Acts 18:22
in Acts 18When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when he had landed at Cæsarea, he went up and saluted the church, and went down to Antioch.
KJV
And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
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This verse in Acts 18
Commentary
9 notes on this verseLanded 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:
This site's exposition
greeted the church at Jerusalem
on Acts 18:22-23
Paul greeted the church at Jerusalem, went down to Antioch, the church that had first sent him out, and strengthened disciples through Galatia and Phrygia. Luke gives in two verses travel that likely took many months.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the Church, he went down to Antioch. And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples." He came again to those places which he had previously visited. Through these regions also he merely passes again, just enough to establish them by his presence.
The Medieval Church1 voice
He departed from Ephesus, and descending, he went up to Caesarea and greeted the church. He says Caesarea, the metropolis of Cappadocia. For he had not yet come to Syria of Phoenicia. Formerly called Mosacha from Mosoc, the son of Japheth, later it received the …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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.
And when he had landed at Caesarea,....
His very coming among them, and owning them, were a great strengthening to them and their ministers. Paul's countenancing them was encouraging them; but that was not all: he preached that to them which strengthened them, which confirmed their faith in Christ, their resolutions for Christ, and their pious affections to him.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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 (Ac 18:18) would conclude.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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.
The words behind it
12 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| κατελθὼν | katelthon | having landed | G2718 → | 16 times |
| εἰς | eis | at | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| Καισάρειαν, | kaisareian | Caesarea, | G2542 → | 17 times |
| ἀναβὰς | anabas | having gone up | G305 → | 82 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἀσπασάμενος | aspasamenos | having greeted | G782 → | 57 times |
| τὴν | ten | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἐκκλησίαν | ekklesian | church | G1577 → | 113 times |
| κατέβη | katebe | he went down | G2597 → | 81 times |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| Ἀντιόχειαν· | antiocheian | Antioch; | G490 → | 18 times |
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
κατελθὼνhaving landed
katelthonG2718 →16 times
εἰςat
eisG1519 →1755 times
Καισάρειαν,Caesarea,
kaisareianG2542 →17 times
ἀναβὰςhaving gone up
anabasG305 →82 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἀσπασάμενοςhaving greeted
aspasamenosG782 →57 times
τὴνthe
tenG3588 →19766 times
ἐκκλησίανchurch
ekklesianG1577 →113 times
κατέβηhe went down
katebeG2597 →81 times
εἰςto
eisG1519 →1755 times
Ἀντιόχειαν·Antioch;
antiocheianG490 →18 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 15:23and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
it leads to
- Acts 23:26
Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.
- Galatians 1:21
Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
- James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
- Acts 15:22
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among…
- Acts 23:26
Through
Acts 8:40But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
it leads to
- Acts 21:8
Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
- Acts 23:23
Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
- Acts 21:8
Through
Acts 15:4On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
it leads to
- Acts 15:12
The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
- Acts 14:27
When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
- Acts 15:12
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PlaceJudeaCaesareaHerod's harbor city on the coast and the seat of the Roman governors of Judea, where Cornelius's household received the Spirit and…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Acts; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 40; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and William Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen.
