Acts 15:36-41

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. They had a sharp argument. Neither one would "give in," yet note this was not a fight, but a friendly disagreement. And separated from each other. This solved the problem. Now there were two teams making this second tour. Commended by the brothers. This implies that a meeting of the church was held to "identify" them (see notes on Acts 13:2-3). Both teams had their blessings. Syria and Cilicia. See Galatians 1:21.