Post by Lee on May 7, 2015 1:52:17 GMT
(Acts 21.). — Coos and Rhodes are islands off the coast of Asia—Rhodes was the last place to resist the Saracens. Patara is on the mainland. There Paul took ship, and passing the island of Cyprus, landed at Tyre, where the whole ecclesia brought them on their way—men, women, and children. They prayed with Paul on the sea shore, and then returned, while Paul journeyed on to Ptolemais (now Acre), then overland to Caesarea, where he was entertained by Philip, one of the seven arranging brethren, he who baptised the Eunuch (Acts 6:5: 8:5–13, 26–40). They begged him not to go to Jerusalem, but in vain (Luke 13:34).
Arrived at Jerusalem, Paul found his enemies had been there before him, and that the believing Jews had heard that he taught the Jews in Gentile lands to forsake the Law of Moses, and to cease circumcising their children. He was therefore advised to prove his faithfulness to the Law (verses 23 and 24). “Be at charges with them” means bear the expenses connected with their purification. This he did, but certain Jews from Asia, who had seen Paul with Trophimus, the Ephesian (Acts 20:4), created a terrible uproar, accused him of bringing Gentiles into the Temple, and sought his death. He was dragged from the Court, the gates were shut by the door-keepers, the Roman captain and soldiers came down from the Tower of Antonia, which Herod had built, which overlooked the Temple, and was connected with the outer court by a flight of stairs.
(1913). The Christadelphian, 50(electronic ed.), 48.
Arrived at Jerusalem, Paul found his enemies had been there before him, and that the believing Jews had heard that he taught the Jews in Gentile lands to forsake the Law of Moses, and to cease circumcising their children. He was therefore advised to prove his faithfulness to the Law (verses 23 and 24). “Be at charges with them” means bear the expenses connected with their purification. This he did, but certain Jews from Asia, who had seen Paul with Trophimus, the Ephesian (Acts 20:4), created a terrible uproar, accused him of bringing Gentiles into the Temple, and sought his death. He was dragged from the Court, the gates were shut by the door-keepers, the Roman captain and soldiers came down from the Tower of Antonia, which Herod had built, which overlooked the Temple, and was connected with the outer court by a flight of stairs.
(1913). The Christadelphian, 50(electronic ed.), 48.