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Acts 21:15

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

"And after these days," it says, "having taken up our baggage" - i.e. having received the supplies necessary for the journey - "we went up to Jerusalem. And there went with us also certain of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing us to one with whom we should lodge, one Mnason, an ancient disciple of Cyprus." "Bringing us," it says, "to him with whom we should lodge" - not to the church: for on the former occasion, when they went up concerning the decrees, they lodged with the Church, but now with a certain "ancient disciple." The …

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Theophylact of Ohrid

The word "having prepared" means "having taken everything necessary for the journey."

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Oecumenius

"Having made preparations." That is, having taken things for the journey. [CHRYSOSTOM]

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