Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
Then all the multitude, [ pan (G3956 ) to (G3588 ) pleethos (G4128 )] kept silence, х esigeesen (G4601)]. As the same word in the next verse is used to signify that Barnabas and Paul 'ceased speaking,' it is not improbable that Peter's address gave rise to fresh discussion-in which case, as it was "the multitude" that ceased, we must infer that others besides "the apostles and elders" had been allowed to take part in the discussion. Be this as it may, the rising of Paul and Barnabas put an end to it.
And gave audience to Barnabas and Paul. Barnabas is here once more named first, as being much longer and better known in Jerusalem than the young apostle of the Gentiles.
Declaring what miracles (or 'signs') and wonders God had performed among the Gentiles by them.
This narrative, coming in immediately after Peter's account of the introduction of Cornelius and his party into the Church without circumcision, was plainly designed to show that God had acted on the same principle with them, throughout all their missionary labours, as he had done with Peter; the signs and wonders performed among the Gentiles through them having set the same divine seal on their proceedings, as the descent of the Spirit upon Cornelius and his friends had done upon those of Peter.