Acts - 14:24



24 They passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.

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Explanation and meaning of Acts 14:24.

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And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
And passing through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia.
And having passed through Pisidia they came to Pamphylia,
And traveling by way of Pisidia, they arrived in Pamphylia.
Paul and Barnabas then went through Pisidia, and came into Pamphylia,

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Passing through Pisidia. We have already said that Paul and Barnabas came to Antioch of Pisidia. Being now about to return to Antioch of Syria, whence they were sent away, they go through Pamphylia, which is the middle region toward the mount Taurus. And Perga and Attalia are cities lying near together. And whereas Luke saith, that they preach the Word in the one only, we may thereby guess that they had not opportunity offered them everywhere to teach, which they were wont to neglect or let pass nowhere.

Throughout Pisidia - See the note at Acts 13:14.
They came to Pamphylia - See the notes on Acts 13:13. These places they had visited before.

Passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia - See the note on Acts 13:13.

(10) And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
(10) Paul and Barnabas, having completed their journey, and having returned to Antioch, give an account of their journey to the congregation or church.

And after they had passed throughout Pisidia,.... The country where Antioch, the last place mentioned, was; see Acts 13:14 they came to Pamphylia; See Gill on Acts 13:13, Acts 2:10

Preached the word in Perga. Here they had landed early in this missionary journey, but did not then, from some cause, pause to preach the gospel. See Acts 13:13-14.
Went down into Attalia. A seaport not far from Perga.
Thence they sailed to Antioch. The Syrian Antioch, the first Gentile church, the mother church of Gentile missions, the church that sent them forth several years before (Acts 13:1, Acts 13:3). Exactly how long a time had been occupied in this missionary tour cannot be ascertained, but it is almost certain that the visit to Jerusalem, recorded in Acts 11:29-30 and Acts 12:25, took place in A. D. 44, while that mentioned in Acts 15:2 took place in A. D. 51, there being six or seven years between. This time was occupied with the missionary journey and the stay at Antioch. The first probably extended over three or four years.
They rehearsed all that God had done with them. They very properly made a report to the church that had sent them forth. It was a very cheering report. The gospel had been planted in the great island of Cyprus, received by the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, and extended through Pamphylia, Pisidia and Lycaonia, strong churches having been planted in their principal cities.
Abode there a long time. As near as we can learn about two years, no doubt busy all the time preaching in the great city.

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