Atos 21
Oecumenius
Atos 21:2
This is what happened: Not finding a ship bound for Caesarea but for Phoenicia, I boarded that one. [CHRYSOSTOM] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:3
And we sailed on to Cyprus and allowed Syria to remain. For the phrase "leaving it to port" is not simple, it has been said, but that they were in no hurry to approach Syria. So they came to Lycia, and leaving Cyprus, sailed to Tyre; for there the ship unloaded its cargo. [CHRYSOSTOM] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:4
He does not say that he made the urging through the Spirit, but that, being guided by the Spirit, they knew. For he did not merely foretell dangers to him, but that he must not go up, sparing him. [CHRYSOSTOM] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:5
"Completed those days." The verb "completed" [ἐξαρτίσαι] is used in place of πληρῶσαι. For after the days had been completed, that is, after the days of unleavened bread, they came to Troas five days later. [CHRYSOSTOM] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:9
It should be noted that the daughters of the deacon Philip were prophetesses, so that it is possible for one who partakes in service to minister in marriages. Note also that his prophetic daughters were virgins, and that they practiced this more out of holiness, so that they were deemed worthy of prophecy. Therefore it is clear that virginity was a matter of great importance to them as well. For if it had not been a matter of great importance, the author would not have added that they were also virgins. [CHRYSOSTOM] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:10
Agabus, the one who long ago foretold the famine. — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:11
Agabus, the one who long ago foretold the famine. But the troubling thing is that they will hand him over into the hands of Gentiles. And see that when Paul heard that he would suffer countless terrible things, then he was hastening. And Agabus did not say that they would bind Paul, so as not to seem to speak from an agreement; but "the man whose belt this is." — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:13
And see that when Paul heard that he would suffer countless terrible things, then he was hastening. — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:15
"Having made preparations." That is, having taken things for the journey. [CHRYSOSTOM] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:20
"You see, brother, how many thousands." They advise, they do not impose this upon those around James; therefore they persuade. For it was condescension of economy, not of legislation. Therefore this was not a cutting off of the preaching, but an economy. For those in Jerusalem who believed from among the Jews wished still to observe the legal customs. [CHRYSOSTOM] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:24
"Take these and be purified with them." They counsel him to make his defense by deed, not by word. They therefore say this: Provide the offerings prescribed by the law on their behalf, so that you may remove suspicion, and show that not only do you not teach outside the law, but that you yourself also observe what is in the law. [CHRYSOSTOM] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:25
And for fear that he should say, "If the Gentiles learn this, they will be scandalized," they therefore add: "As for the Gentile believers, we wrote," he says, "commanding them to observe nothing of that sort." Just as then we imposed upon them, although preaching to Jews, so also, you preaching to the Gentiles, cooperate with us: for this is condescension, do not suspect anything. [CHRYSOSTOM] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:26
And to do this in Jerusalem is attainable. Do this then here, so that it may be possible for you to do that abroad. Then he was persuaded by them, and he shaved himself and fulfilled all the Jewish rites. [AMMONIUS] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:36
"Seize him." It is the custom among the Jews to use this cry against the righteous, as also against the Lord, "Seize him," instead of "Raise him up from the living." Others say it therefore, that is, those who speak according to our Roman usage: "Cast him into the pits." [AMMONIUS] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:38
For there are three general sects among the Jews: Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes; these lead a more devout life, being lovers of one another and temperate; therefore they are called Essenes, that is, holy; others called them Sicarii, that is, zealots. [ORIGEN] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:38
The Sicarii are called robbers who make use of small swords, in size somewhat like the daggers of the Persians, but curved and similar to the dagger [σίκαις] called by the Romans, from which the title was taken by those who robbed. Others said they were some sect among the Jews. [JOSEPHUS] — Commentary on Acts
Atos 21:38
"Are you not the Egyptian." This Egyptian was a certain man, a maker of new movements and a rebel and a deceiver and a sorcerer. And since the Devil wished to make Paul a sharer in the crimes that belonged to him, just as at that time against Christ, he stirred him up to perform wonders among the Jews. And when the chiliarch says, "Are you not the Egyptian," he immediately removed him from this suspicion, and from the nation, and from the religion. For elsewhere he calls himself legitimately of Christ. [CHRYSOSTOM] — Commentary on Acts