Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 15:34
Though, having performed his message, he was discharged, and might have returned; yet, for the further benefit of that church, he continued at Antioch.
Though, having performed his message, he was discharged, and might have returned; yet, for the further benefit of that church, he continued at Antioch.
ACTS 15:34 _omit verse_ {A} The later Greek text, followed by the Textus Receptus, reads, “But it seemed good to Silas to remain there” (several manuscripts, including C, read auvtou,j for auvtou/, i...
Verse 34. _NOTWITHSTANDING IT PLEASED SILAS_, c.] This whole verse is wanting in ABEG, a great number besides, with the _Syriac,_ _Arabic, Coptic, Slavonic, Vulgate_, and some of the _fathers_. It doe...
NOTWITHSTANDING ... - This whole verse is missing in many mss.; in the Syriac, Arabic, and Coptic versions; and is regarded as spurious by Mill, Griesbach, and by other critics. It was probably introd...
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The false teachers from Judea. Paul and Barnabas sent to Jerusalem (Acts 15:1)._ 2. The Council in Jerusalem (Acts 15:6). 3. The Result made known (Acts 15:22). 4. The Consolation b...
EVENTS AT ANTIOCH. At Antioch on the arrival of the party, everything is quiet and decorous: there is no mention of the disturbers of Acts 15:1; the impression is given that the authority of the Mothe...
Then the apostles and the elders together with the whole Church took a decision to choose men from their number and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas who is called Barsa...
THE CRUCIAL PROBLEM (Acts 15:1-5) The influx of Gentiles into the Church produced a problem which had to be solved. The mental background of the Jew was founded on the fact that he belonged to the ch...
This verse is omitted by all the texts. The Revised Version puts it in the margin....
This verse is omitted in many ancient MSS., and in others the Greek words vary. It may very well be a marginal note placed to explain Acts 15:40, where Paul, who did not leave Antioch, is said to have...
RECEPTION OF THE LETTER AND MESSENGERS AT ANTIOCH...
ἔδοξεν δὲ τῷ Σίλᾳ ἐπιμεῖναι αὐτοῦ omitted with אABEHLP. _Vulg_. has ‘Visum est autem Silæ ibi remanere,’ and continues with words not represented in _Text. recept_., and only partly in D, viz. ‘Judas...
_A LETTER TO THE GENTILES ACTS 15:22-35:_ The brethren were in agreement concerning the letter. The letter was written and sent to Antioch by the hands of Paul and Barnabas along with Silas and Judas....
THE WORK IN ANTIOCH. Acts 15:30-35. Acts 15:30 So they, when they were dismissed, came down to Antioch; and having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle. Acts 15:31 And when t...
See notes on verse 32...
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. [NOTWITHSTANDING IT PLEASED SILAS TO ABIDE THERE STILL.] The evidence against the genuineness of this verse is decisive [it is wanting in 'Ale...
18 James does not refer to the report of Barnabas and Paul, when he quotes Amo_9:11-12, but to Peter's address. The prophet, speaking of the time when the kingdom will be set up, refers to those among...
15:34 (a-0) Ver. 34 A.V. is not in the best MSS....
THE QUESTION OF CIRCUMCISION 1-35. The Council of Jerusalem, 49 a.d. The usual view is that Galatians 2:1 describes the visit of St. Paul to Jerusalem on the occasion of this Council. Adopting this, t...
This v. is omitted as an interpolation by many modern editors. It is contained in D, which adds, 'and Judas went alone.'...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 15 AN IMPORTANT MEETING IN *JERUSALEM, 15:1-21 V1 Some men came from *Judea to Antioch. They were teaching the *believers like this. ‘You must...
Omitted in R.V. text, but not in margin. See critical notes....
“CONFIRMING THE CHURCHES” Acts 15:22-41 This letter was a noble document and fitted for its immediate purpose, but it does not apply directly to us, as the circumstances which called it forth have lo...
In the work among Gentiles the question of circumcision very naturally arose, and its difficulty is revealed in the calling of a council. That council seems to have opened with much desultory discussi...
A Letter for the Gentiles The group decided to send Paul and Barnabas back to the Gentiles along with some men closely associated with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. Judas Barsabas and Silas we...
Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among t...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
Chapter 15 contains the account of this. Certain persons come from Jerusalem, where all was still going on in connection with the requirements of the law; and they seek to impose these requirements on...
NOTWITHSTANDING IT PLEASED SILAS TO ABIDE THERE STILL,.... Though he had leave to go, and was actually dismissed with Judas; and doubtless intended to have gone with him, but for some reason or anothe...
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. Ver. 34. _To abide there still_] Upon second thoughts, after he had leave to depart, he stayed there a while longer. This Silas is thought to be...
_So when they_ Paul, Barnabas, Judas, and Silas; _came to Antioch, they gathered the multitude_ The private Christians, as well as the elders, and other official members of the church; for as they had...
The delegates in Antioch:...
NOTWITHSTANDING IT PLEASED SILAS TO ABIDE THERE STILL....
However, here at Antioch a matter arose of deeply serious significance, and it was clearly God's wisdom to have Paul and Barnabas there at the time. Men from Judea, professing the knowledge of Christ,...
HOWEVER, IT SEEMED GOOD TO SILAS TO REMAIN THERE. 1. Silas remained at Antioch. Why? 2. We are told here - It seemed a good thing to do. 3. Providence - Paul would need him to be his companion on h...
Acts 15:30-35 The new Christians in Antioch immediately embraced the message in the letter and rejoiced. "Encouraged and strengthened the brethren with. lengthy message": "These men took. personal int...
22-35 Being warranted to declare themselves directed by the immediate influence of the Holy Ghost, the apostles and disciples were assured that it seemed good unto God the Holy Spirit, as well as to...
Acts 15:34 However G1161 good G1380 (G5656) Silas G4609 remain G1961 (G5658) there G847 it pleased -...
‘And after they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren to those who had sent them forth.' Then once they had spent some good time there, they were sent back to thei...
THE VIEW OF THE APOSTLES AND THE JERUSALEM CHURCH IS RELAYED TO SYRIAN ANTIOCH (15:22-35)....
Acts 15:34. NOTWITHSTANDING IT PLEASED SILAS TO ABIDE THERE STILL. This verse is wanting in the older MSS., and in many of the chief versions. It is evidently a marginal gloss, originally inserted to...
BUT IT SEEMED GOOD UNTO SILAS TO ABIDE THERE (εδοξε δε Σιλα επιμεινα αυτου). This verse is not in the Revised Version or in the text of Westcott and Hort, being absent from Aleph A B Vulgate, etc. I...
CONTENTS: The council at Jerusalem and the question of circumcision. Paul's second missionary journey. Silas chosen. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Moses, Paul, Barnabas, apostles, elders, Phar...
Acts 15:1. _Certain men which came down from Judea._ Epiphanius says, Cerinthus the heretic was one of the principals in this dissension. But they were, no doubt, of the devil's sending, to disquiet t...
THEY WERE FILLED WITH JOY. Because the Law did not apply to them, and because of the good will of their Jewish brothers in Christ. JUDAS AND SILAS. _Prophets:_ see note on Ephesians 4:11. They had sup...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 15:1 The Jerusalem Council. A conference was held in Jerusalem (c. A.D. 48 or 49) to discuss conditions for Gentile membership in the church. The “Pharisaic” group in the Jerusalem c...
_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 15:22_ The Letter from the Church at Jerusalem; or, the Publication of the Settlement I. THE RESOLUTION OF THE CHURCH.— 1. _To prepare an encyclical letter_, to be sent...
EXPOSITION ACTS 15:1 _Came down … and taught _for _which came down_ …_ taught, _A.V.; _saying _for _and said, _A.V._; custom _(ἔθος) for _manner, _A.V. EXCEPT YE BE CIRCUMCISED, etc. The question t...
And certain men which came down from Judea [to the church in Antioch] taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved (Acts 15:1). Unfortunately,...
1 Corinthians 16:12; Acts 11:25; Acts 11:26; Acts 18:27...