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Acts 20:3

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Acts 20:3

Verse 3 of 38

Scripture focus

And [there] abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

Acts 20:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 20:3

Theological / Devotional

Abode three months. Or, “when he had spent three months.” In the Greek, the phrase is connected with what follows.

The Jews laid wait. Or, “a plot having been made against him by the Jews.” The Jews had tried to entangle Gallio in their attacks upon Paul during his last visit to Corinth, and now they sought secretly to wreak their vengeance upon him. No doubt the intention was to kill him. When Paul heard of the plot he changed his plans and set out with his companions for Macedonia, to baffle the plotters.

To sail into Syria. Or, “to set sail for Syria.” Paul may have gone so far as to arrange for his passage and even to go aboard, but was warned before the ship sailed.

Through Macedonia. As the scheme for killing Paul was apparently to have been carried out while he was sailing to Syria, his quick change of plan that took him to the north made impossible the readjustment of the plot to the new circumstances.

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