CHAPTER 15 THE FIRST CHRISTIAN COUNCIL; OR, THE TERMS OF CHURCH MEMBERSHIP FOR THE GENTILES DEFINITELY SETTLED § 1. Judaising Teachers at Antioch; or, the Circumcision Controversy Raised (Acts 15:1). § 2. The Council at Jerusalem; or, the Controversy Settled (Acts 15:6). § 3. The Apostolic Let... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 15:1_ Judaising Teachers at Antioch; or, the Circumcision Controversy Raised I. THE JUDAISING TEACHERS AND THEIR DOCTRINE.— 1. _The teachers._ Certain men from Judæa. Not those who afterwards came from James (Galatians 2:12), but those who were brought in unawares (Ga... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 15:6_ The Council at Jerusalem; or, the Circumcision Controversy Settled I. THE COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL.— 1. The _apostles_. The twelve; Paul not yet included in their number. These, as having been chosen by Christ, were naturally regarded as the heads of the Chri... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 15:22_ The Letter from the Church at Jerusalem; or, the Publication of the Settlement I. THE RESOLUTION OF THE CHURCH.— 1. _To prepare an encyclical letter_, to be sent round the Gentile Churches. This suggestion, made by James (Acts 15:20), was formally adopted by t... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 15:36. SOME DAYS (as in Acts 16:12; compare ἡμέραι ἱκαναί, Acts 9:23) might be weeks or months. AFTER.—Subsequent to the departure of Judas or Judas and Silas from Antioch. In VISIT OUR BRETHREN substitute _the_ for “our.” HOW THEY DO?—_I.e., how they fare,_ spiritually. The... [ Continue Reading ]