Acts 15:41 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 15:41

And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

KJV

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

Before going to other cities, he visits those which had already received the word of God. We do the same: we first instruct the earliest people, so that they do not become an obstacle to the instruction of those who come after.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And he went through Syria and Cilicia,.... Antioch was the metropolis of the former, and Tarsus, the apostle's native place, was in the latter; and in both these countries he had been before, and had been the instrument of converting many souls, and of planting churches, which he now visited, as he proposed to Barnabas to do: for it follows, confirming the churches; in the Gospel, and the truths and ordinances of it, he had before instructed them in: of the church at Antioch; see Gill on Act 11:

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Syria and Cilicia - These were countries lying near to each other, which Paul, in company with Barnabas, had before visited. Confirming the churches - Strengthening them by instruction and exhortation. It has no reference to the rite of confirmation. See the notes on Act 14:22. In regard to this unhappy contention between Paul and Barnabas, and their separation from each other, we may make the following remarks: (1) That no apology or vindication of it is offered by the sacred writer. It was undoubtedly improper and evil.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διήρχετο	diērcheto	He was passing through	G1330 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
Συρίαν	Surian	Syria	G4947 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
Κιλικίαν	Kilikian	Cilicia	G2791 →
ἐπιστηρίζων	epistērizōn	strengthening	G1991 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
ἐκκλησίας.¶	ekklēsias	churches.	G1577 →

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 15:32
Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
leads to
- Acts 13:1
  Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 11:23
  When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
Through
Acts 6:9
But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,
leads to
- Acts 15:23
  and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Acts 15:23
and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
leads to
- Acts 23:26
  Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.
- James 1:1
  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
- Galatians 1:21
  Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
- Acts 15:22
  Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among…
Through
Galatians 1:21
Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
leads to
- Acts 6:9
  But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,