Though it is the power of God which makes the gospel the means of salvation, yet goodness, faith, and fidelity are no less needful in ministers, than if they were to be the sole cause of their success.
Verse Acts 11:24. _FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN_] Here is a proper character of a minister of the Gospel. 1. _He is a good man_: his _bad heart_ is changed; his _evil_ _dispositions_ rooted out; and the min...
FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN - This is given as a reason why he was so eminently successful. It is not said that he was a man of distinguished talents or learning; that he was a splendid or an imposing preac...
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Peter's Defense in Jerusalem (Acts 11:1)._ 2. The Beginning of the Church in Antioch (Acts 11:19). 3. Barnabas sent to Antioch (Acts 11:22). 4. The Prophecy of Agabus ...
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY GENTILE MISSION. ANTIOCH. This connects with Acts 8:2. It was the Hellenists at Jerusalem, whose mouthpiece Stephen was, who were driven away at his death. There, they wer...
PETER ON HIS DEFENCE (Acts 11:1-10)...
News of this and of what they were doing came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem. So they sent Barnabas out as far as Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God he was glad and he exhorted the...
FAITH. App-150. PEOPLE. Greek. _ochlos._ Literally crowd....
_full of the Holy Ghost and of faith_ The same character is given to Stephen (Acts 6:5), and a man of like character with that most eminent among the Greek-Jews would exert much influence in Antioch,...
ΠΛΉΡΗΣ ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΟΣ ἉΓΊΟΥ ΚΑῚ ΠΊΣΤΕΩΣ, _full of the Holy Ghost and faith_. The same description is given of Stephen (Acts 6:5), and a man of like character with that most eminent among the Greek-Jews wou...
FURTHER SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL AS FAR AS ANTIOCH...
_BARNABAS WAS SENT BY THE CHURCH TO ANTIOCH ACTS 11:22-26:_ The news of what was happening in Antioch reached the church in Jerusalem. Barnabas was sent by the Jerusalem church to look into the work a...
ΠΡΟΣΕΤΈΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΠΡΟΣΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G4369) добавлять к чему-л. Богословский _pass._, означающий, что действие выполнил Бог....
THE GRACE OF GOD,— The happy effects of the divine goodness, in taking such a number of uncircumcised Gentiles into the Christian church. Barnabas, like a true _son of exhortation,_ exhorted them to p...
THE EARLY LABORS OF BARNABAS AND SAUL. Acts 11:22, Acts 12:25 1. IN JERUSALEM. Acts 11:22. Acts 11:22 And the report concerni
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For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord. FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN, AND FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND OF FAITH. The sense of "good" here is...
4 So important is this new departure that Peter's rehearsal before his indignant brethren is given in full, for it removes the great obstacle which lay in the way of the further spread of the evangel....
THE FIRST GENTILE CHURCH 1-18. The baptism of Cornelius discussed and approved at Jerusalem. Those Christians who maintained the need of observing the Ceremonial Law did not attack the baptism itself...
THE CHURCH IN ANTIOCH, 35-47 A.D. (ACTS 11:19 TO ACTS 13:3) 19-26. Extension of the Church to Antioch. Admission of Gentile members. Antioch in N. Syria ranked next to Alexandria, as the third city in...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 11 PETER’S REPORT TO THE *CHURCH IN *JERUSALEM, 11:1-18 V1 The *apostles and the *believers in *Judea heard that the *Gentiles also had receive...
FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN. — Words of praise of this kind are comparatively rare in this history, and we may, perhaps, think of them here as expressing St. Luke’s personal estimate of the character of the...
Further spread of the Gosael to Antioch....
KNITTING TOGETHER THE CHURCH Acts 11:19-30 The development of God's plan is still further disclosed in the events recorded in this section, which describe the same phenomenon of Gentile conversion, b...
It is very interesting to note how slowly the prejudices of the Hebrew Christians gave way, and yet how amenable they were to the evidences as they appeared. The apostles and the brethren at Jerusalem...
Barnabas Goes to Antioch to Encourage Young Converts Ash reports that Antioch was the world's third largest city at that time, trailing only Rome and Alexandria. Luke reported that those scattered by...
Multitude was added, as before, (chap. x.) a few were added to the visible Church. Ever since Christ's ascension, this Church has been notoriously seen. Of her ministers, their preaching has been open...
_“Because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and faith.”_ Here we see confirmed the significant fact that the apostles and primitive saints all recognized the Holy Ghost as the sovereign Ar...
THE GENTILE GOSPEL PREACHED IN PHOENICIA, CILICIA AND SYRIA BEFORE PETER PREACHED IT AT THE HOUSE OF CORNELIUS 19-24. While the above is true, yet it was necessary for Peter, responsive to his heavenl...
Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. (20) And so...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
_CHARACTERISTICS OF ST. BARNABAS_ ‘He was a good man, and full of the holy Ghost and of faith.’ Acts 11:24 No better man could be sent to Antioch to ascertain the truth or otherwise of what the Apo...
24._For he was a good man. _Barnabas is commended with the commendation of the Holy Ghost; yet we must know that there was respect had not so much of him as of us. For all those are condemned of ungod...
Acts 11:19 begins the narration of the new order of things by which the ministry of Paul is distinguished. Among those who were scattered abroad on the occasion of Stephen's death, and who went as far...
FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN,.... He had the grace of God wrought in his soul, and did good works; he was very kind, and generous, and charitable; he sold what land he had, and gave the money to the apostles...
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord. Ver. 24. _For he was a good man_] Few exist today. " _Rari quippe boni-_ Iam nec Brutus erit...
_Then tidings of these things came to the church at Jerusalem_ And, as they had lately seen a way opened for the conversion of the Gentiles, they received information of this further progress of the g...
FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN, AND FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST AND OF FAITH; AND MUCH PEOPLE WAS ADDED UNTO THE LORD....
Barnabas in Antioch and Tarsus:...
News of Peter's carrying the gospel to Gentiles had preceded him to Jerusalem. When he arrived there, therefore, he was faced by those who were specially zealous of the law, and who spoke accusingly o...
:!7 17 IF THEREFORE GOD GAVE THEM THE SAME GIFT AS _HE GAVE_ US WHEN WE BELIEVED ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS I THAT I COULD WITHSTAND GOD? " 1. What was similar to Pentecost? 1. Cornelius was...
FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND OF FAITH. AND A GREAT MANY PEOPLE WERE ADDED TO THE LORD. 1. Many more were added to the Lord - They were saved (Acts 2:47) and as they were being w...
"for he was. good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord"For he was. good man" This is one of the reasons the apostles had selected him to help the conv...
19-24 The first preachers of the gospel at Antioch, were dispersed from Jerusalem by persecution; thus what was meant to hurt the church, was made to work for its good. The wrath of man is made to pr...
Barnabas is here described to be beyond what the Jews called a righteous man, who would say to his neighbour, That which is yours is yours, and that which is mine is mine; meaning such as would do no...
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‘For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and much people was added to the Lord.' No greater accolade could have been paid to Barnabas than this, that he was a good man, and th...
CONTINUED EXPANSION AND GOD'S NEW WORK AMONG THE GREEKS (11:19-26). Meanwhile the work of God has been going on through many unnamed and unsung heroes, and a number of those who had been scattered as...
Acts 11:24. FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN. We ask here for the precise meaning of the word ‘good,' and also why the particle ‘for' is prefixed to the statement. The word ‘good' does not mean merely that Barna...
FOR (οτ). Because. This is the explanation of the conduct of Barnabas. The facts were opposed to the natural prejudices of a Jew like Barnabas, but he rose above such racial narrowness. He was a rea...
Acts 11:24 Consistency of Human and Divine Affections. I. There is no hint given that Barnabas acted otherwise than well and wisely in the course he pursued with reference to John Mark. He is declare...
Acts 11:19 The Church at Antioch. I. This church was established by lay agency. II. It was a church established among the Gentiles. The text marks a new epoch in the history of the kingdom of God Je...
CONTENTS: Peter vindicates his ministry to the Gentiles. Name «Christians» first applied at Antioch. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Spirit, Peter, angel, John, Stephen, Barnabas, Saul, Agabus, Caesar. CONCLUSIO...
Acts 11:2. _They of the circumcision contended with him._ Those who were zealous of the law, apprehending that Christ and his grace had only been promised and confined to themselves, the call and conv...
SO THEY SENT BARNABAS TO ANTIOCH. Barnabas was a "Greek-speaking Jew" (Acts 4:36), who was the friend of another "Greek-speaking Jew" named Paul (Acts 9:27). He was sent to _evaluate_ what was happeni...
_For he was a good man._ THE FEAST OF ST. BARNABAS THE APOSTLE: TOLERANCE OF RELIGIOUS ERROR The text says that “he was a good man, full of the Holy Ghost and of faith.” This praise of goodness is ex...
_Then tidings of these things came to the ears of the Church,…and they sent forth Barnabas._ A ST. BARNABAS THE NEED OF THE HOUR You know the strain and the stress of the situation recorded in my tex...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 11:19 With the establishing of a church at Antioch and its outreach to Gentiles, the focus in Acts 1:1 shifts from Jerusalem to Antioch....
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 11:19. UPON THE PERSECUTION.—Or, _tribulation,_ ἀπὸ πῆς θλίψεως: better, _from_ (as an effect of) _the persecution,_ THAT AROSE ABOUT STEPHEN, ἐπὶ Στεφάνῳ—_i.e., on account of,...
EXPOSITION ACTS 11:1 _Now_ for _and_, A.V.; _the_ _brethren _for brethren, A.V.; _also had_ for _had also_, A.V, We can imagine how rapidly the news of the great revolution would travel to the metrop...
And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter was come back to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision had a fight wi...
2 Samuel 18:27; Acts 24:16; Acts 6:3; Acts 6:5; Acts 6:8;...
Good [α γ α θ ο ς]. More than strictly upright. Compare Romans 5:7, where it is distinguished from dikaiov, just or righteous. "His benevolence effectually prevented him censuring anything that might...