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Selected Verse: Acts 14:21 - Strong Concordance
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| Ac 14:21 |
Strong Concordance |
And [5037] when they had preached the gospel [2097] to that [1565] city [4172], and [2532] had taught [3100] many [2425], they returned again [5290] to [1519] Lystra [3082], and [2532] to Iconium [2430], and [2532] Antioch [490], |
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King James |
And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and 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 they had preached . . . to that city and had taught many--rather, "had made many disciples" (Margin); but probably without suffering any persecution, as Derbe is not mentioned along with Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra (Ti2 3:11).
PAUL AND BARNABAS RETRACE THEIR STEPS, RETURN TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA, AND THUS COMPLETE THEIR FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY. (Act 14:21-28)
they returned . . . to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, confirming the souls, &c.--At Derbe, Paul was not far from the well-known pass which leads down from the central tableland to Cilicia and Tarsus. But his thoughts did not center in an earthly home. He revisited the places where he had been reviled and persecuted, but where he had left as sheep in the desert the disciples whom his Master had enabled him to gather. They needed building up and strengthening in the faith, comforting in the midst of their inevitable suffering, and fencing round by permanent institutions. Undaunted therefore by the dangers that awaited them, our missionaries return to them, using words of encouragement which none but the founders of a true religion would have ventured to address to their earliest converts, that "we can only enter into the kingdom of God by passing through much tribulation" [HOWSON]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Had taught many - Or, rather, had made many disciples (margin).
To Lystra - Act 14:6.
And to Iconium - Act 14:1. We have here a remarkable instance of the courage of the apostles. In these very places they had been persecuted and stoned, and yet in the face of danger they ventured to return. The welfare of the infant churches they deemed of more consequence than their own safety; and they threw themselves again into the midst of danger, to comfort and strengthen those just converted to God. There are times when ministers should not count their own lives. dear to them Act 20:24, but when they should fearlessly throw themselves into the midst of danger, confiding only in the protecting care of their God and Saviour. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Taught (μαθητεύσαντες)
More correctly, made disciples of, as Rev. See on Mat 13:52.
Many
See on Luk 7:6. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Preached the Gospel to that city - Derbe, a city in the same province. See on Act 14:6 (note).
They returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium - Behold the courage of these Christian men! They counted not their lives dear to them, and returned to do their Masters work in the very places in which they had been so grievously persecuted, and where one of them had been apparently stoned to death! The man who knows he is God's ambassador, and that his life depends on his fidelity to his Master, knows he has nothing but his God to fear. |
21 And [5037] when they had preached the gospel [2097] to that [1565] city [4172], and [2532] had taught [3100] many [2425], they returned again [5290] to [1519] Lystra [3082], and [2532] to Iconium [2430], and [2532] Antioch [490],
22 Confirming [1991] the souls [5590] of the disciples [3101], and exhorting them [3870] to continue [1696] in the faith [4102], and [2532] that [3754] we [2248] must [1163] through [1223] much [4183] tribulation [2347] enter [1525] into [1519] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].
23 And [1161] when they had ordained [5500] them [846] elders [4245] in every [2596] church [1577], and had prayed [4336] with [3326] fasting [3521], they commended [3908] them [846] to the Lord [2962], on [1519] whom [3739] they believed [4100].
24 And [2532] after they had passed throughout [1330] Pisidia [4099], they came [2064] to [1519] Pamphylia [3828].
25 And [2532] when they had preached [2980] the word [3056] in [1722] Perga [4011], they went down [2597] into [1519] Attalia [825]:
26 And thence [2547] sailed [636] to [1519] Antioch [490], from whence [3606] they had been [2258] recommended [3860] to the grace [5485] of God [2316] for [1519] the work [2041] which [3739] they fulfilled [4137].
27 And [1161] when they were come [3854], and [2532] had gathered [4863] the church [1577] together [4863], they rehearsed [312] all [3745] that God [2316] had done [4160] with [3326] them [846], and [2532] how [3754] he had opened [455] the door [2374] of faith [4102] unto the Gentiles [1484].
28 And [1161] there [1563] they abode [1304] long [3756] [3641] time [5550] with [4862] the disciples [3101].
11 Persecutions [1375], afflictions [3804], which [3634] came [1096] unto me [3427] at [1722] Antioch [490], at [1722] Iconium [2430], at [1722] Lystra [3082]; what [3634] persecutions [1375] I endured [5297]: but [2532] out of [1537] them all [3956] the Lord [2962] delivered [4506] me [3165].
24 But [235] none [3762] of these things [3056] move me [4160], neither [3761] count I [2192] my [3450] life [5590] dear [5093] unto myself [1683], so [5613] that I might finish [5048] my [3450] course [1408] with [3326] joy [5479], and [2532] the ministry [1248], which [3739] I have received [2983] of [3844] the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424], to testify [1263] the gospel [2098] of the grace [5485] of God [2316].
1 And [1161] it came to pass [1096] in [1722] Iconium [2430], that they [846] went [1525] both [2596] together [846] into [1519] the synagogue [4864] of the Jews [2453], and [2532] so [3779] spake [2980], that [5620] a great [4183] multitude [4128] both [5037] of the Jews [2453] and also [2532] of the Greeks [1672] believed [4100].
6 They were ware [4894] of it, and fled [2703] unto [1519] Lystra [3082] and [2532] Derbe [1191], cities [4172] of Lycaonia [3071], and [2532] unto the region that lieth round about [4066]:
6 Then [1161] Jesus [2424] went [4198] with [4862] them [846]. And [1161] when he [846] was [568] now [2235] not [3756] far [3112] from [575] the house [3614], the centurion [1543] sent [3992] friends [5384] to [4314] him [846], saying [3004] unto him [846], Lord [2962], trouble [4660] not [3361] thyself [4660]: for [1063] I am [1510] not [3756] worthy [2425] that [2443] thou shouldest enter [1525] under [5259] my [3450] roof [4721]:
52 Then [1161] said [2036] he unto them [846], Therefore [1223] [5124] every [3956] scribe [1122] which is instructed [3100] unto [1519] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is [2076] like [3664] unto a man [444] that is an householder [3617], which [3748] bringeth forth [1544] out of [1537] his [846] treasure [2344] things new [2537] and [2532] old [3820].
6 They were ware [4894] of it, and fled [2703] unto [1519] Lystra [3082] and [2532] Derbe [1191], cities [4172] of Lycaonia [3071], and [2532] unto the region that lieth round about [4066]: