Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 15:5
But certain Pharisees — For even believers are apt to retain their former turn of mind, and prejudices derived therefrom. The law of Moses — The whole law, both moral and ritual.
But certain Pharisees — For even believers are apt to retain their former turn of mind, and prejudices derived therefrom. The law of Moses — The whole law, both moral and ritual.
Verse Acts 15:5. _BUT THERE ROSE UP CERTAIN OF THE SECT OF THE PHARISEES_] This verse appears to be part of the declaration made by Paul and Barnabas to this council: for, having stated how God bless...
BUT THERE ROSE UP ... - It has been doubted whether these are the words of Paul and Barnabas, relating what occurred at Antioch, or whether they are the words of Luke recording what took place at Jeru...
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...
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...
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...
ROSE UP. Greek. _exanistemi._ App-178. OF. of those from (Greek. _apo._ App-104.) sect. Greek. _hairesis._ See note on Acts 5:17. PHARISEES. App-120. BELIEVED. App-150. in Jerusalem. WAS. is. KEE...
_But there rose up_, &c. The margin of the A.V. takes this sentence as part of the narration of Paul and Barnabas, "there rose up, said they, certain, &c." But it is much more natural to consider them...
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...
ἘΞΑΝΈΣΤΗΣΑΝ ΔΈ ΤΙΝΕΣ ΤΩ͂Ν … ΦΑΡΙΣΑΊΩΝ, _but there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees_. The margin of the A.V. takes this sentence as part of the narration of Paul and Barnabas, ‘there rose u...
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...
_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...
ΈΞΑΝΈΣΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΑΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G1817) подниматься. Предложное сочетание перфектно (МН, 308f). ΑΪΡΕΣΙΣ (G139) группа, партия. Это не еретики, не секта в современном значении (LC). ΠΕΠΙΣΤ...
BUT THERE ROSE UP CERTAIN OF THE SECT OF THE PHARISEES— Some considerable commentators have thought this verse a circumstance which _St. Paul_ adds to his history; though the connexion evidently shews...
5. The Judaizers did not hesitate to declare fully their own position. (5) "_But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, rose up, saying, It was necessary to circumcise them and to command the...
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. BUT THERE ROSE UP CERTAIN OF THE...
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...
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...
PHARISEES] The only express mention of converted Pharisees. What attracted the Pharisees in Christianity was (1) the fulfilment in Christ of the Messianic hope which the devout Pharisees cherished, an...
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...
CERTAIN OF THE SECT OF THE PHARISEES WHICH BELIEVED. — This is the first distinct mention of the conversion of any of the Pharisaic party, but there had been a drift in that direction going on for som...
For [281] see critical note. ἐξανέστησαν : compound verb in this sense here only in N.T. (only elsewhere in quotation, Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28), but in classical Greek and in LXX, _cf._ Obadiah 1:1, Si...
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...
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...
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...
− 5._Certain of the sect of the Pharisees. _It is not without cause that Luke expresseth what kind of men they were which went about to trouble or hinder Paul, even at Jerusalem also. And it is to be...
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...
BUT THERE ROSE UP CERTAIN OF THE SECT OF THE PHARISEES,.... Which was the strictest sect of religion among the Jews: WHICH BELIEVED; that Jesus was the Messiah, and professed their faith in him, and...
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command _them_ to keep the law of Moses. Ver. 5. _But there rose up_] The...
_And being brought on their way by the church_ That is, by several of its members; _they passed through Phenice and Samaria_ Which lay in their way; _declaring_ To their fellow-Christians, whom they m...
THE PHARISEES; though converted to Christianity, they still retained their attachment to many rites and ceremonies of the Jewish dispensation. The errors of men are not all at once removed by their co...
BUT THERE ROSE UP CERTAIN OF THE SECT OF THE PHARISEES WHICH BELIEVED, SAYING, THAT IT WAS NEEDFUL TO CIRCUMCISE THEM, AND TO COMMAND THEM TO KEEP THE LAW OF MOSES....
The demand of the former Pharisees and Peter's answer:...
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,...
BUT SOME OF THE SECT OF THE PHARISEES WHO BELIEVED ROSE UP, SAYING, " IT IS NECESSARY TO CIRCUMCISE THEM, AND TO COMMAND _THEM_ TO KEEP THE LAW OF MOSES. " 1. Some Christians were converted from the...
"But": Not everyone is thrilled with such news. While many Christians were rejoicing, some in Jerusalem were only filled with criticism. "Some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed": They had beco...
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...
OLBHeb; If these words be taken for St. Luke s, the penman of this book, then they declare, that in the church of Jerusalem there were some that did abet the opinion of the necessity of circumcision;...
5. The Judaizers did not hesitate to declare fully their own position. (5) " But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, rose up, saying, It was necessary to circumcise them and to command the...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V of this epistle, how that certain persons interposed, and said that men ought to be circumcised, and that the law of Moses was to be observed; and how the apostles,...
Acts 15:5 But G1161 some G5100 of G575 sect G139 Pharisees G5330 believed G4100 (G5761) up G1817 ...
‘But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, “It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.” All were aware of why this deputation fro...
Acts 15:5. BUT THERE ROSE UP CERTAIN OF THE SECT of the Pharisees. Some of these Pharisees must have been the companions of Paul years ago, when he studied the law under Gamaliel, and their animosity...
BUT THERE ROSE UP (εξανεστησαν δε). Second aorist active indicative (intransitive). Note both εξ and αν. These men rose up out of the crowd at a critical moment. They were believers in Christ (πεπισ...
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...
BUT SOME OF THE BELIEVERS. Like Paul, they had _converted_ to Christ, but unlike him, they had not given up their prejudice (_see_ Acts 21:20-21). Some may have been Paul's old friends. They quickly r...
_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...
_They therefore, being brought on their way._ WORKING ON THE ROAD 1. For a little time the noise of controversy ceases. Paul and Barnabas might have taken a much shorter way to Jerusalem; but Paul, l...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 15:5 Those from the PHARISEES were likely the same group as those insisting on circumcision in v. Acts 15:2 and...
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,...
Acts 21:20; Acts 26:5; Acts 26:6; Acts 15:1; Acts 15:24;...
Arose. In the assembly. Sect. See on heresies, 2 Peter 2:1....
That is, some Jews of the sect of the Pharisees, converted to Christianity, thought and taught, that circumcision, and keeping of the law of Moses, was necessary to salvation, both to Jew and Gentile...