Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 15:1
Coming down from Judea — Perhaps to supply what they thought Paul and Barnabas had omitted.
Coming down from Judea — Perhaps to supply what they thought Paul and Barnabas had omitted.
CHAPTER XV. _Certain teachers from Judea insist on the necessity of the_ _converted Gentiles being circumcised_, 1. _Paul and Barnabas are sent to Jerusalem to consult the apostles_ _on this subje...
AND CERTAIN MEN - These were undoubtedly men who had been Jews, but who were now converted to Christianity. The fact that they were willing to refer the matter in dispute to the apostles and elders Ac...
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...
THE QUESTION OF CIRCUMCISION AT ANTIOCH AND AT JERUSALEM. IF. THE CUSTOM OF MOSES (_cf. Acts 6:14_) is the law of Moses as practised. Circumcision was no doubt the most important question to be settle...
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...
Some men came down from Judaea and tried to teach the brethren, "If you are not circumcised according to the practice of Moses you cannot be saved." When Paul and Barnabas had a great dispute and argu...
CERTAIN MEN. Greek. _tis._ App-123. These men are disavowed by the Apostles (Acts 15:24). Compare Galatians 1:2; Galatians 1:12. JUDAEA. As though from head-quarters. Perhaps some of the priests of...
Acts 15:1. At Antioch some maintain that Gentile converts must be circumcised. A Mission to Jerusalem about the question. Reception of those who were sent The history now approaches that subject of c...
_which came down from Judea_ The words of the new comers would derive authority from this. They would be received as the latest ordinance of the heads of the church at Jerusalem. Thus the mission of e...
Acts 15:1-5. AT ANTIOCH SOME MAINTAIN THAT GENTILE CONVERTS MUST BE CIRCUMCISED. A MISSION TO JERUSALEM ABOUT THE QUESTION. RECEPTION OF THOSE WHO WERE SENT The history now approaches that subject of...
ΚΑΊ ΤΙΝΕΣ ΚΑΤΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ�, _and certain which came down from Judæa_, i.e. to Antioch. The words of the new comers would derive authority from the place whence they had come, and would be received as the...
_A CONTROVERSY OVER "LAW KEEPING” ACTS 15:1-5:_ Some people came from Judea to Antioch and started teaching the Gentile Christians that they could not be saved unless they were circumcised as Moses ha...
ΚΑΤΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΚΑΤΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2718) нисходить, ΈΔΊΔΑΣΚΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΔΙΔΆΣΚΩ (G1321) учить. Inch, _impf._, "они начали учить и продолжали это делать" (RWP). ΠΕΡΙΤΜΗΘ...
AND CERTAIN MEN, &C.— A circumstance now occurred, which was the occasion of very considerable consequences in the Christian church: for some persons who came from Antioch to Judea, full of Jewish pre...
THE TROUBLES OVER CIRCUMCISION AND THE JERUSALEM COUNCIL Acts 15:1-35 1. FALSE TEACHERS TROUBLE THE BELIEVERS. ACTS 15:1 Acts 15:1 And certain men came down from Judaea and taught the brethren, sa...
XV: 1. At this point in the narrative our historian makes a sudden transition from the conflicts of the disciples with the unbelieving world to one almost as serious among themselves. There never was...
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. The brethren at Antioch being troubled about circum...
21 The report in Antioch that God _ had opened the door of faith to the nations _ sums up Paul's first missionary journey. This is given out as something new, unknown before. It is evident that Antioc...
CERTAIN MEN] They falsely claimed to have been sent by James (see Acts 15:24; Galatians 2:12)....
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...
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...
XV. (1) AND CERTAIN MEN WHICH CAME DOWN FROM JUDÆA. — We enter on the history of the first great controversy in the records of the Christian Church. It might have seemed as if the conversion of Cornel...
CHAPTER 10 THE FIRST CHRISTIAN COUNCIL. Acts 15:1; Acts 15:6; Acts 15:19 I HAVE headed this chapter, which treats of Acts 15:1 and its incidents, th
τινες κατελ. ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰ.: on the vagueness of the expression see Ramsay, _St. Paul_, pp. 158; I59. κατελ., _i.e._, to Antioch; see critical notes for [278] reading, and additional note at end of chapte...
ONE WAY OF SALVATION FOR ALL Acts 15:1-11 Paul and Barnabas were quietly resting in Antioch after their arduous toils, when these persons from Jerusalem stealthily commenced to undermine their influe...
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 Great Multitude In Iconium Believed When Paul and Barnabas arrived in Iconium, they immediately went to the synagogue and seized upon an opportunity to preach. Though no record is left of their exac...
The Teachings of Certain Men The teachings of certain men, who were apparently Pharisees in close association with James, caused a great uproar in the Gentile churches. They were saying that submissio...
And (1) (a) certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, [and said], Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. (1) The Church is at length troubled with...
_Unless you be circumcised. Many who had been converted from Judaism, held that none, not even converted from paganism, could be saved, unless they were circumcised, and observed the other ceremonies...
Peter certifies before the council that this question had been settled by the heavenly vision at Joppa and the descension of the Holy Ghost on the Gentiles at Caesarea, seven years ago, none of whom h...
And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. (2) When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small diss...
CONTENTS Disputes arise in the Church, on the Subject of Circumcision. The Apostles and Elders are consulted on it. Their Determination is sent to the Churches. Paul and Barnabas differ, and separate...
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...
− 1.When Paul and Barnabas had endured many combats against the professed enemies of the gospel, Luke doth now begin to declare that they were tried by domestic war; so that it was meet that their doc...
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 CERTAIN MEN WHICH CAME DOWN FROM JUDEA,.... To Antioch; they were not sent by the apostles, they came down of "themselves"; who they were, is not certain; that they were "judaizing" Christians, an...
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, _and said_, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. Ver. 1. _And certain men, &c._] Cerinthus, the her...
_And certain men which came down from Judea_ Probably such as had been of the Pharisees, (Acts 15:5,) or, perhaps, of those priests which were obedient to the faith, Acts 6:7. As they came from Judea,...
CERTAIN MEN; Jews who had become Christians. THE BRETHREN; the Christians at Antioch. THE MANNER OF MOSES; as taught by him....
THE CONVENTION AT JERUSALEM. The question about circumcision:...
AND CERTAIN MEN WHICH CAME DOWN FROM JUDEA TAUGHT THE BRETHREN AND SAID, EXCEPT YE BE CIRCUMCISED AFTER THE MANNER OF MOSES, YE CANNOT BE SAVED....
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 CERTAIN _MEN_ CAME DOWN FROM JUDEA AND TAUGHT THE BRETHREN, " UNLESS YOU ARE CIRCUMCISED ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF MOSES, YOU CANNOT BE SAVED. " 1. Jewish converts came from the area around Jeru...
"Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren": That is, they came down to Antioch and tried teaching the following among the Christians there. Paul will later write that what such me...
1-6 Some from Judea taught the Gentile converts at Antioch, that they could not be saved, unless they observed the whole ceremonial law as given by Moses; and thus they sought to destroy Christian li...
ACTS CHAPTER 15 ACTS 15:1 Great dissensions arise about circumcising the Gentiles: Paul and Barnabas are sent to consult the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. ACTS 15:5,6 The matter is debated in a co...
XV: 1. At this point in the narrative our historian makes a sudden transition from the conflicts of the disciples with the unbelieving world to one almost as serious among themselves. There never was...
Tertullian On Idolatry The reason why the Holy Spirit did, when the apostles at that time were consulting, relax the bond and yoke for us,[181] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VI For certai...
Acts 15:1 And G2532 certain G5100 down G2718 (G5631) from G575 Judea G2449 taught G1321 (G5707) brethren...
THE DEMAND THAT ALL BELIEVERS IN CHRIST BE CIRCUMCISED AND ITS CONSEQUENCE (15:1-3). News had reached Judaea of the many Gentiles who had become Christians and had not been circumcised. This had horri...
‘And certain men came down from Judaea and taught the brethren, saying, “Except you be circumcised after the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” As with the prophets who had arrived earlier and had...
_‘The Circumcision Difficulty, and the First Council of the Church,_ 1 - 36. Acts 15:1 _._ AND CERTAIN MEN WHICH CAME DOWN FROM JUDEA TAUGHT THE BRETHREN. The general aspects of this famous controvers...
AND CERTAIN MEN CAME DOWN FROM JUDEA (κα τινες κατελθοντες απο της Ιουδαιας). Evidently the party of the circumcision in the church in Jerusalem (Acts 11:2) had heard of the spread of the gospel amo...
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...
SOME MEN CAME FROM JUDEA. This chapter shows us something of the sharp conflict which shook the church of that day. Was Christianity just an extension of Judaism, or, was it something completely new??...
_And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised … ye cannot be saved._ DISTURBERS OF THE CHURCH I. Certain men came down from Judea. 1. Probably...
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 15:1_ Judaising Teachers at Antioch; or, the Circumcision Controversy Raised I. THE JUDAISING TEACHERS AND THEIR DOCTRINE.— 1. _The teachers._ Certain men from Judæa. N...
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 7:18; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Acts 21:20; Acts 15:23;...
Taught. Rather the imperfect, were teaching. They had not merely broached the error, but were inculcating it. Manner [ε θ ε ι]. Better, custom, as Rev....
Observe here, 1. How very forward Satan and his instruments were to sow the seeds of discord and dissension amongst the converted Christians at Antioch: he takes the first opportunity to break the chu...