Galatians 2:9

2:9 and when James, Cephas, ¹  and John, who had a reputation as ²  pillars, ³  recognized ⁴  the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me ⁵  the right hand of fellowship, agreeing ⁶  that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. ⁷ 

Acts 15:12

15:12 The whole group kept quiet ⁸  and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs ⁹  and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Acts 15:25-26

15:25 we have unanimously ¹⁰  decided ¹¹  to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul, 15:26 who ¹²  have risked their lives ¹³  for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁴ 

Acts 15:2

15:2 When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate ¹⁵  with them, the church ¹⁶  appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with ¹⁷  the apostles and elders in Jerusalem ¹⁸  about this point of disagreement. ¹⁹ 

Acts 3:15

3:15 You killed ²⁰  the Originator ²¹  of life, whom God raised ²²  from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses! ²³ 

[2:9]  ¹ sn Cephas. This individual is generally identified with the Apostle Peter (L&N 93.211).

[2:9]  ² tn Or “who were influential as,” or “who were reputed to be.” See also the note on the word “influential” in 2:6.

[2:9]  ³ sn Pillars is figurative here for those like James, Peter, and John who were leaders in the Jerusalem church.

[2:9]  ⁴ tn The participle γνόντες (gnontes) has been taken temporally. It is structurally parallel to the participle translated “when they saw” in v. 7.

[2:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “me and Barnabas.”

[2:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “so,” with the ἵνα (Jina) indicating the result of the “pillars” extending the “right hand of fellowship,” but the translation “they gave…the right hand of fellowship so that we would go” could be misunderstood as purpose here. The implication of the scene is that an agreement, outlined at the end of v. 10, was reached between Paul and Barnabas on the one hand and the “pillars” of the Jerusalem church on the other.

[2:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “to the circumcision,” a collective reference to the Jewish people.

[15:12]  ⁸ tn BDAG 922 s.v. σιγάω 1.a lists this passage under the meaning “say nothing, keep still, keep silent.”

[15:12]  ⁹ tn Here in connection with τέρατα (terata) the miraculous nature of these signs is indicated.

[15:25]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “having become of one mind, we have decided.” This has been translated “we have unanimously decided” to reduce the awkwardness in English.

[15:25]  ¹¹ tn BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.b.β lists this verse under the meaning “it seems best to me, I decide, I resolve.”

[15:26]  ¹² tn Grk “men who”; but this can be misleading because in English the referent could be understood to be the men sent along with Barnabas and Paul rather than Barnabas and Paul themselves. This option does not exist in the Greek original, however, since ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") is dative and must agree with “Barnabas and Paul,” while ἄνδρας (andra") is accusative. By omitting the word “men” from the translation here, it is clear in English that the phrase refers to the immediately preceding nouns “Barnabas and Paul.”

[15:26]  ¹³ tn Grk “who have risked their souls”; the equivalent English idiom is “risk one’s life.” The descriptions commend Barnabas and Paul as thoroughly trustworthy.

[15:26]  ¹⁴ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[15:2]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “no little argument and debate” (an idiom).

[15:2]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the church, or the rest of the believers at Antioch) has been specified to avoid confusion with the Judaizers mentioned in the preceding clause.

[15:2]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “go up to,” but in this context a meeting is implied.

[15:2]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:2]  ¹⁹ tn Or “point of controversy.” It is unclear whether this event parallels Gal 2:1-10 or that Gal 2 fits with Acts 11:30. More than likely Gal 2:1-10 is to be related to Acts 11:30.

[3:15]  ²⁰ tn Or “You put to death.”

[3:15]  ²¹ tn Or “Founder,” “founding Leader.”

[3:15]  ²² sn Whom God raised. God is the main actor here, as he testifies to Jesus and vindicates him.

[3:15]  ²³ tn Grk “whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.” The two consecutive relative clauses make for awkward English style, so the second was begun as a new sentence with the words “to this fact” supplied in place of the Greek relative pronoun to make a complete sentence in English.