“ Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: ”
Then departed ... - Why Barnabas sought Saul is not known. It is probable, however, that it was owing to the remarkable success which he had in Antioch. There was a great revival of religion, and...
(6) Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: (6) There was no contention amongst the apostles, either with regard to usurping, or with regard to holding places of degree.
Another Account of the Early Gentile Mission. Antioch. This connects with Acts 8:2 . It was the Hellenists at Jerusalem, whose mouthpiece Stephen was, who were driven away at his death. There, the...
for to seek . Literally to seek up and down. Greek. anazeteo. Here, Luke 2:44 .
25. Barnabas’ simplicity is commended to us now the second time, that whereas he might have borne the chiefest swing at Antioch, yet went he into Cilicia that he might fet [fetch] Paul thence,...
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: To Tarsus, for to seek Saul - The persecution raised against him obliged him to take refuge in his own city, where, as a Roman citizen, his person...
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: Then departed Barnabas (or, 'departed he,' according to the better reading), to Tarsus - a short run by sea from Seleucia, which he would p...
The First Gentile Church 1-18. The baptism of Cornelius discussed and approved at Jerusalem. Those Christians who maintained the need of observing the Ceremonial Law did not attack the baptism its...
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus. — The act is every way significant. It indicates the assurance that Saul would approve of the work which had been going on at Antioch, and the confident belief tha...
Knitting Together the Church Acts 11:19-30 The development of God's plan is still further disclosed in the events recorded in this section, which describe the same phenomenon of Gentile convers...
It is very interesting to note how slowly the prejudices of the Hebrew Christians gave way, and yet how amenable they were to the evidences as they appeared. The apostles and the brethren at Jerusale...
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: (26) And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and...
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus ,.... "In Cilicia" to seek Saul; who had been sent thither by the brethren that he might escape the rage of the Grecians, who sought to slay him, Acts 9:29 .
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: Ver. 25. Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus for to seek Saul ] Not fearing to be outshined by him, who was now grown an admirable preacher, and a...
Then departed Barnabas Namely, after some abode at Antioch, perceiving, probably, that he wanted an assistant in his labours; to Tarsus, to seek Saul Whose departure thither was mentioned, chap....
News of Peter's carrying the gospel to Gentiles had preceded him to Jerusalem. When he arrived there, therefore, he was faced by those who were specially zealous of the law, and who spoke accusingly...
The Gospel Preached at Antioch; Success of the Gospel at Antioch; Barnabas at Antioch. 19 Now they which were scattered abroad u...
Saul, or Paul, being Barnabas's friend and acquaintance, whom Barnabas had brought to the knowledge of the apostles, Acts 9:27 ; he goes now to seek him, that they might advise and strengthen on...
Continued Expansion And God's New Work Among the Greeks (11:19-26). Meanwhile the work of God has been going on through many unnamed and unsung heroes, and a number of those who had been scattered...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 11:19 . Upon the persecution. —Or, tribulation, ἀπὸ πῆς θλίψεως: better, from (as an effect of) the persecution, that arose about Stephen, ἐπὶ Στεφάνῳ— i.e., on acc...
Acts 11:19-26 The Church at Antioch. I. This church was established by lay agency. II. It was a church established among the Gentiles. The text marks a new epoch in the history of the kingdom of...
Acts 11:2 . They of the circumcision contended with him. Those who were zealous of the law, apprehending that Christ and his grace had only been promised and confined to themselves, the call and c...
Then tidings of these things came to the ears of the Church,…and they sent forth Barnabas. A St. Barnabas the need of the hour You know the strain and the stress of the situation recorded in my...
EXPOSITION Acts 11:1 Now for and , A.V.; the brethren for brethren, A.V.; also had for had also , A.V, We can imagine how rapidly the news of the great revolution would travel t...
Barnabas in Antioch and Tarsus:
Acts 21:39 ; Acts 9:11 ; Acts 9:27 ; Acts 9:30