Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 11:22
Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem; and they sent forth Barnabas that he should go as far as Antioch,
Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem; and they sent forth Barnabas that he should go as far as Antioch,
ACTS 11:22 ou;shj The word ou;shj is read by î74 a B E 33 81 614 1611 1852 2138 _al,_ and is absent from A D H L P most minuscules and the Textus Receptus. Since the present participle w;n is used el...
Verse Acts 11:22. _THE CHURCH WHICH WAS IN JERUSALEM_] This was the _original_, the _mother Church_ of Christianity; not the _Church_ of _Rome_; there were Christian Churches founded in many places,...
THEN TIDINGS ... - The church at Jerusalem heard of this. It was natural that so remarkable an occurrence as the conversion of the Gentiles, and the extraordinary success of the gospel in a splendid a...
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Peter's Defense in Jerusalem (Acts 11:1)._ 2. The Beginning of the Church in Antioch (Acts 11:19). 3. Barnabas sent to Antioch (Acts 11:22). 4. The Prophecy of Agabus ...
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY GENTILE MISSION. ANTIOCH. This connects with Acts 8:2. It was the Hellenists at Jerusalem, whose mouthpiece Stephen was, who were driven away at his death. There, they wer...
PETER ON HIS DEFENCE (Acts 11:1-10)...
News of this and of what they were doing came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem. So they sent Barnabas out as far as Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God he was glad and he exhorted the...
TIDINGS. the report, or word. Greek. _logos._ App-121. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri_ CAME. was heard. CHURCH. App-186. SENT FORTH. Greek. _exapostello._ App-171. BARNABAS. He was himself of Cypru...
_Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem_ Better more literally, "And the report concerning them, &c.," i.e. concerning these Gentile converts. These event...
FURTHER SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL AS FAR AS ANTIOCH...
ΟΥ̓́ΣΗΣ added after ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΣ ΤΗ͂Σ with אBE. διελθεῖν omitted with אAB. _Vulg_. ‘Barnabam usque ad Antiochiam.’ 22. ἨΚΟΎΣΘΗ ΔῈ Ὁ ΛΌΓΟΣ Κ.Τ.Λ., _and the report concerning them, &c._ i.e. concerning th...
_BARNABAS WAS SENT BY THE CHURCH TO ANTIOCH ACTS 11:22-26:_ The news of what was happening in Antioch reached the church in Jerusalem. Barnabas was sent by the Jerusalem church to look into the work a...
ΉΚΟΎΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Acts 11:1. ΟΎΣΗΣ _praes. act. part. (adj.) gen. fem. sing. от_ ΕΙΜΊ, _см._ Acts 11:21. ΈΞΑΠΈΣΤΕΙΛΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΑΠΟΣΤΈΛΛΩ (G1821) высылать, отправлять, посы...
DISCOURSE: 1771 DUTY OF CLEAVING TO THE LORD Acts 11:22. _Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the Church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far...
THE EARLY LABORS OF BARNABAS AND SAUL. Acts 11:22, Acts 12:25 1. IN JERUSALEM. Acts 11:22. Acts 11:22 And the report concerni
22-24. Jerusalem was still the chief center of religious influence, being the chief residence of the apostles. They kept a watchful eye upon the movements of brethren in all directions, supplying help...
Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. THEN TIDINGS OF THESE THINGS CAME UNTO THE E...
4 So important is this new departure that Peter's rehearsal before his indignant brethren is given in full, for it removes the great obstacle which lay in the way of the further spread of the evangel....
The Church of Jerusalem on hearing the news acted with commendable self-restraint. They did not hastily condemn the new departure, little as they liked it, but sent a trustworthy person, Barnabas, to...
THE CHURCH IN ANTIOCH, 35-47 A.D. (ACTS 11:19 TO ACTS 13:3) 19-26. Extension of the Church to Antioch. Admission of Gentile members. Antioch in N. Syria ranked next to Alexandria, as the third city in...
THE FIRST GENTILE CHURCH 1-18. The baptism of Cornelius discussed and approved at Jerusalem. Those Christians who maintained the need of observing the Ceremonial Law did not attack the baptism itself...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 11 PETER’S REPORT TO THE *CHURCH IN *JERUSALEM, 11:1-18 V1 The *apostles and the *believers in *Judea heard that the *Gentiles also had receive...
THEY SENT FORTH BARNABAS. — The choice was probably determined, we may believe, by the known sympathies of the Son of Consolation for the work which was going on at Antioch. The friend of Paul, who ha...
τῆς ἐκκ. τῆς ἐν Ἱ.: in contrast here to Antioch, in which the existence of an Ecclesia was not yet formally recognised; but _cf._ Acts 11:26, Hort, _Ecclesia_, pp. 59 61. περὶ αὐτῶν : “concerning them...
Further spread of the Gosael to Antioch....
KNITTING TOGETHER THE CHURCH Acts 11:19-30 The development of God's plan is still further disclosed in the events recorded in this section, which describe the same phenomenon of Gentile conversion, b...
It is very interesting to note how slowly the prejudices of the Hebrew Christians gave way, and yet how amenable they were to the evidences as they appeared. The apostles and the brethren at Jerusalem...
Barnabas Goes to Antioch to Encourage Young Converts Ash reports that Antioch was the world's third largest city at that time, trailing only Rome and Alexandria. Luke reported that those scattered by...
(5) Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. (5) The apostles do not rashly condemn an...
Here we see that the apostles at Jerusalem, having heard of the progress of the gospel among the Syrian Gentiles, sent away that good preacher Barnabas, beloved by the apostles and saints, to go even...
THE GENTILE GOSPEL PREACHED IN PHOENICIA, CILICIA AND SYRIA BEFORE PETER PREACHED IT AT THE HOUSE OF CORNELIUS 19-24. While the above is true, yet it was necessary for Peter, responsive to his heavenl...
Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. (20) And so...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
_THE DEPUTATION TO ANTIOCH_ ‘They sent forth Barnabas.’ Acts 11:22 Immediately after the death of Stephen the disciples were scattered abroad away from Jerusalem all over the country, and wherever...
22._And the tidings. _If this report had been brought before Peter did excuse himself, those good men should have been reproved of many whose ministry notwithstanding God had sealed with the grace of...
Acts 11:19 begins the narration of the new order of things by which the ministry of Paul is distinguished. Among those who were scattered abroad on the occasion of Stephen's death, and who went as far...
THEN TIDINGS OF THESE THINGS,.... Of the spread of the Gospel in several parts, and the success of it in the conversion of sinners, especially at Antioch: CAME UNTO THE EARS OF THE CHURCH WHICH WAS I...
Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. Ver. 22. _And they sent forth Barnabas_] A ver...
_Then tidings of these things came to the church at Jerusalem_ And, as they had lately seen a way opened for the conversion of the Gentiles, they received information of this further progress of the g...
SENT FORTH BARNABAS; for the purpose of assisting the brethren in preaching the gospel....
News of Peter's carrying the gospel to Gentiles had preceded him to Jerusalem. When he arrived there, therefore, he was faced by those who were specially zealous of the law, and who spoke accusingly o...
THEN NEWS OF THESE THINGS CAME TO THE EARS OF THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM, AND THEY SENT OUT BARNABAS TO GO AS FAR AS ANTIOCH. 1. The news of these converts spread to Jerusalem. 2. The brethren in Jerus...
:!7 17 IF THEREFORE GOD GAVE THEM THE SAME GIFT AS _HE GAVE_ US WHEN WE BELIEVED ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS I THAT I COULD WITHSTAND GOD? " 1. What was similar to Pentecost? 1. Cornelius was...
"And the report concerning them came to the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas as far as Antioch"They sent forth Barnabas" The term they probably refers to the Apo...
19-24 The first preachers of the gospel at Antioch, were dispersed from Jerusalem by persecution; thus what was meant to hurt the church, was made to work for its good. The wrath of man is made to pr...
CAME UNTO THE EARS OF THE CHURCH; this pleonasm seems emphatical, to show with what readiness and delight the church heard the news of the conversion of so many to Christ. Of BARNABAS we read, ACTS 4:...
22-24. Jerusalem was still the chief center of religious influence, being the chief residence of the apostles. They kept a watchful eye upon the movements of brethren in all directions, supplying help...
Acts 11:22 Then G1161 news G3056 of G4012 things G846 came G191 (G5681) to G1519 ears G3775 church...
CONTINUED EXPANSION AND GOD'S NEW WORK AMONG THE GREEKS (11:19-26). Meanwhile the work of God has been going on through many unnamed and unsung heroes, and a number of those who had been scattered as...
‘And the report concerning them came to the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem, and they sent forth Barnabas as far as Antioch, who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, a...
_Mission of Barnabas to AntiochHis Character Co-operation of Saul with him thereThe Name ‘Christian'_ 22-26. Acts 11:22. TIDINGS OF THESE THINGS CAME INTO THE EARS OF THE CHURCH WHICH WAS IN JERUSALEM...
CAME TO THE EARS (ηκουσθη εις τα ωτα). First aorist passive indicative of ακουω, was heard in the ears.OF THE CHURCH WHICH WAS IN JERUSALEM (της εκκλησιας της εν Ιερουσαλημ). Not yet was the term...
Acts 11:19 The Church at Antioch. I. This church was established by lay agency. II. It was a church established among the Gentiles. The text marks a new epoch in the history of the kingdom of God Je...
CONTENTS: Peter vindicates his ministry to the Gentiles. Name «Christians» first applied at Antioch. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Spirit, Peter, angel, John, Stephen, Barnabas, Saul, Agabus, Caesar. CONCLUSIO...
Acts 11:2. _They of the circumcision contended with him._ Those who were zealous of the law, apprehending that Christ and his grace had only been promised and confined to themselves, the call and conv...
SO THEY SENT BARNABAS TO ANTIOCH. Barnabas was a "Greek-speaking Jew" (Acts 4:36), who was the friend of another "Greek-speaking Jew" named Paul (Acts 9:27). He was sent to _evaluate_ what was happeni...
_Then tidings of these things came to the ears of the Church,…and they sent forth Barnabas._ A ST. BARNABAS THE NEED OF THE HOUR You know the strain and the stress of the situation recorded in my tex...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 11:22 THEY SENT BARNABAS TO ANTIOCH. When the “mother church” in Jerusalem heard of Antioch’s witness to the Gentiles, they sent Barnabas to confirm the faithfulness of the new outre...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 11:19 With the establishing of a church at Antioch and its outreach to Gentiles, the focus in Acts 1:1 shifts from Jerusalem to Antioch....
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 11:19. UPON THE PERSECUTION.—Or, _tribulation,_ ἀπὸ πῆς θλίψεως: better, _from_ (as an effect of) _the persecution,_ THAT AROSE ABOUT STEPHEN, ἐπὶ Στεφάνῳ—_i.e., on account of,...
EXPOSITION ACTS 11:1 _Now_ for _and_, A.V.; _the_ _brethren _for brethren, A.V.; _also had_ for _had also_, A.V, We can imagine how rapidly the news of the great revolution would travel to the metrop...
And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter was come back to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision had a fight wi...
1 Thessalonians 3:6; Acts 13:1; Acts 15:22; Acts 15:35; Acts 4:36;...