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ACTS 15:23 avdelfoi, {B}
The addition of kai. oi` before avdelfoi, appears to be an emendation
made in order to avoid what in Greek is a somewhat harsh apposition of
avdelfoi, with both oi` avpo,stol...
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Verse Acts 15:23. Send _GREETING UNTO THE BRETHREN - OF THE
GENTILES_] There was no occasion to send such a letter to the brethren
which were of the _Jews_, because that law which had been so long re...
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AND WROTE LETTERS - Greek: “Having written.” It does not mean that
they wrote more than one epistle.
BY THEM - Greek: by their hand.”
AFTER THIS MANNER - Greek: these things.
SEND GREETING - A word...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND THEY WROTE. Having written. In Acts 15:30 it is called "a letter".
AFTER THIS MANNER. The texts omit.
GREETING. Greek. _chairein._ Literally to rejoice. Figure of speech
_Ellipsis_ (App-6).. bid...
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_And they wrote letters by them after this manner_ From the form in
which the document is here given, we should judge that the original
was in Greek. A translation from a Hebrew original would hardly...
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τάδε after ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν omitted with אAB. _Vulg_. has only
‘per manus eorum.’
καὶ οἱ before ἈΔΕΛΦΟῚ omitted with אABCD. _Vulg_. has
‘et seniores fratres.’
23. ΓΡΆΨΑΝΤΕΣ, _having written_. From the form in...
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ANSWER AND DEPUTATION SENT FROM JERUSALEM. THE LETTER OF THE SYNOD TO
THE CHRISTIANS OF ANTIOCH...
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_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....
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ΓΡΆΨΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125)
писать. Nom. _abs._ (RG, 459).
ΧΑΊΡΕΙΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΧΑΊΡΩ (G5463)
приветствовать. _Inf. abs._ эпистолярный,
т.е. часто встречающийся в письмах (R...
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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....
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See notes on verse 22...
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And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and
elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the
Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
AND THEY WROTE LET...
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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...
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15:23 brethren, (g-14) Probably 'The apostles and the elder brethren
to,' &c....
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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...
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THE APOSTLES AND ELDERS AND BRETHREN] Recent editors read, 'the
apostles and presbyters, brethren.' Apparently the apostles and
presbyters describe themselves as 'brethren' to give the letter a
frater...
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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...
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AND THEY WROTE LETTERS BY THEM. — Literally, _wrote letters by their
hands._ What follows, unless we assume a deliberate fraud, is clearly
the transcript of a document — the first in the long list of...
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οἱ ἀπόστ. καὶ οἱ πρεσβ. καὶ οἱ ἀδελ.,
but in R.V. “the Apostles and the elder brethren,” see critical
notes. The phrase as it stands in R.V. has been called meaningless
(Page), but Hort, _Ecclesia_, p...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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_The brethren of the Gentiles. Hence we see, that he letter, with the
decree of the Council, only regarded those converts, who had been
Gentiles; neither are they forbidden to use the Jewish ceremonie...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND WROTE LETTERS BY THEM AFTER THIS MANNER,.... Not that they made
use of them as their amanuenses, to write their letters for them; but
being written they put them into their hands, and sent them by...
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And they wrote _letters_ by them after this manner; The apostles and
elders and brethren _send_ greeting unto the brethren which are of the
Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
Ver. 23. _And wr...
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_Then pleased it the apostles_, &c. This advice was very acceptable to
the apostles and elders, who unanimously declared their approbation of
it; _with the whole church_ Who therefore had a part in th...
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AND THEY WROTE LETTERS BY THEM AFTER THIS MANNER: THE APOSTLES AND
ELDERS AND BRETHREN SEND GREETING UNTO THE BRETHREN WHICH ARE OF THE
GENTILES IN ANTIOCH AND SYRIA AND CILICIA....
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The resolutions of the assembly:...
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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,...
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THEY WROTE THIS, _LETTER_ BY THEM: THE APOSTLES, THE ELDERS, AND THE
BRETHREN, TO THE BRETHREN WHO ARE OF THE GENTILES IN ANTIOCH, SYRIA,
AND CILICIA: GREETINGS.
24 Since we have heard that some who...
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Acts 15:23
THE LETTER
Carefully note that this letter is not some human decree or creed. The
apostles did not vote on this matter, rather the will of God was
clear. The letter itself makes it clear t...
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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...
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THE APOSTLES AND ELDERS AND BRETHREN; the letter was wrote in the name
of them all, that it might have the greater force, and better
acceptance; that so strong a cord might not be broken by the false...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II
And the apostles themselves, writing to the brethren at Antioch, and
in Syria and Cilicia, said: "It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to
us, to lay upon...
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‘Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole
church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch
with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and Sil...
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THE VIEW OF THE APOSTLES AND THE JERUSALEM CHURCH IS RELAYED TO SYRIAN
ANTIOCH (15:22-35)....
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‘The apostles and the elders, brethren, to the brethren who are of
the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting.'
The letter is addressed a little more widely than just to Antioch
itself. ‘...
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Acts 15:23. AND THEY WROTE LETTERS BY THEM AFTER THIS MANNER. The word
‘letters,' printed in the English version in italics, is
superfluous; it does not appear in the original Greek. There was only
_O...
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AND THEY WROTE
(γραψαντες). First aorist active participle of γραφω and
the nominative as if a principal verb επεμψαν had been used
instead of πεμψα, the first aorist active infinitive
(anacoluthon...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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....
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_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...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 15:23 The Roman province of SYRIA included
CILICIA. ANTIOCH was its capital....
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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,...
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2 John 1:13; 2 John 1:3; 3 John 1:14; Acts 11:18; Acts 14:27;...
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Greeting [χ α ι ρ ε ι ν]. The usual Greek form of salutation.
It occurs nowhere else in the salutation of a New Testament epistle
save in the Epistle of James (i. 1). See note there. It appears in the...
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Writing thus, and sending it by their hand — The whole conduct of
this affair plainly shows that the Church in those days had no
conception of St. Peter's primacy, or of his being the chief judge in
c...