Handelingen 20:3

3 En als hij aldaar drie maanden overgebracht had, en hem van de Joden lagen gelegd werden, als hij naar Syrie zoude varen, zo werd hij van zin weder te keren door Macedonie.

Handelingen 20:3 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 20:3

And there abode three months
In Greece:

and when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into
Syria;
from some part of Greece, in order to go to Jerusalem; which the Jews in the parts of Greece understanding, laid wait for him, either by sea or land, with an intention either to take the money from him, which he had collected in Macedonia, and in Greece, for the poor saints at Jerusalem, or to take away his life, or both; of which lying in wait for him, the apostle had some notice, either by divine revelation, or from somebody who was in the secret, or had got knowledge of it from such as were: upon which he

purposed to return through Macedonia;
through which he came from Ephesus to Greece: this wicked design being made known to him, obliged him, in point of prudence, and both for his own safety, and the good of the churches, to alter his scheme, and steer his course another way, to the disappointment of his enemies; in which the wisdom of providence, the care of God over his ministers, and his concern for his churches manifestly appeared.

Handelingen 20:3 In-Context

1 Nadat nu het oproer gestild was, Paulus, de discipelen tot zich geroepen en gegroet hebbende, ging uit om naar Macedonie te reizen.

2 En als hij die delen doorgereisd, en hen met vele redenen vermaand had, kwam hij in Griekenland.

3 En als hij aldaar drie maanden overgebracht had, en hem van de Joden lagen gelegd werden, als hij naar Syrie zoude varen, zo werd hij van zin weder te keren door Macedonie.

4 En hem vergezelschapte tot in Azie Sopater van Berea; en van de Thessalonicensen Aristarchus en Sekundus; en Gajus van Derbe, en Timotheus en van die van Azie Tychikus en Trofimus.

5 Dezen, vooraf heengegaan zijnde, wachtten ons te Troas.