Acts 15:39 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 15:39

Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted asunder one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away unto Cyprus:

KJV

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

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Commentary

1 voice

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts (550)

"A sharp disagreement," he said, "arose," nor a love of conflict. Yet the sharp disagreement was such that it separated them from one another; and with the highest righteousness, which each considered to be beneficial, he later confirmed this by an act of sharing toward …

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And the contention was so sharp - The word used here παροξυσμός paroxusmos is that from which our word “paroxysm” is derived. It may denote “any excitement of mind,” and is used in a good sense in Heb 10:24. It here means, however, “a violent altercation” that resulted in their separation for a time, and in their engaging in different spheres of labor. And sailed into Cyprus - This was the native place of Barnabas. See the notes on Act 4:36.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

How watchful does all this teach Christians, and especially Christian ministers and missionaries, to be against giving way to rash judgment and hot temper towards each other, especially where on both sides the glory of Christ is the ground of difference! How possible is it that in such cases both parties may, on the question at issue, be more or less in the right!

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐγένετο	Egeneto	Arose	G1096 →
δὲ	de	therefore	G1161 →
παροξυσμός,	paroxusmos	a sharp disagreement,	G3948 →
ὥστε	hōste	so that	G5620 →
ἀποχωρισθῆναι	apochōristhēnai	separating	G673 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	they	G846 →
ἀπ᾽	ap᾽	from	G575 →
ἀλλήλων,	allēlōn	one another,	G240 →
τόν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
τε	te	and	G5037 →
Βαρναβᾶν	Barnaban	Barnabas	G921 →
παραλαβόντα	paralabonta	having taken	G3880 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Μᾶρκον	Markon	Mark	G3138 →
ἐκπλεῦσαι	ekpleusai	sailing	G1602 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Κύπρον.¶	Kupron	Cyprus.	G2954 →

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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
James 3:2
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
leads to
- James 1:26
  If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
- Proverbs 13:3
  He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
- 1 Peter 3:10
  For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
- Matthew 12:37
  For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
- Psalms 34:13
  Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
Through
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
leads to
- Romans 3:23
  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
- Isaiah 53:6
  We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- 1 John 1:8–10
  If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.