ACTS 21:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.”
When we had come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly — Paul's arrival is warmly greeted, yet this false peace will quickly dissolve into conflict. The church in Jerusalem has not yet grasped that Paul's presence will provoke the same hostility Jesus faced.
Church Fathers on Acts 21:17
And when we had come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. Acts 21:17 (f) Bringing us, it says, (to him) with whom we should lodge — not to the church: for on the former occasion Acts 15:4, when they went up concerning the decrees, they lodged with the Church, but now with a certain ancient disciple. (The expression) shows that the preaching had been going on a long time: whence it seems to me that this writer in the Acts epitomizes the events of many years, relating…
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