Acts 15:37 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 15:37

Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Barnabas was minded to take with them John also, who was called Mark.

KJV

And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.

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Commentary

1 voice

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts (550)

John, called Mark, was accompanying them on the evangelic journey, from Palestine as far as Pamphylia. Then, finding the apostles' route too strenuous, and his spirit unbending toward those engaged in struggles, Mark, being a man given to exhaustion and not suited to so laborious …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And Barnabas determined - Greek: willed, or was disposed to (ἐβουλεύσαντο ebouleusanto). John ... - See the notes on Act 12:12. He had been with them before as a traveling companion, Act 12:25; Act 13:5. He was the son of a sister of Barnabas Col 4:10, and it is probable that Barnabas’ affection for his nephew was the main reason for inducing him to wish to take him with him in the journey.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Βαρναβᾶς	Barnabas	Barnabas	G921 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἐβούλετο	ebouleto	was planning	G1014 →
συμπαραλαβεῖν	sumparalabein	to take along	G4838 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰωάννην	Iōannēn	John	G2491 →
τὸν	ton	who	G3588 →
καλούμενον	kaloumenon	is being called	G2564 →
Μᾶρκον·	Markon	Mark;	G3138 →

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The walk

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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 12:25
When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
leads to
- Acts 12:12
  And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Colossians 4:10
My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
leads to
- Acts 19:29
  Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 15:37–39
  Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Acts 12:12
And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
leads to
- 1 John 5:14–15
  And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- Acts 12:5
  So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
Through
Philemon 1:24
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
leads to
- Colossians 4:14
  Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
- 2 Timothy 4:10–11
  because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
Through
Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.
leads to
- Acts 13:14
  And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.