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Verse Acts 11:24. _FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN_] Here is a proper character
of a minister of the Gospel.
1. _He is a good man_: his _bad heart_ is changed; his _evil_
_dispositions_ rooted out; and the min...
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FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN - This is given as a reason why he was so
eminently successful. It is not said that he was a man of
distinguished talents or learning; that he was a splendid or an
imposing preac...
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CHAPTER 11
_ 1. Peter's Defense in Jerusalem (Acts 11:1)._
2. The Beginning of the Church in Antioch (Acts 11:19).
3. Barnabas sent to Antioch (Acts 11:22).
4. The Prophecy of Agabus ...
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ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY GENTILE MISSION. ANTIOCH. This connects
with Acts 8:2. It was the Hellenists at Jerusalem, whose mouthpiece
Stephen was, who were driven away at his death. There, they wer...
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PETER ON HIS DEFENCE (Acts 11:1-10)...
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News of this and of what they were doing came to the ears of the
church in Jerusalem. So they sent Barnabas out as far as Antioch. When
he came and saw the grace of God he was glad and he exhorted the...
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FAITH. App-150.
PEOPLE. Greek. _ochlos._ Literally crowd....
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_full of the Holy Ghost and of faith_ The same character is given to
Stephen (Acts 6:5), and a man of like character with that most eminent
among the Greek-Jews would exert much influence in Antioch,...
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ΠΛΉΡΗΣ ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΟΣ ἉΓΊΟΥ ΚΑῚ ΠΊΣΤΕΩΣ,
_full of the Holy Ghost and faith_. The same description is given of
Stephen (Acts 6:5), and a man of like character with that most eminent
among the Greek-Jews wou...
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FURTHER SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL AS FAR AS ANTIOCH...
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_BARNABAS WAS SENT BY THE CHURCH TO ANTIOCH ACTS 11:22-26:_ The news
of what was happening in Antioch reached the church in Jerusalem.
Barnabas was sent by the Jerusalem church to look into the work a...
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ΠΡΟΣΕΤΈΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΠΡΟΣΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G4369)
добавлять к чему-л. Богословский _pass._,
означающий, что действие выполнил Бог....
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THE GRACE OF GOD,— The happy effects of the divine goodness, in
taking such a number of uncircumcised Gentiles into the Christian
church. Barnabas, like a true _son of exhortation,_ exhorted them to
p...
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THE EARLY LABORS OF BARNABAS AND SAUL.
Acts 11:22, Acts 12:25
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IN JERUSALEM. Acts 11:22.
Acts 11:22
And the report concerni
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See notes one verse 22...
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For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and
much people was added unto the Lord.
FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN, AND FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND OF FAITH. The
sense of "good" here is...
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4 So important is this new departure that Peter's rehearsal before his
indignant brethren is given in full, for it removes the great obstacle
which lay in the way of the further spread of the evangel....
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THE FIRST GENTILE CHURCH
1-18. The baptism of Cornelius discussed and approved at Jerusalem.
Those Christians who maintained the need of observing the Ceremonial
Law did not attack the baptism itself...
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THE CHURCH IN ANTIOCH, 35-47 A.D. (ACTS 11:19 TO ACTS 13:3)
19-26. Extension of the Church to Antioch. Admission of Gentile
members. Antioch in N. Syria ranked next to Alexandria, as the third
city in...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 11
PETER’S REPORT TO THE *CHURCH IN *JERUSALEM, 11:1-18
V1 The *apostles and the *believers in *Judea heard that the
*Gentiles also had receive...
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FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN. — Words of praise of this kind are
comparatively rare in this history, and we may, perhaps, think of them
here as expressing St. Luke’s personal estimate of the character of
the...
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Further spread of the Gosael to Antioch....
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KNITTING TOGETHER THE CHURCH
Acts 11:19-30
The development of God's plan is still further disclosed in the events
recorded in this section, which describe the same phenomenon of
Gentile conversion, b...
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It is very interesting to note how slowly the prejudices of the Hebrew
Christians gave way, and yet how amenable they were to the evidences
as they appeared. The apostles and the brethren at Jerusalem...
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Barnabas Goes to Antioch to Encourage Young Converts
Ash reports that Antioch was the world's third largest city at that
time, trailing only Rome and Alexandria. Luke reported that those
scattered by...
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Multitude was added, as before, (chap. x.) a few were added to the
visible Church. Ever since Christ's ascension, this Church has been
notoriously seen. Of her ministers, their preaching has been open...
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_“Because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and
faith.”_ Here we see confirmed the significant fact that the
apostles and primitive saints all recognized the Holy Ghost as the
sovereign Ar...
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THE GENTILE GOSPEL PREACHED IN PHOENICIA, CILICIA AND SYRIA BEFORE
PETER PREACHED IT AT THE HOUSE OF CORNELIUS
19-24. While the above is true, yet it was necessary for Peter,
responsive to his heavenl...
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Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose
about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch,
preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. (20) And so...
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We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of
the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the
manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in
var...
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_CHARACTERISTICS OF ST. BARNABAS_
‘He was a good man, and full of the holy Ghost and of faith.’
Acts 11:24
No better man could be sent to Antioch to ascertain the truth or
otherwise of what the Apo...
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24._For he was a good man. _Barnabas is commended with the
commendation of the Holy Ghost; yet we must know that there was
respect had not so much of him as of us. For all those are condemned
of ungod...
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Acts 11:19 begins the narration of the new order of things by which
the ministry of Paul is distinguished. Among those who were scattered
abroad on the occasion of Stephen's death, and who went as far...
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FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN,.... He had the grace of God wrought in his
soul, and did good works; he was very kind, and generous, and
charitable; he sold what land he had, and gave the money to the
apostles...
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For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and
much people was added unto the Lord.
Ver. 24. _For he was a good man_] Few exist today.
" _Rari quippe boni-_
Iam nec Brutus erit...
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_Then tidings of these things came to the church at Jerusalem_ And, as
they had lately seen a way opened for the conversion of the Gentiles,
they received information of this further progress of the g...
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Though it is the power of God which makes the gospel the means of
salvation, yet goodness, faith, and fidelity are no less needful in
ministers, than if they were to be the sole cause of their success...
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News of Peter's carrying the gospel to Gentiles had preceded him to
Jerusalem. When he arrived there, therefore, he was faced by those who
were specially zealous of the law, and who spoke accusingly o...
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FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND OF FAITH. AND A
GREAT MANY PEOPLE WERE ADDED TO THE LORD.
1. Many more were added to the Lord - They were saved (Acts 2:47) and
as they were being w...
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17 IF THEREFORE GOD GAVE THEM THE SAME GIFT AS _HE GAVE_ US WHEN WE
BELIEVED ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS I THAT I COULD WITHSTAND
GOD? "
1. What was similar to Pentecost?
1. Cornelius was...
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"for he was. good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and
much people was added unto the Lord"For he was. good man" This is one
of the reasons the apostles had selected him to help the conv...
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19-24 The first preachers of the gospel at Antioch, were dispersed
from Jerusalem by persecution; thus what was meant to hurt the church,
was made to work for its good. The wrath of man is made to pr...
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Barnabas is here described to be beyond what the Jews called a
righteous man, who would say to his neighbour, That which is yours is
yours, and that which is mine is mine; meaning such as would do no...
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Acts 11:24 For G3754 was G2258 (G5713) good G18 man G435 G2532 full
G4134 Holy G40 Spirit G
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CONTINUED EXPANSION AND GOD'S NEW WORK AMONG THE GREEKS (11:19-26).
Meanwhile the work of God has been going on through many unnamed and
unsung heroes, and a number of those who had been scattered as...
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‘For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith,
and much people was added to the Lord.'
No greater accolade could have been paid to Barnabas than this, that
he was a good man, and th...
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Acts 11:24. FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN. We ask here for the precise meaning
of the word ‘good,' and also why the particle ‘for' is prefixed to
the statement. The word ‘good' does not mean merely that Barna...
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FOR
(οτ). Because. This is the explanation of the conduct of Barnabas.
The facts were opposed to the natural prejudices of a Jew like
Barnabas, but he rose above such racial narrowness. He was a rea...
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Acts 11:19
The Church at Antioch.
I. This church was established by lay agency.
II. It was a church established among the Gentiles. The text marks a
new epoch in the history of the kingdom of God Je...
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Acts 11:24
Consistency of Human and Divine Affections.
I. There is no hint given that Barnabas acted otherwise than well and
wisely in the course he pursued with reference to John Mark. He is
declare...
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CONTENTS: Peter vindicates his ministry to the Gentiles. Name
«Christians» first applied at Antioch.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Spirit, Peter, angel, John, Stephen, Barnabas,
Saul, Agabus, Caesar.
CONCLUSIO...
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Acts 11:2. _They of the circumcision contended with him._ Those who
were zealous of the law, apprehending that Christ and his grace had
only been promised and confined to themselves, the call and conv...
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SO THEY SENT BARNABAS TO ANTIOCH. Barnabas was a "Greek-speaking Jew"
(Acts 4:36), who was the friend of another "Greek-speaking Jew" named
Paul (Acts 9:27). He was sent to _evaluate_ what was happeni...
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_Then tidings of these things came to the ears of the Church,…and
they sent forth Barnabas._
A ST. BARNABAS THE NEED OF THE HOUR
You know the strain and the stress of the situation recorded in my
tex...
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_For he was a good man._
THE FEAST OF ST. BARNABAS THE APOSTLE: TOLERANCE OF RELIGIOUS ERROR
The text says that “he was a good man, full of the Holy Ghost and of
faith.” This praise of goodness is ex...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 11:19 With the establishing of a church at Antioch
and its outreach to Gentiles, the focus in Acts 1:1 shifts from
Jerusalem to Antioch....
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 11:19. UPON THE PERSECUTION.—Or, _tribulation,_ ἀπὸ
πῆς θλίψεως: better, _from_ (as an effect of) _the
persecution,_ THAT AROSE ABOUT STEPHEN, ἐπὶ
Στεφάνῳ—_i.e., on account of,...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 11:1
_Now_ for _and_, A.V.; _the_ _brethren _for brethren, A.V.; _also had_
for _had also_, A.V, We can imagine how rapidly the news of the great
revolution would travel to the metrop...
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And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the
Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter was come
back to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision had a fight wi...
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2 Samuel 18:27; Acts 24:16; Acts 6:3; Acts 6:5; Acts 6:8;...
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Good [α γ α θ ο ς]. More than strictly upright. Compare Romans
5:7, where it is distinguished from dikaiov, just or righteous. "His
benevolence effectually prevented him censuring anything that might...