next . Here the common word epaurion is used. Compare "following", Acts 21:1 . of Paul's company . Literally about (Greek. peri. App-104 ,) Paul. Caesarea . See note on Acts 8:40 . About sixty miles from Tyre by the coast road. the seven . See Acts 6:5 . read more
the same man = this one. which did prophesy . Greek. propheteuo. They were evangelists, like their father. This is in accord with Joel 2:28 as quoted in Acts 2:17 . see App-49 and App-189 . read more
And when we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais; and we saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.When we had finished the voyage from Tyre ... Hervey and others believed that the Greek words used here indicate that "the sea voyage ended here,"[15] and that the balance of the journey to Jerusalem was on foot.Saluted the brethren ... This was a favorite word, both of Paul and of Luke; Paul used it more than a dozen times in Romans 16. It carried the meaning of a... read more
And on the morrow we departed, and came unto Caesarea: and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him.Philip the evangelist ... "This title was given to those who went from place to place proclaiming the gospel";[16] such preachers were ranked after apostles and prophets and above pastors and teachers in Ephesians 4:12. Timothy was another evangelist in the New Testament sense (2 Timothy 4:5). The use of the word as a title for authors of the... read more
Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.MacGreggor noted that:The absence of any statement as to what the daughters of Philip did or said is a sign that here we have the account of an eyewitness. In fiction, a new character is introduced only in order to do or say something.[18]Wesley's notion that "these women were evangelists also"[19] must be rejected. These are the New Testament counterpart of such Old Testament prophetesses as Miriam (Exodus 15:20), Deborah (Judges 4:4),... read more
Acts 21:7. Ptolemais,— Was a celebrated city on the sea-coast, which fell by lot to the tribe of Asher; its ancient name was Accho. Judges 1:31. It was enlarged and beautified by the first of the Egyptian Ptolemies, whence it took its new appellation. It was the scene of many celebrated actions in the holy war. The Turks, who are now masters of all this region, call it Acca, or Acra; and notwithstanding all the advantages of its situation on one of the finest bays of that coast, and in the... read more
Acts 21:8. Philip— One of the seven deacons, ch. Act 6:5 and who had settled at Caesarea after he had baptized the eunuch, ch. Acts 8:40. Concerning Caesarea see the note on ch. Acts 8:40. read more
Acts 21:9. Virgins, which did prophesy.— The miraculous gifts of the Spirit were sometimes communicated to women as well as to men, agreeably to the prophesy recorded, ch. Acts 2:17-18. read more
4-6. finding disciples—finding out the disciples, implying some search. They would expect such, from what is recorded, Acts 11:19. Perhaps they were not many; yet there were gifted ones among them. who said to Paul . . . that he should not go up to Jerusalem—(See on Acts 11:19- :; also see on Acts 11:19- :). read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 21:7
finished . Greek. dianio. Only here. our course = the voyage. Greek. ploos. Only here and Acts 27:9 , Acts 27:10 . came . Greek. katantao. See note on Acts 16:1 . saluted . Same as "take leave" in Acts 21:6 . abode . Greek. meno. See p. 1511. read more