Acts 21:19

“And when he had saluted them, etc.] 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, (<441512>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…”

“he declared particularly--in detail. what God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry--as on previous occasions (Act 14:27; and see Rom 15:15); no doubt referring to the insidious and systematic efforts of the Judaizing party in a number of places to shrivel the Church of Christ into a Jewish sect, and his own counter-procedure.”

“Had saluted them - With the usual tokens of respect and affection. He declared particularly ... - As an evidence that God had been with him. It is not improbable that there might have been some suspicion in regard to Paul among the disciples at Jerusalem, and he might have heard that they were prejudiced against him. This prejudice would be removed by his stating what had actually occurred under his ministry. return to 'Top of Page'”

“he declared: Act 11:4-18, Act 14:27, Act 15:4, Act 15:12; Rom 15:18, Rom 15:19; Co1 3:5-9, Co1 15:10; Co2 6:1; Col 1:29 by: Act 1:17, Act 20:24; Co2 12:12 Acts 21:20”