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Kisah Para Rasul 21:18

Pada keesokan harinya pergilah Paulus bersama-sama dengan kami mengunjungi Yakobus; semua penatua telah hadir di situ.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elder;   James;   Luke;   Opinion, Public;   Paul;   Thompson Chain Reference - James;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Luke;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - James the brother of jesus;   Paul;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jude, Theology of;   Luke-Acts, Theology of;   Ministry, Minister;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Syrian Christians;   Worship of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   James;   John;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Acts of the Apostles;   Apostle;   Church;   James;   Peter;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Elder;   Ephesians, Book of;   Luke;   Luke, Gospel of;   Paul;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bishop;   Church;   Church Government;   James;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Acts of the Apostles;   Aristion (Aristo);   Birth of Christ;   Brethren of the Lord (2);   Hospitality ;   James ;   James, the Lord's Brother;   John (the Apostle);   Law;   Paul;   Peter;   Time;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elders;   James, Son of Alphaeus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - James;   Smith Bible Dictionary - James the Less,;   Luke;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Synods;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Acts of the Apostles;   Apostolic Age;   Chronology of the New Testament;   James, Epistle of;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Pada keesokan harinya pergilah Paulus bersama-sama dengan kami mengunjungi Yakobus; semua penatua telah hadir di situ.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Pada keesokan harinya pergilah Paulus bersama-sama dengan kami kepada Yakub, maka segala ketua-ketua pun ada di situ.

Contextual Overview

15 And after those dayes, we toke vp our burthens, and went vp to Hierusalem. 16 There went with vs also [certayne] of the disciples of Cesarea, & brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an olde disciple, with whom we shoulde lodge. 17 And when we were come to Hierusalem, the brethren receaued vs gladly. 18 And on the morowe, Paule went in with vs vnto Iames, and all the elders came together. 19 And when he had saluted them, he tolde by order all thinges that God had wrought among the gentiles by his ministerie. 20 And when they hearde it, they glorified the Lorde, & sayde vnto hym: Thou seest brother, howe many thousande Iewes there are which beleue, & they are all earnest folowers of the lawe. 21 And they are infourmed of thee, that thou teachest all the Iewes whiche are among the Gentiles to forsake Moyses, and sayest that they ought not to circucise their chyldren, neither to walke after the customes. 22 What is it therefore? The multitude must needes come together: For they shall heare that thou art come. 23 Do therfore this that we saye to thee. We haue foure men, which haue a vow on them: 24 Them take, & purifie thy selfe with them, and do coste on them, that they may shaue their heades: And all shall knowe, that those thynges whiche they haue hearde concernyng thee, are nothyng, but that thou thy selfe also walkest and kepest the lawe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unto: Acts 15:13, Matthew 10:2, Galatians 1:19, Galatians 2:9, James 1:1

all: Acts 15:2, Acts 15:6, Acts 15:23, Acts 20:17

Reciprocal: Matthew 10:3 - James Mark 3:18 - James Acts 12:17 - James Acts 24:11 - but Galatians 2:12 - certain 1 Peter 5:1 - elders

Cross-References

Genesis 16:10
And agayne the angell of the Lord sayde vnto her: I wyll multiplie thy seede in such sort, that it shal not be numbred for multitude.
Genesis 17:20
And as concernyng Ismael also I haue hearde thee: for I haue blessed him, and wyll make him fruitefull, and wyl multiplie him excedingly: Twelue princes shall he beget, and I wyll make a great nation of hym.
Genesis 21:12
And God sayde vnto Abraham, let it not be greeuous in thy sight, because of the lad and of thy bonde woman: In al that Sara hath said vnto thee, heare her voyce, for in Isahac shall thy seede be called.
Genesis 21:13
Moreouer, of the sonne of the bonde woman wyll I make a nation, because he is thy seede.
Genesis 21:18
Aryse and lyft vp the lad, and take him in thyne hande, for I wyll make of hym a great people.
Genesis 21:29
And Abimelech sayd vnto Abraham: what meane these seuen ewe lambes whiche thou hast set by them selues?
Genesis 21:31
Wherefore the place is called Beer seba, because that there they sware both of them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the day following,.... After they were come into Jerusalem:

Paul went in with us to James; not the son of Zebedee and brother of John, for he was killed by Herod some years ago; but James the son of Alphaeus, and brother of our Lord, who presided over this church; it seems there were no other apostles now at Jerusalem, but they were all dispersed abroad that were living, preaching the Gospel in the several parts of the world: Paul took the first opportunity Of paying a visit to James, very likely at his own house, to give him an account of his success among the Gentiles, and to know the state of the church at Jerusalem, and confer with him about what might be most proper and serviceable to promote the interest of Christ; and he took with him those who had been companions with him in his travels, partly to show respect to James, and partly to be witnesses of what he should relate unto him:

and all the elders were present: by whom are meant, not the ancient private members of the church, but the ministers of the word in this church: who hearing of the coming of the apostle, and of his visit to James, assembled together to see him, and converse with him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unto James - James the Less. See the notes on Acts 15:13. He resided at Jerusalem. Compare Galatians 1:19. It is not improbable that he was the only one of the apostles then at Jerusalem; and there is reason to believe that the church at Jerusalem was left under his particular care. It was natural, therefore, that Paul and his companions should take an early opportunity to see him. James was the cousin of our Lord, and in Galatians 1:19 he is called the Lord’s brother. On all accounts, therefore, he was entitled to, and would receive, particular respect from the early disciples.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 21:18. Went in with us unto James — This was James the Less, son of Mary; and cousin to our Lord. He appears to have been bishop of the Church in Jerusalem, and perhaps the only apostle who continued in that city. We have already seen what a very important character he sustained in the council. See Acts 15:13.

All the elders were present. — It appears that they had been convened about matters of serious and important moment; and some think it was relative to Paul himself, of whose arrival they had heard, and well knew how many of those that believed were disaffected towards him.


 
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