Acts 15:2 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 15:2

And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

KJV

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

No small dissension and disputation - Paul and Barnabas were fully satisfied that God did not design to bring the converted Gentiles under the yoke of circumcision: they knew that Jesus Christ was the end of the law for righteousness (justification) to every one that believed, and therefore they opposed the Judaizing teachers. This was one of the first controversies in the Christian Church; but, though the difference of sentiment was considerable, it led to no breach of Christian charity nor fellowship among themselves.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

As faithful servants of Christ, they would not see his truths betrayed. They knew that Christ came to free us from the yoke of the ceremonial law, and to take down that wall of partition between Jews and Gentiles and unite them both in himself; and therefore could not bear to hear of circumcising the Gentile converts, when their instructions were only to baptize them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He is not mentioned in the Acts, but only in Second Corinthians, Galatians, Second Timothy, and the Epistle addressed to him [ALFORD]. should go up to Jerusalem . . . about this question--That such a deputation should be formally despatched by the Church of Antioch was natural, as it might be called the mother church of Gentile Christianity.

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Original language & word study

35 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
γενομένης	genomenēs	When was hapening	G1096 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
στάσεως	staseōs	commotion	G4714 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ζητήσεως	zētēseōs	controversy	G2214 →
οὐκ	ouk	no	G3756 →
ὀλίγης	oligēs	small	G3641 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Παύλῳ	Paulō	by Paul	G3972 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Βαρναβᾷ	Barnaba	Barnabas	G921 →
πρὸς	pros	with	G4314 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
ἔταξαν	etaxan	they appointed	G5021 →
ἀναβαίνειν	anabainein	to go up	G305 →
Παῦλον	Paulon	Paul	G3972 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Βαρναβᾶν	Barnaban	Barnabas	G921 →
καί	kai	and	G2532 →
τινας	tinas	certain	G5100 →
ἄλλους	allous	others	G243 →
ἐξ	ex	out from	G1537 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ἀποστόλους	apostolous	apostles	G652 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πρεσβυτέρους	presbuterous	elders	G4245 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Ἰερουσαλὴμ	Ierousalēm	Jerusalem	G2419 →
περὶ	peri	about	G4012 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
ζητήματος	zētēmatos	question	G2213 →
τούτου.¶	toutou	this.	G3778 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 11:30
This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
leads to
- Acts 14:23
  Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
- Acts 12:25
  When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
- Titus 1:5
  The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
- James 5:14
  Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
- Acts 15:4
  On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
Through
Acts 15:4
On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
leads to
- Acts 15:12
  The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
- Acts 14:27
  When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
- Acts 15:3
  Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.