Acts 15:4 avpo,
The more Semitic avpo, of agent (B C 36a 94 307 326 431 1175), a construction that appears elsewhere in Acts (e.g. Acts 2:22; Acts 15:33; Acts 20:9), was replaced (perhaps under the influence of ver. Acts 15:3) by the more classical u`po, (î74 a A D E H L P most minuscules).
Verse Acts 15:4. _THEY WERE RECEIVED OF THE CHURCH_] The whole body of Christian believers. _THE APOSTLES_] Either the whole or part of the _twelve_; though we read of none but _John, Peter_, and _Ja...
THEY WERE RECEIVED OF THE CHURCH - By the church, in a hospitable and friendly manner. They were acknowledged as Christian brethren, and received with Christian kindness. See Galatians 2:9. AND THEY D...
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...
THE QUESTION OF CIRCUMCISION AT ANTIOCH AND AT JERUSALEM. IF. THE CUSTOM OF MOSES (_cf. Acts 6:14_) is the law of Moses as practised. Circumcision was no doubt the most important question to be settle...
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...
Some men came down from Judaea and tried to teach the brethren, "If you are not circumcised according to the practice of Moses you cannot be saved." When Paul and Barnabas had a great dispute and argu...
COME. This was Paul's third visit. Not by revelation. No Divine action. RECEIVED. Greek. _apodechomai._ See note on Acts 2:41. OF. by. Greek. _hupo._ App-104. DECLARED. - related. Greek. _anangello...
_they were received of the church_ "The church" is perhaps named first because there would on such a visit be an assembly of the whole Christian body to hear the story of the missionary labours of Pau...
Acts 15:1. At Antioch some maintain that Gentile converts must be circumcised. A Mission to Jerusalem about the question. Reception of those who were sent The history now approaches that subject of c...
Acts 15:1-5. AT ANTIOCH SOME MAINTAIN THAT GENTILE CONVERTS MUST BE CIRCUMCISED. A MISSION TO JERUSALEM ABOUT THE QUESTION. RECEPTION OF THOSE WHO WERE SENT The history now approaches that subject of...
ΠΑΡΕΔΈΧΘΗΣΑΝ ὙΠῸ ΤΗ͂Σ ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΣ, _they were received by the Church_. The ἐκκλησία is perhaps named first because there would on such a visit be an assembly of the whole Christian body to hear the stor...
_A CONTROVERSY OVER "LAW KEEPING” ACTS 15:1-5:_ Some people came from Judea to Antioch and started teaching the Gentile Christians that they could not be saved unless they were circumcised as Moses ha...
ΠΑΡΑΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΠΑΡΑΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G3854) прибывать, ΠΑΡΕΔΈΧΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΠΑΡΑΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ (G3858) принимать, приветствовать, ΆΝΉΓΓΕΙΛΑVAOR. _ind. act. от_ ΑΝΑΓΓΈ...
4. After a pleasant journey among rejoicing Churches, they reached Jerusalem. (4) "_And when they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the Church, and by the apostles and elders, and they decla...
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO JERUSALE...
21 The report in Antioch that God _ had opened the door of faith to the nations _ sums up Paul's first missionary journey. This is given out as something new, unknown before. It is evident that Antioc...
15:4 received (a-8) 'Received gladly,' or 'with welcome.' see Luke 8:40 ....
Even at Jerusalem the officials of the church, and its members as a whole, were favourably disposed towards St. Paul. The Judaisers were in a minority....
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...
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...
THEY WERE RECEIVED OF THE CHURCH, AND OF THE APOSTLES AND ELDERS. — The words imply a general gathering of the Church, members of different synagogues coining together, with the elders who presided ov...
_Council at Jerusalem_. παραγεν., Lucan, see above on Acts 5:21. ἀπεδέχθησαν if we read παρεδέχ., _cf._ 2Ma 4:22 (but see Hatch and Redpath); with the idea of receiving with welcome, _cf._ Mark 4:20;...
ONE WAY OF SALVATION FOR ALL Acts 15:1-11 Paul and Barnabas were quietly resting in Antioch after their arduous toils, when these persons from Jerusalem stealthily commenced to undermine their influe...
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...
A Great Multitude In Iconium Believed When Paul and Barnabas arrived in Iconium, they immediately went to the synagogue and seized upon an opportunity to preach. Though no record is left of their exac...
The Teachings of Certain Men The teachings of certain men, who were apparently Pharisees in close association with James, caused a great uproar in the Gentile churches. They were saying that submissio...
Peter certifies before the council that this question had been settled by the heavenly vision at Joppa and the descension of the Holy Ghost on the Gentiles at Caesarea, seven years ago, none of whom h...
And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. (2) When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small diss...
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...
− 4._They were received of the Church. _By this word _Church _he meaneth the multitude itself and the whole body; that done, he assigneth a peculiar place to the apostles and elders, by whom Paul and...
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...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO JERUSALEM,.... Paul and Barnabas, and the rest that came from Antioch with them: THEY WERE RECEIVED OF THE CHURCH; that is, that was at Jerusalem, in a very kind and respec...
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and _of_ the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. Ver. 4. _They were received of the...
_And being brought on their way by the church_ That is, by several of its members; _they passed through Phenice and Samaria_ Which lay in their way; _declaring_ To their fellow-Christians, whom they m...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO JERUSALEM, THEY WERE RECEIVED OF THE CHURCH, AND OF THE APOSTLES AND ELDERS, AND THEY DECLARED ALL THINGS THAT GOD HAD DONE WITH THEM. The Christian congregations of Palesti...
THE CONVENTION AT JERUSALEM. The question about circumcision:...
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,...
AND WHEN THEY HAD COME TO JERUSALEM, THEY WERE RECEIVED BY THE CHURCH AND THE APOSTLES AND THE ELDERS; AND THEY REPORTED ALL THINGS THAT GOD HAD DONE WITH THEM. 1. They arrived in Jerusalem and were...
"Arrived in Jerusalem": The journey from Antioch to Jerusalem was about 300 miles. This was his third visit to Jerusalem since his conversion (Acts 9:26; Acts 11:30). "They were received by the church...
1-6 Some from Judea taught the Gentile converts at Antioch, that they could not be saved, unless they observed the whole ceremonial law as given by Moses; and thus they sought to destroy Christian li...
THEY WERE RECEIVED OF THE CHURCH; they were owned with respect and thankfulness, for their great work and labour in the Lord's vineyard. ALL THINGS THAT GOD HAD DONE WITH THEM: see ACTS 14:27....
4. After a pleasant journey among rejoicing Churches, they reached Jerusalem. (4) "_ And when they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the Church, and by the apostles and elders, and they decl...
Acts 15:4 And G1161 come G3854 (G5637) to G1519 Jerusalem G2419 received G588 (G5681) by G5259 church...
THE RESPONSE OF THE APOSTLES AND THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM (15:4-21). ‘And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all thi...
Acts 15:4. AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO JERUSALEM, THEY WERE RECEIVED OF THE CHURCH, AND OF THE APOSTLES AND ELDERS. The word translated here ‘were received,' implies a cordial reception on the part of...
WERE RECEIVED (παρεδεχθησαν). First aorist passive indicative of παραδεχομα, old verb, to receive, to welcome. Here it was a public reception for Paul and Barnabas provided by the whole church inclu...
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...
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...
THEY WERE SENT ON THEIR WAY BY THE CHURCH. This was an official mission. _Johnson_ thinks a special escort of church-members went along with them to Jerusalem. They visited the churches in Phoenicia a...
_They therefore, being brought on their way._ WORKING ON THE ROAD 1. For a little time the noise of controversy ceases. Paul and Barnabas might have taken a much shorter way to Jerusalem; but Paul, l...
_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...
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...
_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. N...
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...
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,...
1 Corinthians 15:10; 2 Corinthians 5:19; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 2 John 1:10;...
Were received [π ρ ο π ε μ φ θ ε ν τ ε ς]. The word implies a cordial welcome, which they were not altogether sure of receiving....
They were received — That is solemnly welcomed....