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When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.
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The Unnamed Visit to Jerusalem
Although Jerusalem is not explicitly named, commentators overwhelmingly agree that when Paul "went up and saluted the church," he was visiting the mother church in Jerusalem. Scholars explain that the phrases "went up" (to Jerusalem) and "went down" (from Jerusalem to Antioch) were common ways of speaking, making this stop a deliberate and significant conclusion to his second missionary journey.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Caesarea. See Barnes’ Notes on Acts 8:40.
And gone up: from the ship.
And saluted the church: having expre…
He went up and saluted the church (αναβας κα ασπασαμενος την εκκλησιαν). The language could refer to the church in Caesarea where …
19th Century
Anglican
And when he had landed at Caesarea.—It is obvious that a great deal is covered by the short record of this verse. In the …
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Baptist
And he sailed from Ephesus. And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. And after he had …
Paul probably booked passage for Caesarea, the port city of Jerusalem since the time of Herod the Great (cf. comments on 10:1). From Caesarea, he “…
16th Century
Protestant
When he came down to Caesarea. Though Luke says briefly that Paul greeted the Church at Jerusalem, it is still certain that he was drawn t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when he had landed at Caesarea This was Caesarea Stratonis, formerly called Strato's tower: it would have been n…
While Paul found he did not labor in vain, he continued laboring. Our times are in God's hand; we purpose, but He disposes. Therefore, we must make…
