Act 14:24-28 - Commentary

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Text -- Acts 14:24-28 (NET)

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14:24 Then they passed through Pisidia and came into Pamphylia, 14:25 and when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. 14:26 From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. 14:27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles. 14:28 So they spent considerable time with the disciples.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Antioch a city in Syria located 15 miles inland from the Mediterranean Sea on the Orontes River,a principal city of the province of Pisidia in Asia Minor, west of Iconium.

· Attalia a town and seaport near Perga on the northern Mediterranean coast

· Gentile a non-Jewish person

· Pamphylia a south coastal province of Asia Minor in what is now southern Turkey

· Perga a town about 20 km inland from the south central coastline of Asia Minor in the province of Pamphylia

· Pisidia a region located in south central Asia Minor north of Pamphylia

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NET Notes: Act 14:24 Pamphylia was a province along the southern coast of Asia Minor.

NET Notes: Act 14:25 Attalia was a seaport in the province of Pamphylia on the southern coast of Asia Minor, about 12 mi (20 km) southwest of Perga.

NET Notes: Act 14:26 BDAG 829 s.v. πληρόω 5 has “to bring to completion an activity in which one has been involved from its beginning, ...

NET Notes: Act 14:27 On the image of opening, or of the door, see 1 Cor 16:9; 2 Cor 2:12; Col 4:3.

NET Notes: Act 14:28 Grk “no little (time)” (an idiom).

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