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Acts 15:35

in Acts 15

But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But Paul and Barnabas tarried in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

KJV

Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

This verse in Acts 15

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Acts · Written before 735.

Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch. In those days, what the apostle Paul said was fulfilled: When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face (Galatians 2).

This site's exposition

pleased Silas to abide there still

on Acts 15:34-35

Verse 34, which says Silas decided to stay at Antioch, is absent from the oldest manuscripts and present in the received text. It was likely supplied to explain how Silas is at Antioch when Paul chooses him at verse 40.

This site's exposition

teaching and preaching the word of the Lord

Lightfoot places Peter's visit to Antioch at Galatians 2:11 to 14 in this season, when even Barnabas was drawn away from eating with Gentile brothers. Some readers find that strain behind the sharp parting of Paul and Barnabas at verse 39.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 34 · Written before 407.

proposed

"Teaching and preaching the word of the Lord." They did not simply tarry in Antioch, but taught. What did they "teach," and what "preach" (evangelize)? They both (taught) those that were already believers, and (evangelized) those that were not yet such.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

proposed

Paul and Barnabas abode in Antioch - And it was during this time that Peter came down from Jerusalem, and that St. Paul withstood him to the face, for separating himself from the Gentiles, Gal. ii, 11, &c.
Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch,.... As well as Silas: teaching and preaching the word of the Lord; the Gospel of Christ; not the word of men, but the word of the Lord, of which he is both the author and subject: this they preached in season, and out of season, with power, purity, plainness, and faithfulness.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Paul also, and Barnabas, continued in Antioch - How long a time is unknown. It is probable that at this time the unhappy incident occurred between Paul and Peter which is recorded in Gal 2:11-14.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Paul . . . and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching--to the disciples. and preaching--to those without. the word of the Lord, with many others--other laborers. also--How rich must Antioch at this time have been in the ministrations of the Gospel!

The words behind it

18 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Colossians 1:28

    We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 5:27

      and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

    • Jeremiah 3:15

      Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

    • Ephesians 4:11–13

      And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

  • Through

    2 Timothy 4:2

    Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.

    it leads to

    • 1 Thessalonians 5:14

      And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

    • 1 Timothy 4:15–16

      Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

    • Revelation 3:19

      Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

    • Titus 2:15

      Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

    • 1 Timothy 4:13

      Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.

Where this verse is studied

About Acts

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Acts; J. B. Lightfoot, Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 34; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and W. M. Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen.