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Verse Acts 15:27. _JUDAS AND SILAS - SHALL - TELL_ YOU _THE SAME
THINGS_] These were proofs that the testimony of Paul and Barnabas was
true; and that the letter was not _forged_, as they could witnes...
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THE SAME THINGS - The same things that we wrote to you They will
confirm all by their own statements....
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CHAPTER 15
_ 1. The false teachers from Judea. Paul and Barnabas sent to
Jerusalem (Acts 15:1)._
2. The Council in Jerusalem (Acts 15:6).
3. The Result made known (Acts 15:22).
4. The Consolation b...
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THE LETTER IS SENT. The apostles and elders have never in this chapter
acted alone (see Acts 15:6); the action is that of the whole Church.
Silas does not stand for Silvanus, but is a Semitic name, th...
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THE CRUCIAL PROBLEM (Acts 15:1-5)
The influx of Gentiles into the Church produced a problem which had
to be solved. The mental background of the Jew was founded on the fact
that he belonged to the ch...
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Then the apostles and the elders together with the whole Church took a
decision to choose men from their number and to send them to Antioch
with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas who is called Barsa...
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HAVE SENT. Greek. _apostello._ App-174.
WHO SHALL ALSO TELL. Literally themselves also telling. See note on
Acts 12:14.
MOUTH. word (of mouth). Gr _. logos._ App-121....
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_by mouth_ The Greek has _by word_. Our modern phrase com bines the
two, _by word of mouth_, and is given in _R. V._...
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ΔΙᾺ ΛΌΓΟΥ, _by word_, i.e. by word of mouth.
ἈΠΑΓΓΈΛΛΟΝΤΑΣ, _announcing_. The present tense is
however equivalent to a future. ‘We have sent them announcing,’
i.e. as announcers, as persons to announ...
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ANSWER AND DEPUTATION SENT FROM JERUSALEM. THE LETTER OF THE SYNOD TO
THE CHRISTIANS OF ANTIOCH...
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_A LETTER TO THE GENTILES ACTS 15:22-35:_ The brethren were in
agreement concerning the letter. The letter was written and sent to
Antioch by the hands of Paul and Barnabas along with Silas and Judas....
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ΆΠΕΣΤΆΛΚΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΣΤΈΛΛΩ
(G649) посылать, посылать в качестве
официального представителя,
ΆΠΑΓΓΈΛΛΟΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΑΠΑΓΓΈΛΛΩ
(G518) сообщать. Part, может использоваться...
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THE ELDERS AND APOSTLES MEET TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE. Acts 15:6-29
a.
Peter's speech. Acts 15:6-11.
Acts 15:6
And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of
this matter....
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See notes on verse 22...
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We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the
same things by mouth.
WE HAVE SENT THEREFORE JUDAS AND SILAS, WHO SHALL ALSO TELL YOU THE
SAME THINGS BY MOUTH, [ dia (G1223) log...
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18 James does not refer to the report of Barnabas and Paul, when he
quotes Amo_9:11-12, but to Peter's address. The prophet, speaking of
the time when the kingdom will be set up, refers to those among...
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THE QUESTION OF CIRCUMCISION
1-35. The Council of Jerusalem, 49 a.d. The usual view is that
Galatians 2:1 describes the visit of St. Paul to Jerusalem on the
occasion of this Council. Adopting this, t...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 15
AN IMPORTANT MEETING IN *JERUSALEM, 15:1-21
V1 Some men came from *Judea to Antioch. They were teaching the
*believers like this. ‘You must...
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“CONFIRMING THE CHURCHES”
Acts 15:22-41
This letter was a noble document and fitted for its immediate purpose,
but it does not apply directly to us, as the circumstances which
called it forth have lo...
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In the work among Gentiles the question of circumcision very naturally
arose, and its difficulty is revealed in the calling of a council.
That council seems to have opened with much desultory discussi...
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A Letter for the Gentiles
The group decided to send Paul and Barnabas back to the Gentiles along
with some men closely associated with the apostles and elders in
Jerusalem. Judas Barsabas and Silas we...
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The decrees proposed by James, their presiding bishop, receive a
unanimous vote of the apostles, elders and brethren. In view of
securing for the decrees all possible endorsement and availability,
the...
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Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to
send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and
Barnabas: namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among
t...
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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Chapter 15 contains the account of this. Certain persons come from
Jerusalem, where all was still going on in connection with the
requirements of the law; and they seek to impose these requirements on...
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WE HAVE SENT THEREFORE JUDAS AND SILAS,.... The chosen men before
mentioned,
WHO SHALL ALSO TELL YOU THE SAME THINGS BY MOUTH; as are written in
these letters; which would both confirm and explain th...
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We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell _you_ the
same things by mouth.
Ver. 27. _We have sent Judas and Silas_] Men skilful in comforting
consciences and resolving cases, as Acts...
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_Forasmuch as we have heard_, &c. The simplicity, weightiness, and
conciseness of this letter, are highly observable; _that certain which
went out from us_ That is, pretending to be sent out by us; _h...
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WE HAVE SENT THEREFORE JUDAS AND SILAS, WHO SHALL ALSO TELL YOU THE
SAME THINGS BY MOUTH....
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The resolutions of the assembly:...
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However, here at Antioch a matter arose of deeply serious
significance, and it was clearly God's wisdom to have Paul and
Barnabas there at the time. Men from Judea, professing the knowledge
of Christ,...
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MEN WHO HAVE RISKED THEIR LIVES FOR THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
27 We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who will also report the
same things by word of mouth.
1. The letter will give you...
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Judas and Silas would also teach exactly the same thing as that taught
in Paul and Barnabas. Their presence, along with the letter, makes it
clear that the false teachers were teaching their own opini...
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22-35 Being warranted to declare themselves directed by the immediate
influence of the Holy Ghost, the apostles and disciples were assured
that it seemed good unto God the Holy Spirit, as well as to...
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They shall inform you of the truth of what is contained in this
epistle, that you may be more assured it is not forged or
counterfeited. Of these men, see ACTS 15:22....
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Acts 15:27 therefore G3767 sent G649 (G5758) Judas G2455 and G2532
Silas G4609 who G846 will G518 also...
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‘We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also will
tell you the same things by word of mouth.'
In order to ensure that there could be no doubt about the agreed
situation they were sendi...
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THE VIEW OF THE APOSTLES AND THE JERUSALEM CHURCH IS RELAYED TO SYRIAN
ANTIOCH (15:22-35)....
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Acts 15:27. WE HAVE SENT THEREFORE JUDAS AND SILAS. These two
well-known men, held in high honour by the Church, were to testify to
the genuineness of the letter; by this means the Antioch Christians...
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WHO THEMSELVES ALSO SHALL TELL YOU THE SAME THINGS BY WORD OF MOUTH
(κα αυτους δια λογου απαγγελλοντας τα
αυτα). Literally, "they themselves also by speech announcing the
same things." The present p...
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CONTENTS: The council at Jerusalem and the question of circumcision.
Paul's second missionary journey. Silas chosen.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Moses, Paul, Barnabas, apostles,
elders, Phar...
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Acts 15:1. _Certain men which came down from Judea._ Epiphanius says,
Cerinthus the heretic was one of the principals in this dissension.
But they were, no doubt, of the devil's sending, to disquiet t...
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TOGETHER WITH THE WHOLE CHURCH. The entire group of Christians were in
agreement about this. THEY CHOSE JUDAS. He was a prophet (Acts 15:32).
SILAS, He became Paul's associate (Acts 15:40). THEY SENT...
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_And they wrote letters._
THE APOSTOLIC LETTER
1. A model of brotherly love and Divine wisdom.
2. A pattern for the modern Church.
3. A great standing deliverance from all ceremonial and ritualist...
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_And after they had held their peace, James answered._
THE DECISION OF THE COUNCIL
This was a crisis in the history of the Church. The greatest disasters
might have befallen it at this critical time....
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_And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and
said, Except ye be circumcised … ye cannot be saved._
DISTURBERS OF THE CHURCH
I. Certain men came down from Judea.
1. Probably...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 15:1 The Jerusalem Council. A conference was held
in Jerusalem (c. A.D. 48 or 49) to discuss conditions for Gentile
membership in the church. The “Pharisaic” group in the Jerusalem
c...
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_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...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 15:1
_Came down … and taught _for _which came down_ …_ taught, _A.V.;
_saying _for _and said, _A.V._; custom _(ἔθος) for _manner,
_A.V. EXCEPT YE BE CIRCUMCISED, etc. The question t...
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And certain men which came down from Judea [to the church in Antioch]
taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the
manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved (Acts 15:1).
Unfortunately,...
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2 John 1:12; 3 John 1:13; Acts 15:22...
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Who will tell you the same things — Which we have written....