Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Acts 15:31
Verse 31. They rejoiced for the consolation.] It was not a matter of small moment to have a question on which such stress was laid decided by an apostolic council, over which the Spirit of God presided.
Verse 31. They rejoiced for the consolation.] It was not a matter of small moment to have a question on which such stress was laid decided by an apostolic council, over which the Spirit of God presided.
THEY REJOICED FOR THE CONSOLATION - They acquiesced in the decision of the apostles and elders, and rejoiced that they were not to be subjected to the burdensome rites and ceremonies of the Jewish rel...
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...
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...
WHICH, &C. = And having read _it._ CONSOLATION. See Acts 4:36; Acts 13:15....
_rejoiced for the consolation_ Barnabas "the son of consolation" (Acts 4:36) was a fit member of such an embassy. The consolation would be felt both by Jews and Gentiles, by the former because they kn...
ἘΧΆΡΗΣΑΝ ἘΠῚ ΤΗ͂Ι ΠΑΡΑΚΛΉΣΕΙ, _rejoiced for the consolation_. Barnabas (υἱὸς παρακλήσεως, Acts 4:36) was a fit member of such an embassy. The consolation would be felt both by Jews and Gentiles, by th...
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....
ΆΝΑΓΝΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 15:21. ΈΧΆΡΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Acts 15:23. Inch. _aor._, "они пришли в необыкновенный восторг" (RWP). ΠΑΡΆΚΛΗΣΙΣ (G3874) ободрение (TDNT; EDNT...
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...
See notes on verse 30...
Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. WHICH WHEN THEY HAD READ, THEY REJOICED FOR THE CONSOLATION, [ tee (G3588) parakleesei (G3874)]. As the same word is in the next verse p...
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...
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...
THEY REJOICED FOR THE CONSOLATION. — We ought not to forget that the letter was probably read out by one who was himself emphatically “the son of consolation” (Acts 4:36) in all the manifold aspects o...
παρακλήσει : A. and R.V. “consolation” (“exhortation” margin, R.V.). The former rendering seems suitable here, because the letter causes rejoicing, not as an exhortation, but as a message of relief an...
“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...
We may here briefly remark, that the controversy was finally adjusted by the decree of the Council. 2ndly, That all, not only the Gentiles, but the abettors and masters of the former dissension, exper...
Great is the delectation thrilling all of the Gentile churches upon the reading of the decrees, corroborated by the faithful testimonies and fervent exhortations of Judas and Silas, thus abundantly co...
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...
− 31._They rejoiced over the consolation. _Seeing that the epistle is so short, and containeth nothing but a bare narration, what consolation could they have by it? But we must note, that there was no...
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...
WHICH WHEN THEY HAD READ,.... That is, when the brethren of the church at Antioch had read the letter delivered to them; for not Paul and Barnabas, or Judas and Silas, who were sent with it, read it,...
_Which_ when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. Ver. 31. _They rejoiced for the consolation_] How should we rejoice in Christ our Saviour, who bare our sins, &c., and freed us from the...
_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...
THEY REJOICED FOR THE CONSOLATION; which the letter contained. A right understanding of the will of God and a disposition to follow it, give great joy to his people. It is a powerful means of extendin...
The delegates in Antioch:...
WHICH WHEN THEY HAD READ, THEY REJOICED FOR THE CONSOLATION....
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,...
WHEN THEY HAD READ IT, THEY REJOICED OVER ITS ENCOURAGEMENT. 1. The church heard the decision - the agreed. They rejoiced. 2. The problem was resolved. The issue was over. 3. Well, not quite. For th...
CONSOLATION: Or, exhortation...
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...
It could not but much rejoice the Gentile believers, that they were exempted from circumcision, and the ceremonial law. And it gladdened the believing Jews also, that the controversy was determined, a...
Acts 15:31 When G1161 read G314 (G5631) rejoiced G5463 (G5644) over G1909 encouragement G3874 they rejoiced -...
‘And when they had read it, they rejoiced for the consolation.' The contents of the letter came as a great strengthening and encouragement to the church at Antioch, and it resulted in great rejoicing...
THE VIEW OF THE APOSTLES AND THE JERUSALEM CHURCH IS RELAYED TO SYRIAN ANTIOCH (15:22-35)....
Acts 15:31. WHICH WHEN THEY HAD READ, THEY REJOICED FOR THE CONSOLATION. The consolation over which they rejoiced was not merely that a dispute which threatened such grave consequences was so happily...
WHEN THEY HAD READ IT (αναγνοντες). Second aorist active participle of αναγινωσκω. Public reading, of course, to the church.THEY REJOICED (εχαρησαν). Second aorist (ingressive) passive indicative...
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...
_For it seemed good unto the Holy Ghost and to us._ THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH Here we have-- I. The spirit guiding the church. 1. This was in accordance with the Saviour’s promise. 2. This wa...
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,...
Acts 15:1; Acts 15:10; Acts 16:5; Galatians 2:4; Galatians 2:5;...
Consolation. See on Acts 9:31....