3And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
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Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: …
For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)These travels of Paul which are thus briefly related, if all in them had been recorded that was memorable and worthy to be written in letters of gold, the world would not contain the books that would have been written; and therefore we have only some general hints of occurrences, which therefore ought to be the more precious. Here is, I. Paul’s departure from Ephesus. He had tarried there longer t…
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