Atos 21:5

5 Mas, quando terminou o nosso tempo ali, partimos e continuamos nossa viagem. Todos os discípulos, com suas mulheres e filhos, nos acompanharam até fora da cidade e ali na praia nos ajoelhamos e oramos.

Atos 21:5 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 21:5

And when we had accomplished those days
The seven days before mentioned:

we departed and went our way;
from their quarters where they lodged, or from some one house of the disciples, where they met, and had conversed together:

and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we
were out of the city;
that is, the disciples, even all of them that dwelt in that city, with their whole families, their wives and children, accompanied the apostle and those that were with him, through the streets of the city of Tyre, till they came out of it to the shore, where lay the ship they were to go aboard; and which was a mark of their affection and respect to the apostle, as well as a token of their public spirit, that they were not ashamed of Christ and his ministers, nor of their profession of the Gospel:

and we kneeled down on the shore and prayed;
which was agreeably to the custom of the Jews, who had, as Tertullian observes ^F23, their "orationes litterales", their prayers at the sea shore; (See Gill on Acts 16:13).

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Ad nationes, l. 1. c. 13.

Atos 21:5 In-Context

3 Depois de avistarmos Chipre e seguirmos rumo sul, navegamos para a Síria. Desembarcamos em Tiro, onde o nosso navio deveria deixar sua carga.

4 Encontrando os discípulos dali, ficamos com eles sete dias. Eles, pelo Espírito, recomendavam a Paulo que não fosse a Jerusalém.

5 Mas, quando terminou o nosso tempo ali, partimos e continuamos nossa viagem. Todos os discípulos, com suas mulheres e filhos, nos acompanharam até fora da cidade e ali na praia nos ajoelhamos e oramos.

6 Depois de nos despedirmos, embarcamos, e eles voltaram para casa.

7 Demos prosseguimento à nossa viagem partindo de Tiro e aportamos em Ptolemaida, onde saudamos os irmãos e passamos um dia com eles.