Hechos 21:19

19 Después de saludarlos, Pablo les relató detalladamente lo que Dios había hecho entre los gentiles por medio de su ministerio.

Hechos 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.

Hechos 21:19 In-Context

17 Cuando llegamos a Jerusalén, los creyentes nos recibieron calurosamente.

18 Al día siguiente Pablo fue con nosotros a ver a Jacobo, y todos los ancianos estaban presentes.

19 Después de saludarlos, Pablo les relató detalladamente lo que Dios había hecho entre los gentiles por medio de su ministerio.

20 Al oírlo, alabaron a Dios. Luego le dijeron a Pablo: «Ya ves, hermano, cuántos miles de judíos han creído, y todos ellos siguen aferrados a la ley.

21 Ahora bien, han oído decir que tú enseñas que se aparten de Moisés todos los judíos que viven entre los gentiles. Les recomiendas que no circunciden a sus hijos ni vivan según nuestras costumbres.