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Selected Verse: Acts 18:22 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ac 18:22 |
King James |
And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And when he had landed at CÃ&brvbr;sarea--where he left the vessel.
and gone up--that is, to Jerusalem.
and saluted the church--In these few words does the historian despatch the apostle's FOURTH VISIT TO JERUSALEM after his conversion. The expression "going up" is invariably used of a journey to the metropolis; and thence he naturally "went down to Antioch." Perhaps the vessel reached too late for the feast, as he seems to have done nothing in Jerusalem beyond "saluting the Church," and privately offering the sacrifice with which his vow (Act 18:18) would conclude. It is left to be understood, as on his arrival from his first missionary tour, that "when he was come, and had gathered the church together, he rehearsed all that God had done with him" (Act 14:27) on this his second missionary journey. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
At Cesarea - See the notes on Act 8:40.
And gone up - From the ship.
And saluted the church - The church at Jerusalem. This was Paul's main design; and though it is not distinctly specified, yet the whole narrative implies that he went there before returning to Antioch. The word saluted implies that he expressed for them his tender affection and regard.
To Antioch - In Syria. See the notes on Act 11:19. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
And landing at Cesarea, he went up - Immediately to Jerusalem; and saluted the Church - Eminently so called, being the mother Church of Christian believers: and having kept the feast there, he went down from thence to Antioch. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Landed at Caesarea - This must have been Caesarea in Palestine.
Gone up - To Jerusalem, though the name is not mentioned: but this is a common form of speech in the evangelists, Jerusalem being always meant when this expression was used; for the word αναβαινω, to go up, is often used absolutely, to signify, to go to Jerusalem: e.g. Go ye Up unto this feast; I Go not Up yet, Joh 7:8. But when his brethren were Gone Up, then Went he also Up unto the feast, Joh 7:10. There were certain Greeks - that Came Up to worship, Joh 12:20. St. Paul himself uses a similar form of expression. There are yet but twelve days since I Went Up to Jerusalem, for to worship, Act 24:11. So all parts of England are spoken of as being below London: so we talk of going up to London; and people in London talk of going down to the country.
Saluted the Church - That is, the Church at Jerusalem, called emphatically The Church, because it was the First Church - the Mother, or Apostolic Church; and from it all other Christian Churches proceeded: those in Galatia, Philippi, Thessalonica, Corinth, Ephesus, Rome, etc. Therefore, even this last was only a daughter Church, when in its purest state.
Went down to Antioch - That is, Antioch in Syria, as the word is generally to be understood when without addition, so Caesarea is always to be understood Caesarea in Palestine, when without the addition of Philippi. |
27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.