Show Bible Commentary For A Bible Verse

Click here to show/hide instructions.

Selected Verse: Acts 15:23 - Strong Concordance

Verse         Translation Text
Ac 15:23 Strong Concordance And they wrote [1125] letters by [1223] them [5495] [846] after this manner [3592]; The apostles [652] and [2532] elders [4245] and [2532] brethren [80] send greeting [5463] unto the brethren [80] which [3588] are of [1537] the Gentiles [1484] in [2596] Antioch [490] and [2532] Syria [4947] and [2532] Cilicia [2791]:
  King James And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:

Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse

Open All | Close All Open All | Close All
 
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
And they wrote . . . by them--This is the first mention in the New Testament history of writing as an element in its development. And the combination here of written and oral transmission of an important decision reminds us of the first occasion of writing mentioned in the Old Testament, where a similar combination occurs (Exo 17:14). But whereas there it is the deep difference between Israel and the Gentiles which is proclaimed, here it is the obliteration of that difference through faith in the Lord Jesus [BAUMGARTEN].

greeting--The only other place in the New Testament where this word occurs (except in the letter of Lysias, Act 23:26) is Jam 1:1, which seems to show that both letters were drawn up by the same hand [BENGEL].

the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia--showing that churches then existed in Cilicia as well as Syria, which owed their existence, in all likelihood, to Paul's labors during the interval between his return to Tarsus (Act 9:30) and his departure in company with Barnabas for Antioch (see on Act 11:25).
 
Top
25 Then [1161] departed [1831] Barnabas [921] to [1519] Tarsus [5019], for to seek [327] Saul [4569]:
30 Which when [1161] the brethren [80] knew [1921], they brought [2609] him [846] down [2609] to [1519] Caesarea [2542], and [2532] sent [1821] him [846] forth [1821] to [1519] Tarsus [5019].
1 James [2385], a servant [1401] of God [2316] and [2532] of the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], to the twelve [1427] tribes [5443] which [1722] are scattered abroad [1290], greeting [5463].
26 Claudius [2804] Lysias [3079] unto the most excellent [2903] governor [2232] Felix [5344] sendeth greeting [5463].
14 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Write [03789] this for a memorial [02146] in a book [05612], and rehearse [07760] it in the ears [0241] of Joshua [03091]: for I will utterly [04229] put out [04229] the remembrance [02143] of Amalek [06002] from under heaven [08064].
9 Then [1161] there arose [450] certain [5100] of [1537] the synagogue [4864], which [3588] is called [3004] the synagogue of the Libertines [3032], and [2532] Cyrenians [2956], and [2532] Alexandrians [221], and [2532] of them of [575] Cilicia [2791] and [2532] of Asia [773], disputing [4802] with Stephen [4736].
3 And [2532] said [3004], Hail [5463], King [935] of the Jews [2453]! and [2532] they smote [1325] him [846] with their hands [4475].
28 And [2532] the angel [32] came in [1525] unto [4314] her [846], and said [2036], Hail [5463], thou that art highly favoured [5487], the Lord [2962] is with [3326] thee [4675]: blessed [2127] art thou [4771] among [1722] women [1135].
29 And [2532] when they had platted [4120] a crown [4735] of [1537] thorns [173], they put [2007] it upon [1909] his [846] head [2776], and [2532] a reed [2563] in [1909] his [846] right hand [1188]: and [2532] they bowed the knee [1120] before [1715] him [846], and mocked [1702] him [846], saying [3004], Hail [5463], King [935] of the Jews [2453]!
49 And [2532] forthwith [2112] he came [4334] to Jesus [2424], and said [2036], Hail [5463], master [4461]; and [2532] kissed [2705] him [846].
26 Claudius [2804] Lysias [3079] unto the most excellent [2903] governor [2232] Felix [5344] sendeth greeting [5463].
1 James [2385], a servant [1401] of God [2316] and [2532] of the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], to the twelve [1427] tribes [5443] which [1722] are scattered abroad [1290], greeting [5463].
4 And [1161] when they were come [3854] to [1519] Jerusalem [2419], they were received [588] of [5259] the church [1577], and [2532] of the apostles [652] and [2532] elders [4245], and [5037] they declared [312] all things [3745] that God [2316] had done [4160] with [3326] them [846].
2 When therefore [3767] Paul [3972] and [2532] Barnabas [921] had [1096] no [3756] small [3641] dissension [4714] and [2532] disputation [4803] with [4314] them [846], they determined [5021] that Paul [3972] and [2532] Barnabas [921], and [2532] certain [5100] other [243] of [1537] them [846], should go up [305] to [1519] Jerusalem [2419] unto [4314] the apostles [652] and [2532] elders [4245] about [4012] this [5127] question [2213].