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Acts 20:1-3 KJV
Acts · chapter 20 · verses 1–3
1And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. 2And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, 3And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.Acts 20:1-3 · King James Version
Acts 20:1-3 in context
1And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
2And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
3And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
4And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5These going before tarried for us at Troas.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- exhortationparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
- exhortationlogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- disciplesmathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- embracedaspazomaito draw to one s self, to salute one, greet, bid welcome, wish well to, to receive…G782 →
- departedexerchomaito go or come forth of, with mention of the place out of which one goes, or the point…G1831 →
- uproarthorybosa noise, tumult, uproar, of persons wailing, of a clamorous and excited multitude, of…G2351 →
- ceasedpauōto make to cease or desist, to restrain a thing or person from something, to cease, to…G3973 →
- calledproskaleōto call to, to call to one s self, to bid to come to one s self, metaph., God is said to…G4341 →
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These travels of Paul which are thus briefly related, if all in them had been recorded that was memorable and worthy to be written in letters of gold, the world would not contain the books that would have been written;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6