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A Cunning and Deadly Plot
Commentators explain that as Paul prepared to sail from Greece, his long-standing Jewish adversaries in Corinth devised a plot to murder him. The plan was likely to take place at the busy port or on the crowded pilgrim ship heading to Jerusalem for Passover. This highlights the constant, life-threatening opposition Paul faced for the gospel.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 20:3
18th Century
Theologian
And there abode. Why he remained here is unknown. It is probable that while in Greece he wrote the Epistle to the Romans. ().
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AT Robertson
On Acts 20:3
When he had spent three months there (ποιησας μηνας τρεις). Literally, "having done three months," the same idiom in Ac 14:33; 18:…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 20:3
19th Century
Bishop
When the Jews laid wait for him . . .—In sailing for Syria, Cenchreae would naturally be the port of embarkation, and St. Paul’s presence …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 20:3
After spending some time in Macedonia, Paul went to Corinth, where he stayed for three months, probably during the winter of 57–58. While there, an…
John Calvin
On Acts 20:3
16th Century
Theologian
Because the Jews laid wait for him. The Lord tested His servant in such various and continuous ways that He set before us, in him, an exam…
John Gill
On Acts 20:3
17th Century
Pastor
And there abode three months
In Greece:
and when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to s…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 20:1–6
17th Century
Minister
Disturbances or opposition may compel a Christian to move from his station or alter his purpose, but his work and his pleasure will be the same, wh…