“ Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.b ”
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 Jewis...
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...
Which, &c . = And having read it. consolation . See Acts 4:36 ; Acts 13:15 .
− 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 the...
Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. 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 a...
Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation, х tee ( G3588 ) parakleesei ( G3874 )]. As the same word is...
The Question of Circumcision 1-35. The Council of Jerusalem, 49 a.d. The usual view is that Galatians 2:1-10 describes the visit of St. Paul to Jerusalem on the occasion of this Council. Adoptin...
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 aspe...
“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 h...
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 discuss...
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...
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 i...
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 f...
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 ha...
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...
Decision of the Council at Jerusalem; The Publication of the Decree. 22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole chu...
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,...
The View of the Apostles and The Jerusalem Church Is Relayed To Syrian Antioch (15:22-35).
HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS .— Acts 15:22-35 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 , t...
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 disquie...
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...
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. Th...
The delegates in Antioch:
Acts 15:1 ; Acts 15:10 ; Acts 16:5 ; Galatians 2:4 ; Galatians 2:5 ; Galatians 5:1 ; Philippians 3:3