ACTS 14:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And there they abode long time with the disciples.”
And they spent considerable time there with the believers — the extended stay (chronos hikanos) in Antioch allowed for rest, community building, and presumably the settling of theological questions that would culminate in the Jerusalem Council.
Church Fathers on Acts 14:28
Commended them, it says, to the Lord. And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia (v. 24, 25): (l) and thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled. Acts 14:26 Why do they come back to Antioch? To report what had taken place yonder. And besides, there is a great purpose of Providence concerned: for it was…
Read all 2 entries in the readerNicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!