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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 15:36

And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas. — The commonly received chronology of the Acts makes the interval between the Council of Jerusalem and St. Paul’s second missionary journey somewhat more than a year.

Let us go again. — The proposal was characteristic of one whose heart was ever full of “the care of all the churches” (2 Corinthians 11:28), ever making mention of them in his prayers night and day (Romans 1:9; Ephesians 1:16; Philippians 1:3). We may well believe that it was a desire to know, not only the general condition of the churches, but the spiritual growth of each individual member.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 36. _LET US GO - AND VISIT OUR BRETHREN IN EVERY CITY_] This heavenly man projected a journey to _Cyprus, Pamphylia, Pisidia,_ _Lycaonia, Salamis, Paphos, Perga, Iconiam, Lystra, Derbe, Antioch...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ACTS 15:36 TO ACTS 16:5. SHORTER ACCOUNT OF PAUL'S JOURNEY IN ASIA MINOR. The editor's hand is apparent throughout this section. We know from Galatians 2:13 the real reason of Paul's difference with B...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Some time after, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come now, let us go back and visit the brethren in every city in which we preached the word of the Lord, so that we may see how things are going with them." Ba...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SOME DAYS AFTER. after certain (Greek. _tis._ App-123.) days. WHERE. in (Greek. _en)_ which. HAVE PREACHED. = preached. Greek. _katangello._ App-121. DO. fare....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A new Mission-journey proposed. Contention between Paul and Barnabas. They separate, and Paul with Silas goes through Syria and Cilicia...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _visit our brethren_ The oldest MSS. omit the pronoun, and read _the brethren_only. So _R. V._...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    A NEW MISSION-JOURNEY PROPOSED. CONTENTION BETWEEN PAUL AND BARNABAS. THEY SEPARATE, AND PAUL WITH SILAS GOES THROUGH SYRIA AND CILICIA...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΕἾΠΕΝ ΠΡῸΣ ΒΑΡΝΆΒΑΝ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΣ with אABC. So _Vulg_. ‘dixit ad Barnabam Paulus.’ ἡμῶν after ἈΔΕΛΦΟῪΣ omitted with אABCDE. Not represented in _Vulg_. 36. ΤΟῪΣ�, _the brethren_. Implying both their own c...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΈΠΙΣΤΡΈΨΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Acts 15:19. _Сопутств. part._ со _знач. imper._ в основном гл. (VANT, 386). ΈΠΙΣΚΕΨΏΜΕΘΑ _aor. conj. med. (dep.)...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Combined Bible Commentary

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Contention Parts Paul and Barnabas Paul knew the importance of continued teaching and encouragement for young churches, so he approached Barnabas about visiting the brethren in all the cities in which...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (14) And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how they do. (14) Congregations or church...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE BEGINNING OF PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND SOME DAYS AFTER, PAUL SAID UNTO BARNABAS, LET US GO AGAIN AND VISIT OUR BRETHREN IN EVERY CITY WHERE WE HAVE PREACHED THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND SEE HOW THEY DO....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    This second trip will take place between around 51-54 AD It will start with Paul visiting the congregations that he had established on the first trip. Acts 15:37-38 Barnabas wants to take along Mark,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    36-41 Here we have a private quarrel between two ministers, no less than Paul and Barnabas, yet made to end well. Barnabas wished his nephew John Mark to go with them. We should suspect ourselves of...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    It is not enough that they had sown good seed, but they must take care lest it be plucked up, and tares sown in the stead of it, by the wicked one, MATTHEW 13:19. A husbandman's work is never at an en...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 15:36 Then G1161 after G3326 some G5100 days G2250 Paul G3972 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 Barnabas...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they fare.” ' After some days' is vague an...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    LET US RETURN NOW AND VISIT THE BRETHREN (επιστρεψαντες δε επισκεψωμεθα τους αδελφους). Paul takes the initiative as the leader, all the more so if the rebuke to Peter and Barnabas in Galatians 2:11...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren … and see how they do._ CHURCH VISITATION Paul felt that he was not called to spend a peaceful though laborious li...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 15:36. SOME DAYS (as in Acts 16:12; compare ἡμέραι ἱκαναί, Acts 9:23) might be weeks or months. AFTER.—Subsequent to the departure of Judas or Judas and Silas from Antioch. In...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:11;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Let us go again and visit [ε π ι σ τ ρ ε ψ α ν τ ε ς δ η ε π ι σ κ ε ψ ω μ ε θ α]. Lit., Having returned, let us now visit. The A. V. omits now. See on ch. Acts 13:2. In every city [κ α τ α π α σ α ν...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Let us go and visit the brethren in every city where we have preached — This was all that St. Paul designed at first; but it was not all that God designed by his journey, whose providence carried him...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, The pious and prudential care which St. Paul, who had planted churches, takes to visit and inspect them; that he might see and understand how they did thrive and grow in the knowledge of...

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