Acts 15:30

15:30 So when they were dismissed, ¹  they went down to Antioch, ²  and after gathering the entire group ³  together, they delivered the letter.

Acts 15:39

15:39 They had ⁴  a sharp disagreement, ⁵  so that they parted company. Barnabas took along ⁶  Mark and sailed away to Cyprus, ⁷ 

[15:30]  ¹ tn Or “sent away.”

[15:30]  ² sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).

[15:30]  ³ tn Or “congregation” (referring to the group of believers).

[15:39]  ⁴ tn Grk “There happened a sharp disagreement.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[15:39]  ⁵ tn BDAG 780 s.v. παροξυσμός 2 has “sharp disagreement” here; L&N 33.451 has “sharp argument, sharp difference of opinion.”

[15:39]  ⁶ tn Grk “taking along Mark sailed.” The participle παραλαβόντα (paralabonta) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[15:39]  ⁷ sn Cyprus is a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.