4And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
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And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: …
And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. …
And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. …
And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)We may observe here, I. How much ado Paul had to get clear from Ephesus, intimated in the first words of the chapter, after we had gotten from them , that is, were drawn from them as by violence. It was a force put upon both sides; Paul was loth to leave them, and they were loth to part with him, and yet there was no remedy, but so it must be. When good people are taken away by death, they are, as…
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