“ Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. ”
Notwithstanding ... - This whole verse is missing in many mss.; in the Syriac, Arabic, and Coptic versions; and is regarded as spurious by Mill, Griesbach, and by other critics. It was probably i...
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...
This verse is omitted by all the texts. The Revised Version puts it in the margin.
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. Notwithstanding it pleased Silas, etc. - This whole verse is wanting in ABEG, a great number besides, with the Syriac, Arabic, Coptic, Slavonic,...
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. [Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.] The evidence against the genuineness of this verse is decisive [it is wanting i...
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...
“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...
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still ,.... Though he had leave to go, and was actually dismissed with Judas; and doubtless intended to have gone with him, but for some reason or ano...
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. Ver. 34. To abide there still ] Upon second thoughts, after he had leave to depart, he stayed there a while longer. This Silas is thought to...
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...
Though, having performed his message, he was discharged, and might have returned; yet, for the further benefit of that church, he continued at Antioch.
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...
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:
1 Corinthians 16:12 ; Acts 11:25 ; Acts 11:26 ; Acts 18:27