John Trapp Complete Commentary
Acts 15:41
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
Ver. 41. And he went] Being incessant and unsatisfiable in his master Christ's service.
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
Ver. 41. And he went] Being incessant and unsatisfiable in his master Christ's service.
ACTS 15:41 ta.j evkklhsi,aj {A} At the close of the verse codex Bezae adds the supplementary clause paradidou.j ta.j evntola.j tw/n presbute,rwn (“delivering [to them] the commands of the elders”). T...
Verse Acts 15:41. _CONFIRMING THE CHURCHES._] This was the object of his journey: they were young converts, and had need of establishment; and there is no doubt that, by showing them the decision mad...
SYRIA AND CILICIA - These were countries lying near to each other, which Paul, in company with Barnabas, had before visited. CONFIRMING THE CHURCHES - Strengthening them by instruction and exhortatio...
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...
ACTS 15:36 TO ACTS 16:5. SHORTER ACCOUNT OF PAUL'S JOURNEY IN ASIA MINOR. The editor's hand is apparent throughout this section. We know from Galatians 2:13 the real reason of Paul's difference with B...
Some time after, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come now, let us go back and visit the brethren in every city in which we preached the word of the Lord, so that we may see how things are going with them." Ba...
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...
A new Mission-journey proposed. Contention between Paul and Barnabas. They separate, and Paul with Silas goes through Syria and Cilicia...
_Syria and Cilicia_ These were the districts in which the teaching of the Judaizers had been most active, and the presence of Paul, with Silas as a representative of the church in Jerusalem, would all...
ΤῊΝ ΣΥΡΊΑΝ ΚΑῚ ΚΙΛΙΚΊΑΝ, _Syria and Cilicia_. These were the districts in which the teaching of the Judaizers had been most active, and the presence of Paul, with Silas as a representative of the Chur...
A NEW MISSION-JOURNEY PROPOSED. CONTENTION BETWEEN PAUL AND BARNABAS. THEY SEPARATE, AND PAUL WITH SILAS GOES THROUGH SYRIA AND CILICIA...
_A SECOND JOURNEY BRINGS DIVISION ACTS 15:36-41:_ After some time had passed Paul suggested to Barnabas that they revisit the churches that they had established on the first journey. Barnabas wanted t...
ΔΙΉΡΧΕΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 15:3. На этот раз Павел пошел пешком. Хотя точный маршрут не указан, он, наверное, прошел через Килийские ворота или западнее, через Селевкию к Ларанде и Де...
CONFIRMING THE CHURCHES.— Mr. Cradock and many others think, that St. Paul sailed from Cilicia to Crete at this time, and, returning to the Asiatic continent quickly after, left Titus to perfect the s...
2 THROUGH THE PROVINCES OF SYRIA AND CILICIA. ACTS 15:41. Acts 15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. ACTS 15:41 Here is another of those brief descriptions of Luke c...
See notes on verse 36...
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. AND HE WENT THROUGH SYRIA AND CILICIA, CONFIRMING THE CHURCHES (see the note at ) - taking probably the same route as when he was des...
40 Silas was almost necessary as a companion for Paul. The decrees provided that they should be delivered by both Barnabas and Paul, while Judas and Silas were to confirm them by word of mouth. Now th...
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...
ST PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY, 49, 50 A.D. (ACTS 15:36 TO ACTS 18:22) Having secured the formal recognition by the Twelve of Gentile Christianity, St. Paul was free to resume his missionary labo...
CONFIRMING THE CHURCHES] see Acts 16:5, and op. Acts 14:22....
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...
HE WENT THROUGH SYRIA AND CILICIA, CONFIRMING THE CHURCHES. — Cilicia, it will be remembered, had not been visited on St. Paul’s first journey with Barnabas, and the churches must accordingly have bee...
διήρχετο, see above on Acts 13:6. Συρίαν καὶ Κιλικίαν : as Barnabas had turned to Cyprus, the scene of his early labours in the Gospel, and perhaps also his own home, so Paul turned to Syria and Cilic...
“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...
Contention Parts Paul and Barnabas Paul knew the importance of continued teaching and encouragement for young churches, so he approached Barnabas about visiting the brethren in all the cities in which...
And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do. (37) And Barnabas determined to take...
REFLECTIONS How can I begin, or end, the perusal of this blessed Chapter, without having my whole soul led to the Lord Jesus, in contemplating the infinite preciousness of his Almighty Person, and the...
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...
AND HE WENT THROUGH SYRIA AND CILICIA,.... Antioch was the metropolis of the former, and Tarsus, the apostle's native place, was in the latter; and in both these countries he had been before, and had...
_And Barnabas determined_ Greek, εβουλευσατο, _counselled_, or _advised; to take with them_ As their minister; _John_ His nephew, who had set out with them before. _But Paul thought not good_ Thought...
CONFIRMING THE CHURCHES; strengthening and establishing them in the faith and practice of the gospel....
THE BEGINNING OF PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY....
AND HE WENT THROUGH SYRIA AND CILICIA, CONFIRMING THE CHURCHES. After some days, after some time had elapsed, Paul suggested to Barnabas that they return, that they reenter the road over which they ha...
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,...
AND HE WENT THROUGH SYRIA AND CILICIA, STRENGTHENING THE CHURCHES. 1. Paul and Silas are not travel companions. 2. They travel to the churches that were started on the first journey. 3. Their goal...
36-41 Here we have a private quarrel between two ministers, no less than Paul and Barnabas, yet made to end well. Barnabas wished his nephew John Mark to go with them. We should suspect ourselves of...
SYRIA AND CILICIA; where there were several brethren by reason of the dispersion that was upon Stephen's death, ACTS 11:19; and unto whom also the before recited letter was written, ACTS 15:23. CONFIR...
Acts 15:41 And G1161 through G1330 (G5711) Syria G4947 and G2532 Cilicia G2791 strengthening G1991 (G5723) churches...
PAUL MINISTERS TO THE CHURCHES ALONG WITH SILAS AND SELECTS TIMOTHY TO BE WITH THEM, AND THE CHURCHES ARE CONTINUALLY STRENGTHENED (15:41-16:5). ‘And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the...
Acts 15:41. AND HE WENT THROUGH SYRIA AND CILICIA, CONFIRMING THE CHURCHES. Nothing in detail is known of the foundation and early history of these congregations. Their existence, however, at this ear...
WENT THROUGH (διηρχετο). Imperfect middle. So Paul went forth on his second mission tour with heart-aches and high hopes mingled together.SYRIA AND CILICIA (την Συριαν κα την Κιλικιαν). He took th...
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...
LET US GO BACK. This begins the second tour of missions. _W. M. Ramsay_ gives the date as 50 A.D. (by the corrected calendar). BARNABAS WANTED TO TAKE JOHN MARK. See notes on Acts 13:5; Acts 13:13. TH...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 15:41 Paul’s route took him by foot to the churches of his first missionary journey in reverse order. ⇐ ⇔
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 15:36. SOME DAYS (as in Acts 16:12; compare ἡμέραι ἱκαναί, Acts 9:23) might be weeks or months. AFTER.—Subsequent to the departure of Judas or Judas and Silas from Antioch. In...
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,...
Acts 15:23; Acts 15:32; Acts 16:4; Acts 16:5; Acts 18:18;...