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Selected Verse: Acts 27:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 27:23 |
Strong Concordance |
For [1063] there stood by [3936] me [3427] this [5026] night [3571] the angel [32] of God [2316], whose [3739] I am [1510], and [2532] whom [3739] I serve [3000], |
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King James |
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, |
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] |
there stood by me this night the angel of God--as in Act 16:9; Act 23:11.
whose I am-- (Co1 6:19-20).
and whom I serve--in the sense of worship or religious consecration (see on Act 13:2). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
There stood by me - There appeared to me.
The angel of God - The messages of God were often communicated by angels. See Heb 1:14. This does not mean that there was any particular angel, but simply an angel.
Whose I am - Of the God to whom I belong. This is an expression of Paul's entire devotedness to him.
Whom I serve - In the gospel. To whom and to whose cause I am entirely devoted. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
the angel
An angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve.
(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The angel
Rev., correctly, an angel. There is no article.
Of God (τοῦ Θεοῦ)
Rev., correctly, supplies the article: "the God," added because Paul was addressing heathen, who would have understood by angel a messenger of the gods. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The God whose I am, and whom I serve - How short a compendium of religion! Yet how full! Comprehending both faith, hope, and love. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The - God, whose I am, and whom I serve - This Divine communication was intended to give credit to the apostle and to his doctrine; and, in such perilous circumstances, to speak so confidently, when every appearance was against him, argued the fullest persuasion of the truth of what he spoke; and the fulfillment, so exactly coinciding with the prediction, must have shown these heathens that the God whom Paul served must be widely different from theirs. |
2 As [1161] they [846] ministered [3008] to the Lord [2962], and [2532] fasted [3522], the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] said [2036], [1211] Separate [873] me [3427] [5037] Barnabas [921] and [2532] Saul [4569] for [1519] the work [2041] whereunto [3739] I have called [4341] them [846].
19 What [2228]? know ye [1492] not [3756] that [3754] your [5216] body [4983] is [2076] the temple [3485] of the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] which is in [1722] you [5213], which [3739] ye have [2192] of [575] God [2316], and [2532] ye are [2075] not [3756] your own [1438]?
20 For [1063] ye are bought [59] with a price [5092]: therefore [1211] glorify [1392] God [2316] in [1722] your [5216] body [4983], and [2532] in [1722] your [5216] spirit [4151], which [3748] are [2076] God's [2316].
11 And [1161] the night [3571] following [1966] the Lord [2962] stood by [2186] him [846], and said [2036], Be of good cheer [2293], Paul [3972]: for [1063] as [5613] thou hast testified [1263] of [4012] me [1700] in [1519] Jerusalem [2419], so [3779] must [1163] thou [4571] bear witness [3140] also [2532] at [1519] Rome [4516].
9 And [2532] a vision [3705] appeared [3700] to Paul [3972] in [1223] the night [3571]; There stood [2258] [2476] a man [5100] [435] of Macedonia [3110], and prayed [3870] him [846], [2532] saying [3004], Come over [1224] into [1519] Macedonia [3109], and help [997] us [2254].
14 Are they [1526] not [3780] all [3956] ministering [3010] spirits [4151], sent forth [649] to [1519] minister [1248] for [1223] them who shall [3195] be heirs of [2816] salvation [4991]?
4 Being made [1096] so much [5118] better than [2909] the angels [32], as [3745] he hath by inheritance obtained [2816] a more excellent [1313] name [3686] than [3844] they [846].