Act 15:36-41 - Commentary

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Text -- Acts 15:36-41 (NET)

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Paul and Barnabas Part Company

15:36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing.” 15:37 Barnabas wanted to bring John called Mark along with them too, 15:38 but Paul insisted that they should not take along this one who had left them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work. 15:39 They had a sharp disagreement, so that they parted company. Barnabas took along Mark and sailed away to Cyprus, 15:40 but Paul chose Silas and set out, commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers and sisters. 15:41 He passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

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Names, People and Places:

· Barnabas a man who was Paul's companion on several of his journeys

· Cilicia a region of SE Asia Minor

· Cyprus an island country located off the east coast of Cilicia in the Mediterranean,the island of Cyprus

· John a son of Zebedee; younger brother of James; the beloved disciple of Christ,a relative of Annas the high priest,a son of Mary the sister of Barnabas, and surnamed Mark,the father of Simon Peter

· Mark a nephew of Barnabas and companion of Paul; author of the Gospel of Mark

· Pamphylia a south coastal province of Asia Minor in what is now southern Turkey

· Paul a man from Tarsus who persecuted the church but became a missionary and writer of 13 Epistles

· Silas a man who went with Peter and Paul on separate missionary journeys

· Syria the country to the north of Palestine,a country of north western Mesopotamia

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NET Notes: Act 15:36 BDAG 422 s.v. ἔχω 10.b has “how they are” for this phrase.

NET Notes: Act 15:38 Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor. See Acts 13:13, where it was mentioned previously.

NET Notes: Act 15:39 Cyprus is a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.

NET Notes: Act 15:40 Grk “by the brothers.” Here it it is highly probable that the entire congregation is in view, not just men, so the translation “brot...

NET Notes: Act 15:41 Strengthening. See Acts 14:22; 15:32; 18:23.

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