John Bengel Commentary - Acts 20:3 - 20:3

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John Bengel Commentary - Acts 20:3 - 20:3


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Act 20:3. Ποιήσας) The nominative was employed by Luke before that the predicate (ἐγένετο γνώμη) occurred to him, which requires the oblique case (viz. αὐτῷ). Such constructions are found not only in Hebrew, but also in Greek and Latin writers.-μῆνας τρεῖς, three months) at which time also he seems to have seen the Corinthians, but only in passing: 1Co 16:7.-αὐτῷ-μέλλοντι ἀνάγεσθαι, for him, as he was about to sail) They were laying plots for Paul against this very journey to Syria.-εἰς τὴν Συρίαν, into Syria) ch. Act 21:3.-ἐγένετο γνώμη, he determined) Sometimes they relied on a, general, sometimes on a special call.-ὑποστρέφειν, to return) Even a holy purpose can sometimes be changed. Comp. ch. Act 19:21, where Paul is represented as having once wished to go through Macedonia. It appears that Paul had wished, after journeying through Macedonia and Achaia, to go forward to Jerusalem. But at that time, indeed, lie did not get to Jerusalem, but again returned through Macedonia. His journey to Jerusalem, and to Rome afterwards, proceeded (was accomplished) by another way: the order merely of his course being changed.