Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 11:30
Sending it to the elders — Who gave it to the deacons, to be distributed by them, as every one had need.
Sending it to the elders — Who gave it to the deacons, to be distributed by them, as every one had need.
Verse Acts 11:30. _AND SENT IT TO THE ELDERS_] These probably mean those who first believed on Christ crucified, either of the seventy disciples mentioned Luke, Luke 10:1, or the one hundred and twen...
SENT IT TO THE ELDERS - Greek: to the presbyters. This is the first mention which we have in the New Testament of elders, or presbyters, in the Christian church. The word literally denotes “aged men,”...
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 ...
PROPHECY OF AGABUS. MISSION TO JERUSALEM OF BARNABAS AND SAUL. PROPHETS FROM JERUSALEM (_cf. Acts 15:32_ *). Vague dating, in those days. The story fixes its own date. Agabus appears again in Acts 21:...
In these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. One of them called Agabus stood up and, through the Holy Spirit, gave a sign that a great famine was to come upon the whole land. This happe...
PETER ON HIS DEFENCE (Acts 11:1-10)...
ALSO THEY DID. they did also. AND SENT. sending. ELDERS. Greek. _presbuteros._ This is the first time we meet with elders in the Christian churches. App-189. Here elders included the Apostles. Compa...
_to the elders_ The Greek word = _presbyters_. This is the first time we come upon the term in the Christian history. In Acts 20:17 they are again mentioned and there called "presbyters," though in th...
ΠΡῸΣ ΤΟῪΣ ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΈΡΟΥΣ, _to the elders_. This is the first time we come upon the πρεσβύτεροι in the Christian history. In Acts 20:17 they are again mentioned, and shortly afterwards (Acts 11:28) in th...
AGABUS AT ANTIOCH FORETELLS A FAMINE, AND IN CONSEQUENCE THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH SENDS RELIEF TO JERUSALEM...
_BARNABAS AND SAUL WERE SENT TO JERUSALEM -- ACTS 11:27-30:_ In that year that Saul and Barnabas were at Antioch some Christian prophets came from Jerusalem. One of them named Agabus, predicted, by th...
ΕΠΟΊΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, ΆΠΟΣΤΕΊΛΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Acts 11:11. Part, объясняет ΠΈΜΨΑΙ....
DISCOURSE: 1772 BENEVOLENCE OF THE CHURCH OF ANTIOCH Acts 11:29. _Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Juda: which also...
SENT IT TO THE ELDERS— The _elders_ in the primitive church, were of three sorts, 1st, αυτοπται, the _eye-witnesses,_ or those who had seen our Lord in the flesh, and were among the first disciples or...
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
See notes one verse 27...
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. WHICH ALSO THEY DID, AND SENT IT TO THE ELDERS. Here, for the first time in the Acts, the term "elders" (or 'presby...
26 The name "Christian" is Latin in its termination, so seems to have been given by the Romans. It is mentioned only twice more (Act_26:28; 1Pe_4:16), and was a term of contempt. It is never used by t...
THE ELDERS] lit. 'presbyters.' These officers are here mentioned for the first time. All the Apostolic Churches were governed by presbyters (Acts 14:23), or, as they were sometimes called at first, bi...
The Church of Antioch succours the Church of Jerusalem in time of famine. 27. Friendly-relations clearly prevailed between Jerusalem and Antioch, the former Church sending accredited prophets and teac...
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...
AND SENT IT TO THE ELDERS BY THE HANDS OF BARNABAS AND SAUL. — The elders of the Church are here named for the first time, and appear henceforth as a permanent element of its organisation, which in th...
ὃ καὶ ἐποίησαν κ. τ. λ.: a question arises as to whether this took place during, or at a later date than, Herod's persecution in 44 A.D. the year of his death. Bishop Lightfoot (with whom Dr. Sanday a...
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...
The Gentiles Help Starving Christians in Judea Certain prophets, or men who had received a miraculous gift which allowed them to speak for God, came from Jerusalem to Antioch. Agabus, one of that numb...
Sending it to the ancients; [2] elders, &c. In this and diverse other places, are not to be understood such as were elder in age, but such as had offices and dignities, and by divine authority, and wh...
GENTILE PHILANTHROPY 27-30. The great drought during the reign of the Emperor Claudius was already on them. The Jerusalem saints had found it necessary to sell their estates in order to support that w...
REFLECTIONS I would ponder well the several weighty things contained in this Chapter, and chiefly with an eye to behold the gracious tendencies of God the Spirit, watching over his Church and people....
And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. (28) And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: w...
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...
30._Sending it unto the elders, _[presbyters.] We must note two things in this place, that the men of Antioch did choose faithful men, and of known honesty, to carry their blessing; secondly, that the...
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...
WHICH THEY ALSO DID,.... They not only determined, but they put their resolutions into execution, and acted according to a rule which the apostle recommends, 2 Corinthians 8:11 AND SENT IT TO THE ELD...
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. Ver. 30. _Which also they did_] _Nos non eloquimur magna, sed vivimus, _ said the primitive Christians. This age abou...
_Then the disciples_ Foreseeing the distress they would otherwise be in, on account of that famine; _determined to send relief unto the brethren in Judea_ Καθως ηυπορειτο τις, _according as each was p...
ELDERS; leading men in the churches....
Barnabas and Saul sent on a charitable mission:...
WHICH ALSO THEY DID, AND SENT IT TO THE ELDERS BY THE HANDS OF BARNABAS AND SAUL. "In these days," the days of the first love, when the fires of zeal for the Lord and of love for the brethren were sti...
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...
:!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...
THIS THEY ALSO DID, AND SENT IT TO THE ELDERS BY THE HANDS OF BARNABAS AND SAUL. 1. All funds were sent to the elders of the Jerusalem church. 2. Barnabas and Saul were the "mailmen" who delivered t...
GOT. 'Holy Spirit Baptism and the Household of Cornelius.' Daniel R. Vess. 2-1-96. p. 85....
25-30 Hitherto the followers of Christ were called disciples, that is, learners, scholars; but from that time they were called Christians. The proper meaning of this name is, a follower of Christ; it...
TO THE ELDERS; to the apostles; or if they (as it is probable) were gone out of Jerusalem, to the governors or chief of the churches; for the famine being to come over all Judea, it is most probable t...
Acts 11:30 This G3739 also G2532 did G4160 (G5656) it G649 (G5660) to G4314 elders G4245 by...
‘And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea, which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.' S...
GOD'S PEOPLE REACH OUT IN LOVE TO MEET EACH OTHER'S NEEDS (11:27-30). This is in a way similar to the summaries that had followed the early evangelism, demonstrating the spirituality and genuineness o...
Acts 11:30. SENT IT TO THE ELDERS. Here first, and quite suddenly, there comes to view that ministry of the Christian Church, designated by the synonymous terms ‘presbyter' and ‘priest,' which has bee...
SENDING (αποστειλαντες). First aorist active participle of αποστελλω, coincident action with εποιησαν (did).TO THE ELDERS (προς τους πρεσβυτερους). The first use of that term for the Christian pre...
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...
TO HELP THEIR BROTHERS WHO LIVED IN JUDEA. This marks the beginning of a new "spirit" which was to radically change the Gentile world! The _Gentiles_ of Antioch "reach out in love" to their _Jewish_ b...
_And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch._ FRUIT FROM THE GENTILES 1. The relation between the old Church at Jerusalem and the new at Antioch was that which St. Paul, writing und...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 11:27 Paul and Barnabas represented the Antioch church by bringing its offering to the Jerusalem church in a time of need (see chart). Paul says in Gal
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 11:30 The reference to ELDERS marks a transition in day-to-day leadership of the Jerusalem church (see Acts 4:35;...
_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 Corinthians 16:3; 1 Corinthians 16:4; 1 Peter 5:1; 1 Timothy 5:17;...