1:2 up; (a-21) The word means 'receiving,' but with the prefix ( _ ana_ ) 'up,' as here, it has the active sense of 'taking up.' It is so translated except in 1 Timothy 3:16 . The more passive reception is seen in Acts 3:21 , where another word is used.... [ Continue Reading ]
15:4 received (a-8) 'Received gladly,' or 'with welcome.' see Luke 8:40 .... [ Continue Reading ]
15:7 Brethren, (a-13) earliest (b-19) Lit. 'from ancient.'... [ Continue Reading ]
15:9 us (c-6) Lit. 'both us.'... [ Continue Reading ]
15:10 putting (d-8) The infinitive, equivalent to 'in putting.' It is explanatory of what precedes.... [ Continue Reading ]
15:13 Brethren, (a-11) Lit. 'Men brethren.' as ch. 1.16, so ver. 13.... [ Continue Reading ]
15:15 written. (e-13) See Amos 9:11 .... [ Continue Reading ]
15:20 blood. (f-22) Or 'and of fornication, and of what is strangled, and of blood.'... [ Continue Reading ]
15:23 brethren, (g-14) Probably 'The apostles and the elder brethren to,' &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
15:25 judgment, (h-11) Or, perhaps, 'assembled with one accord.' I have said 'having arrived at a common judgment' to give the sense of the Greek. 'Having come to one accord' would look like previous disunion. The fact of having arrived at one mind is here stated.... [ Continue Reading ]
15:34 (a-0) Ver. 34 A.V. is not in the best MSS.... [ Continue Reading ]