Acts 21:1-6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 21:1-7

We may observe here, I. How much ado Paul had to get clear from Ephesus, intimated in the first words of the chapter, after we had gotten from them, that is, were drawn from them as by violence. It was a force put upon both sides; Paul was loth to leave them, and they were loth to part with him, and yet there was no remedy, but so it must be. When good people are taken away by death, they are, as it were, gotten from their friends here below, who struggled hard to have detained them if... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 21:1-16

21:1-16 When we had torn ourselves away from them and had set sail, we sailed a straight course and came to Cos; on the next day we reached Rhodes; and from there we came to Patara. There we found a ship which was sailing across to Phoenicia and we embarked on her and set sail. After we had sighted Cyprus and had left it behind on the left hand side we sailed on to Syria and came down to Tyre, for there the ship was to discharge her cargo. We sought out the disciples and we stayed there for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:1

And it came to pass, that after we had gotten from them ,.... Which was with great difficulty, with many tears, and much wringing of hands: the word signifies that they were "plucked from" them; they clung about them, as husband and wife, and parents and children do; so strong were their affections; and their parting was like the parting of such near relations, or like the plucking of the flesh from the bones, or the drawing and separating one member from another; such is the cement of true... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:2

And finding a ship sailing over unto Phoenicia ,.... For it seems that the ship they went aboard at Assos, Acts 20:13 went no further, at least in the way the apostle was going, than Patara; but lighting on another ship, which was bound for Phoenicia, for the city of Tyre, which bordered on the land of Israel, and indeed originally belonged to Canaan; see Acts 11:19 . we went aboard ; the said ship: and set forth ; on the voyage. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:3

Now when we had discovered Cyprus ,.... An island, as the Syriac version here calls it, which lay between Syria and Cilicia; See Gill on Acts 4:36 ; and was, according to R. Benjamin F12 Itinerar. p. 30. , four days sail from Rhodes, before mentioned: we left it on the left hand , and sailed into Syria; that part of it called Phoenicia: and landed at Tyre ; the chief city of Phoenicia, famous for navigation and commerce: it stood about four furlongs distant from the shore,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:4

And finding disciples ,.... At Tyre, for the Gospel had been preached in Phoenicia by the ministers of the word, who were scattered by the persecution raised at the death of Stephen; and here were brethren, such as had believed in Christ, embraced and professed his Gospel, and were baptized in his name; see Acts 11:19 and who also had extraordinary gifts, as appears by what follows; and there was no doubt a Gospel church founded in this place, though who presided over it in the first... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:5

And when we had accomplished those days ,.... The seven days before mentioned: we departed and went our way ; from their quarters where they lodged, or from some one house of the disciples, where they met, and had conversed together: and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city ; that is, the disciples, even all of them that dwelt in that city, with their whole families, their wives and children, accompanied the apostle and those that were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:6

And when we had taken our leave one of another ,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, "having prayed, we saluted one another"; with a kiss, as in Acts 20:37 and so parted: we took ship ; or went aboard the ship, and they returned home again ; to their own houses, as the Syriac version renders it; for by "their own", as it is in the Greek text, cannot be meant their families, their wives, and children, for these were along with them, but their habitations; see John 16:32 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:1

Came with a straight course - Having had, as is necessarily implied, wind and tide in their favor. Coos - An island in the Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, one of those called the Sporades. It was famous for the worship of Aesculapius and Juno; and for being the birthplace of Hippocrates, the most eminent of physicians, and Apelles, the most celebrated of painters. Rhodes - Another island in the same sea, celebrated for its Colossus, which was one of the seven wonders of the world. This... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:2

Phoenicia - A part of Syria. See the note on Acts 11:19 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 21:1-7

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 21:1-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:2

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