Amazed at what he saw the Lord could do, as he might well have been, the pro-consul believed. In lieu of Luke’s usual usage this must signify that Luke sees him as becoming a Christian. He would no doubt have had good reason for believing it as a result of what happened in the future. Luke wrote many years afterwards and would have known whether his faith survived. There is some later... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:4-12

Acts 13:4-2 Kings : . 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 from it. Acts 13:5 . Salamis is the eastern port of Cyprus.— in the synagogues: this was the natural procedure for a Jew with a message bearing on the faith and on the salvation of his race. Ac. develops later a theory as to Paul’ s practice in addressing Jew and Gentile; the fact as told here may be accepted. What was Mark’ s... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 13:12

The gospel which Paul preached; finding in it (though a wise man) depths beyond his fathoming; and all accompanied with such a power in doing of miracles, and changing of hearts and lives, as might well amaze so prudent and considering a man. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Acts 13:4-12

CRITICAL REMARKSActs 13:4. Seleucia.—“Civitas potens, sæpta muris neque in barbarum corrupta sed conditoris Seleucia retinens” (Tac, An., vi. 42). The port of Antioch, three miles west of the city and two hours’ journey from the month of the Orontes, was founded almost contemporaneously with Antioch, B.C. 300, by King Seleucus I. (Nicanor). The harbour is mentioned according to Luke’s custom, Acts 14:25; Acts 16:11; Acts 18:18 (Ramsay).Acts 13:5. Minister.—Attendant, or assistant; in what... read more