Acts 20:1
in Acts 20When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And after the uproar ceased, Paul having sent for the disciples and exhorted them, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
KJV
And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
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This verse in Acts 20
Commentary
10 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The uproar - The tumult excited, by Demetrius and the workmen. After it had been quieted by the town-clerk, Act 19:40-41. Embraced them - Saluted them; gave them parting expressions of kindness. Compare the Luk 7:45 note; Rom 16:16 note; 1Co 16:20 note; 2Co 13:12 note; 1Th 5:26 note; 1Pe 5:14 note. The Syriac translates this, “Paul caned the disciples, and consoled them, and kissed them.” To go into Macedonia - On his way to Jerusalem, agreeably to his purpose, as recorded in Act 19:21.
This site's exposition
When the uproar had ended
on Acts 20:1-3
After the uproar Paul left for Macedonia, and Luke’s summary covers months that Paul’s letters fill in. 2 Corinthians was very likely written from Macedonia in this stretch, and Romans from the three months in Greece.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"And having embraced them," it says, "he departed for to go into Macedonia." By this again he refreshed them, giving them much consolation. There was need of much comforting after that uproar. Accordingly, having done this, he goes into Macedonia, and then into Greece.
The Medieval Church2 voices
And he set out to go to Macedonia. After he had toured those parts and had exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece. Greece is a province of Achaia, which the Greeks call ἑλλάδα. Hence, where Latin Codices have Greeks or, to distinguish …
Paul instructed the disciples, because after the turmoil they were in need of great consolation.
The Reformation1 voice
It appeareth that the Church was preserved in safety by the wonderful power of God amidst those troublesome tumults. The church of Ephesus was as yet slender and weak: the faithful having had experience of a sudden motion [commotion] once, might for just causes fear, lest like storms should ever now and then arise.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
His removal might somewhat appease the rage of his adversaries, and gain better quarter for the Christians there. Currenti cede furori--It is good to lie by in a storm.
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And after the uproar was ceased,....
Now, one would think, this was no good husbandry, to have all these worthy men accompanying Paul, for there was more need of them where Paul was not than where he was; but so it was ordered, 1.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
After the uproar was ceased - The tumult excited by Demetrius apparently induced Paul to leave Ephesus sooner than he had intended. He had written to the Corinthians that he should leave that place after pentecost, 1Co 16:8; but it is very probable that he left it sooner.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Μετὰ | meta | After | G3326 → | 461 times |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| παύσασθαι | pausasthai | ceasing | G3973 → | 15 times |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| θόρυβον | thorubon | uproar | G2351 → | 7 times |
| μεταπεμψάμενος | metapempsamenos | having summoned [him] | G3343 → | 9 times |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Παῦλος | paulos | Paul | G3972 → | 158 times |
| τοὺς | tous | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| μαθητὰς | mathetas | disciples | G3101 → | 260 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| παρακαλέσας | parakalesas | having encouraged | G3870 → | 108 times |
| ἀσπασάμενος | aspasamenos | having said farewell | G782 → | 57 times |
| ἐξῆλθεν | exelthen | he departed | G1831 → | 216 times |
| πορεύεσθαι | poreuesthai | to go | G4198 → | 147 times |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| Μακεδονίαν.¶ | makedonian | Macedonia. | G3109 → | 22 times |
ΜετὰAfter
metaG3326 →461 times
δὲnow
deG1161 →2765 times
τὸ<the>
toG3588 →19766 times
παύσασθαιceasing
pausasthaiG3973 →15 times
τὸνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
θόρυβονuproar
thorubonG2351 →7 times
μεταπεμψάμενοςhaving summoned [him]
metapempsamenosG3343 →9 times
ὁ<the>
hoG3588 →19766 times
ΠαῦλοςPaul
paulosG3972 →158 times
τοὺςthe
tousG3588 →19766 times
μαθητὰςdisciples
mathetasG3101 →260 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
παρακαλέσαςhaving encouraged
parakalesasG3870 →108 times
ἀσπασάμενοςhaving said farewell
aspasamenosG782 →57 times
ἐξῆλθενhe departed
exelthenG1831 →216 times
πορεύεσθαιto go
poreuesthaiG4198 →147 times
εἰςto
eisG1519 →1755 times
Μακεδονίαν.¶Macedonia.
makedonianG3109 →22 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
1 Timothy 1:3As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines
it leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
- Galatians 1:6–7
I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
- 2 John 1:9–10
Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.
- Titus 1:9–11
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
- 1 Timothy 6:3
Through
Romans 16:16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 16:20
All the brothers here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:26
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
- 1 Corinthians 16:20
Through
2 Corinthians 7:5For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 2:13
I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
- 2 Corinthians 2:13
Through
Acts 19:21After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as…
it leads to
- Acts 20:22
And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
- Acts 20:22
Where this verse is studied
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About Acts
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
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; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 43; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts and William Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen.