Apostelgeschichte 21:19

19 Und als er sie gegrüßt hatte, erzählte er eines nach dem andern, was Gott getan hatte unter den Heiden durch sein Amt.

Apostelgeschichte 21:19 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 21:19

And when he had saluted them
James and the elders with him; which was either done by a kiss, as the Arabic version adds; or by asking of their health, and wishing a continuance of it, and all prosperity to attend them: the Ethiopic version reads,

they saluted him;
and no doubt the salutations were reciprocal:

he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the
Gentiles by his ministry;
it is very likely that this account begins where that ends, which he had delivered in the presence of James, and others, some years ago, ( Acts 15:12 ) and takes in all his travels and ministry, and the success of it; not only in Syria, Cilicia, and Lycaonia, after he had set out from Antioch again, but in Macedonia, Achaia, and Asia; as at Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, and elsewhere: he declared, what multitudes of souls were converted, and what numbers of churches were planted; and this he ascribes not to himself, but to the power and grace of God, which had attended his ministry; he was only an instrument, God was the efficient, and ought to have the glory.

Apostelgeschichte 21:19 In-Context

17 Da wir nun gen Jerusalem kamen, nahmen uns die Brüder gern auf.

18 Des andern Tages aber ging Paulus mit uns ein zu Jakobus, und es kamen die Ältesten alle dahin.

19 Und als er sie gegrüßt hatte, erzählte er eines nach dem andern, was Gott getan hatte unter den Heiden durch sein Amt.

20 Da sie aber das hörten, lobten sie den HERRN und sprachen zu ihm: Bruder, du siehst, wieviel tausend Juden sind, die gläubig geworden sind, und alle sind Eiferer für das Gesetz;

21 sie sind aber berichtet worden wider dich, daß du lehrest von Moses abfallen alle Juden, die unter den Heiden sind, und sagest, sie sollen ihre Kinder nicht beschneiden, auch nicht nach desselben Weise wandeln.