Acts 15:38 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 15:38

But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

KJV

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Commentary on Acts (735)

But Paul insisted that he should not be received. Because, standing on the very forefront of the line, he had stood too tepidly, and rightly, Paul rejected him, lest others be corrupted by his influence as though it were contagion.

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The Church Fathers1 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 Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

But Paul thought not good - Did not think it proper. Because he could not confide in his perseverance with them in the toils and perils of their journey. Who departed from them ... - Act 13:13. Why he did this is not known. It was evidently, however, for some cause which Paul did not consider satisfactory, and which, in his view, disqualified him from being their attendant again. To the work - Of preaching the gospel.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But Paul thought not good to take him with them who departed from them--that is, who had departed; but the word is stronger than this--"who stood aloof" or "turned away" from them. from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work--the work yet before them. The allusion is to what is recorded in Ac 13:13 (see on Ac 13:13).

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Παῦλος	Paulos	Paul	G3972 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἠξίου	ēxiou	was considering	G515 →
τὸν	ton	the [one]	G3588 →
ἀποστάντα	apostanta	having withdrawn	G868 →
ἀπ᾽	ap᾽	from	G575 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
Παμφυλίας	Pamphulias	Pamphylia	G3828 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
συνελθόντα	sunelthonta	having gone with	G4905 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	them	G846 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἔργον	ergon	work	G2041 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
συμπαραλαμβάνειν	sumparalambanein	to take along	G4838 →
τοῦτον.¶	touton	him.	G3778 →

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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.

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James 1:8
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
leads to
- 1 Kings 18:21
  Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did…
- Matthew 6:24
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- James 4:8
  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Isaiah 29:13
  Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
- 2 Peter 2:14
  Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
Through
Psalms 78:9
The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 31:1
  Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- Deuteronomy 1:41–44
  “We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it…
Through
Proverbs 25:19
Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
leads to
- Isaiah 36:6
  Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust…