Bible Strands
Acts 21:7
When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the group landing at Ptolemais after departing Tyre, pausing their journey to visit the local believers before continuing to Caesarea.
The words — The participle διανυσάντες (dianusantes) literally means "having completed," marking the end of the sea voyage, while κατηντήσαμεν (katēntēsamena) means "we came down," indicating their coastal arrival at the port city.
The thread — The practice of greeting fellow believers appears in 1 Samuel 10:4 and 1 Samuel 13:10 as a customary sign of recognition, while Hebrews 13:24 explicitly commands the practice among church leaders and saints.
Why it lands — The text states that the travelers interrupted their itinerary to stay one day with the brothers, requiring the reader to acknowledge that sustained physical presence is a concrete requirement for maintaining Christian fellowship.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 13:24 Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.
- 1 Samuel 10:4 They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.
- 1 Samuel 13:10 Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
- Matthew 5:47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
- Acts 12:20 Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
- Acts 18:22 When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.
- Acts 21:10 After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
- Acts 21:19 Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- Acts 25:13 After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
- Acts 28:12 Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.