This letter represents. united position among all the apostles and the elders in the Jerusalem church. Acts 15:25 "With our beloved Barnabas and Paul": Here is how the church in Jerusalem viewed Barnabas and Paul. This makes it clear to all that all the apostles are on the same side against the false teachers.
ACTS 15:25 evklexame,noij {C} It is difficult to decide whether evklexame,nouj was corrected to the dative for grammatical reasons, or whether evklexame,noij was altered to the accusative to accord w...
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 LETTER IS SENT. The apostles and elders have never in this chapter acted alone (see Acts 15:6); the action is that of the whole Church. Silas does not stand for Silvanus, but is a Semitic name, th...
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...
Then the apostles and the elders together with the whole Church took a decision to choose men from their number and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas who is called Barsa...
IT SEEMED GOOD. Same word as "it pleased", Acts 15:22. BEING ASSEMBLED. having come to be. WITH ONE ACCORD. Greek. _homothumadon._ See note on Acts 1:14....
_being assembled with one accord_ The words may be so rendered and passage be compared with Acts 2:1; Acts 4:24; Acts 5:12. But in those passages there is only the substantive verb εἰμὶ, while here γί...
ΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΟΙΣ ὉΜΟΘΥΜΑΔΌΝ, _having become of one accord_. This rendering makes some distinction between ὁμοθυμαδόν with εἰμί and with γίγνομαι. With the substantive verb this adverb stands in Acts 2:1; Ac...
ANSWER AND DEPUTATION SENT FROM JERUSALEM. THE LETTER OF THE SYNOD TO THE CHRISTIANS OF ANTIOCH...
_A LETTER TO THE GENTILES ACTS 15:22-35:_ The brethren were in agreement concerning the letter. The letter was written and sent to Antioch by the hands of Paul and Barnabas along with Silas and Judas....
ΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΟΙΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (adj.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, быть, ΟΜΟΘΥΜΑΔΌΝ (G3661) единодушно, вместе, единогласно, в согласии, в братском согласии. Относится к единству мнений в син...
THE ELDERS AND APOSTLES MEET TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE. Acts 15:6-29 a. Peter's speech. Acts 15:6-11. Acts 15:6 And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter....
See notes on verse 22...
It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, IT SEEMED GOOD UNTO US BEING ASSEMBLED WITH ONE ACCORD (SEE THE NOTE AT ),...
18 James does not refer to the report of Barnabas and Paul, when he quotes Amo_9:11-12, but to Peter's address. The prophet, speaking of the time when the kingdom will be set up, refers to those among...
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...
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...
BEING ASSEMBLED WITH ONE ACCORD] rather, 'having come to one accord.'...
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...
BEING ASSEMBLED WITH ONE ACCORD. — Literally, _being of one mind, unanimously._ TO SEND CHOSEN MEN UNTO YOU. — Literally, _to choose men and send them unto you._ The men, are, of course, Barsabas and...
γενομ. ὁμοθυμαδόν : “having come to one accord,” “einmutig geworden,” Weiss: ὁμοθ., though frequent in Acts, see Acts 1:14, only here with γεν. For the form of the phrase as indicating mutual delibera...
“CONFIRMING THE CHURCHES” Acts 15:22-41 This letter was a noble document and fitted for its immediate purpose, but it does not apply directly to us, as the circumstances which called it forth have lo...
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 Letter for the Gentiles The group decided to send Paul and Barnabas back to the Gentiles along with some men closely associated with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. Judas Barsabas and Silas we...
The decrees proposed by James, their presiding bishop, receive a unanimous vote of the apostles, elders and brethren. In view of securing for the decrees all possible endorsement and availability, the...
Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among t...
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...
− 25._With our beloved Barnabas and Paul _They set these praises against the slanders wherewith the false apostles had essayed to bring Paul and Barnabas out of credit. − (145) And, first, to the end...
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...
IT SEEMED GOOD UNTO US, BEING ASSEMBLED WITH ONE ACCORD,.... Or together; in one place, as the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it; see Acts 2:1 though certain it is, that as they were in one...
It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, Ver. 25. _To send chosen men with our beloved_] _Delectos cum dilectis._ See A...
_Forasmuch as we have heard_, &c. The simplicity, weightiness, and conciseness of this letter, are highly observable; _that certain which went out from us_ That is, pretending to be sent out by us; _h...
The resolutions of the assembly:...
IT SEEMED GOOD UNTO US, BEING ASSEMBLED WITH ONE ACCORD, TO SEND CHOSEN MEN UNTO YOU WITH OUR BELOVED BARNABAS AND PAUL,...
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,...
IT SEEMED GOOD TO US, BEING ASSEMBLED WITH ONE ACCORD, TO SEND CHOSEN MEN TO YOU WITH OUR BELOVED BARNABAS AND PAUL, 1. The meeting ended with harmony and unity. All who assembled for this meeting le...
22-35 Being warranted to declare themselves directed by the immediate influence of the Holy Ghost, the apostles and disciples were assured that it seemed good unto God the Holy Spirit, as well as to...
WITH ONE ACCORD; with one mind, as if they had all but one soul, (they had but one Spirit, the Spirit of truth), as ACTS 2:1 ACTS 5:12; their unanimity adding great strength to the decree they sent....
Acts 15:25 good G1380 (G5656) us G2254 assembled G1096 (G5637) accord G3661 send G3992 (G5658) chosen...
THE VIEW OF THE APOSTLES AND THE JERUSALEM CHURCH IS RELAYED TO SYRIAN ANTIOCH (15:22-35)....
‘Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, to whom we gave no commandment, it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to c...
Acts 15:25. TO SEND CHOSEN MEN UNTO YOU. The Greek words should be translated here as in Acts 15:22. In some of the older authorities here, the irregularity in the cases of the participles above notic...
IT SEEMED GOOD UNTO US (εδοξεν ημιν). See statement by Luke in verse Acts 15:22, and now this definite decision is in the epistle itself. It is repeated in verse Acts 15:28.HAVING COME TO ONE ACCOR...
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...
TOGETHER WITH THE WHOLE CHURCH. The entire group of Christians were in agreement about this. THEY CHOSE JUDAS. He was a prophet (Acts 15:32). SILAS, He became Paul's associate (Acts 15:40). THEY SENT...
_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...
_And after they had held their peace, James answered._ THE DECISION OF THE COUNCIL This was a crisis in the history of the Church. The greatest disasters might have befallen it at this critical time....
_And they wrote letters._ THE APOSTOLIC LETTER 1. A model of brotherly love and Divine wisdom. 2. A pattern for the modern Church. 3. A great standing deliverance from all ceremonial and ritualist...
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 15:22_ The Letter from the Church at Jerusalem; or, the Publication of the Settlement I. THE RESOLUTION OF THE CHURCH.— 1. _To prepare an encyclical letter_, to be sent...
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 1:10; 2 Peter 3:15; Acts 1:14; Acts 15:2; Acts 15:22;...
Barnabas and Paul. Here, as in ver. 12, Barnabas is named first, contrary to the practice of Luke since Acts 13:9. Barnabas was the elder and better known, and in the church at Jerusalem his name woul...