And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
And they passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.
And having passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia,
And having passed through Pisidia they came to Pamphylia,
Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches4
Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,
The walk5
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Acts 15:38But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
leads to
After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
Voices3
And after they had passed throughout Pisidia,.... The country where Antioch, the last place mentioned, was; see Act 13:14 they came to Pamphylia; See Gill on Act 13:13, Act 2:10.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Throughout Pisidia - See the note at Act 13:14. They came to Pamphylia - See the notes on Act 13:13. These places they had visited before.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
That the gospel was now preached to Jews and Gentiles together, and those of each denomination that believed came together into the church. In the close of the foregoing chapter it was preached first to the Jews, and some of them believed, and then to the Gentiles, and some of them believed; but here they are put together, being put upon the same level.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
