PAUL ALSO, AND BARNABAS, CONTINUED IN ANTIOCH - How long a time is unknown. It is probable that at this time the unhappy incident occurred between Paul and Peter which is recorded in Galatians 2:11....
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...
EVENTS AT ANTIOCH. At Antioch on the arrival of the party, everything is quiet and decorous: there is no mention of the disturbers of Acts 15:1; the impression is given that the authority of the Mothe...
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...
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...
PAUL ALSO. But Paul. CONTINUED. Greek. _diatribo._ See note on Acts 12:19. PREACHING. Greek. _euangelizo._ App-121. OTHERS. Greek. _heteros._ App-124....
_teaching and preaching the word of the Lord_ In such a community there was need not only of setting forth Jesus as the Saviour, but of much instruction concerning the ways in which God had shewn that...
ΔΙΔΆΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ ΚΑῚ ΕΥ̓ΑΓΓΕΛΙΖΌΜΕΝΟΙ, _teaching and preaching_. In such a community there was need not only of setting forth Jesus as the Saviour, but of much instruction concerning the ways in which God...
RECEPTION OF THE LETTER AND MESSENGERS AT 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....
THE WORK IN ANTIOCH. Acts 15:30-35. Acts 15:30 So they, when they were dismissed, came down to Antioch; and having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle. Acts 15:31 And when t...
35. The city of Antioch still continued to be a profitable field for apostolic labor, and the scene of interesting events. (35) "_Paul and Barnabas also continued in Antioch, with many others, teachin...
_PAUL ALSO AND BARNABAS CONTINUED IN ANTIOCH, TEACHING AND PREACHING THE WORD OF THE LORD, WITH MANY OTHERS ALSO._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
IN ANTIOCH] Here should be placed, according to the usual view, Peter's visit to Antioch, mentioned Galatians 2:11. At first Peter ate publicly with the Gentiles, but on the arrival of 'certain from J...
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...
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...
PREACHING THE WORD OF THE LORD. — Here, as often elsewhere, _preaching the glad tidings of the word._ WITH MANY OTHERS. — Among these we may fairly reckon the prophets of Acts 13:1. Looking to the lat...
διέτριβον, _cf._ Acts 12:19, and see also on Acts 16:12. In LXX _cf._ Leviticus 14:8; Jeremiah 42 (35):7, Jdt 10:2, 2Ma 14:23. So also in classics with or
“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...
DISRUPTION AND FINAL SEPARATION OF BARNABAS AND PAUL 35-39. The Greek word for _“contention”_ is paroxysm, which now means an earthquake shock, which, you see, has a superlative signification. Paul an...
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...
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...
PAUL ALSO AND BARNABAS CONTINUED IN ANTIOCH,.... As well as Silas: teaching and preaching the word of the Lord; the Gospel of Christ; not the word of men, but the word of the Lord, of which he is both...
Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. Ver. 35. _Teaching and preaching_] _i.e._ Being instant and earnest, _non frigidi doce...
_So when they_ Paul, Barnabas, Judas, and Silas; _came to Antioch, they gathered the multitude_ The private Christians, as well as the elders, and other official members of the church; for as they had...
PAUL ALSO AND BARNABAS CONTINUED IN ANTIOCH, TEACHING AND PREACHING THE WORD OF THE LORD, WITH MANY OTHERS ALSO. The delegates of the congregation at Jerusalem having received their credentials, they...
The delegates in Antioch:...
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,...
PAUL AND BARNABAS ALSO REMAINED IN ANTIOCH, TEACHING AND PREACHING THE WORD OF THE LORD, WITH MANY OTHERS ALSO. 1. Paul was not the located preacher, neither was Barnabas. They were preaching. They w...
"Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch": Notice how Paul attached himself to and worked with. local congregation when he was not traveling and establishing churches. Some feel that at this time the even...
Acts 15:30-35 The new Christians in Antioch immediately embraced the message in the letter and rejoiced. "Encouraged and strengthened the brethren with. lengthy message": "These men took. personal int...
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...
Judas only returned to Jerusalem, to acquaint the apostles with the reception their letter had met with, and what obedience was readily given to their decrees; so that when these went away the church...
35. The city of Antioch still continued to be a profitable field for apostolic labor, and the scene of interesting events. (35) " Paul and Barnabas also continued in Antioch, with many others, teachin...
Acts 15:35 Paul G3972 and G2532 Barnabas G921 also G1161 remained G1304 (G5707) in G1722 Antioch G490 teaching...
THE VIEW OF THE APOSTLES AND THE JERUSALEM CHURCH IS RELAYED TO SYRIAN ANTIOCH (15:22-35)....
‘But Paul and Barnabas tarried in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.' Everything now having settled down, and the crisis being over, Paul and Barnabas now ret...
Acts 15:35. PAUL ALSO AND BARNABAS CONTINUED IN ANTIOCH, TEACHING AND PREACHING THE WORD OF THE LORD. During this residence of Paul in the Syrian metropolis the dispute took place between Paul and Pet...
TARRIED (διετριβον). Imperfect active of διατριβω, old verb to pass time, seen already in Acts 12:19; Acts 14:3; Acts 14:28.WITH MANY OTHERS ALSO (μετα κα ετερων πολλων). A time of general revival...
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...
THEY WERE FILLED WITH JOY. Because the Law did not apply to them, and because of the good will of their Jewish brothers in Christ. JUDAS AND SILAS. _Prophets:_ see note on Ephesians 4:11. They had sup...
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 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 4:2; Acts 13:1; Acts 14:28; Acts 28:31;...
Paul and Barnabas abode in Antioch — And it was during this time that Peter came down from Jerusalem, and that St. Paul withstood him to the face, for separating himself from the Gentiles, Galatians 2...