Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
For (oti). 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 really good man (agaqov). See Romans 5:7 for distinction between agaqov and dikaiov, righteous, where agaqov ranks higher than dikaiov. Besides, Barnabas was full of the Holy Spirit (like Peter) and of faith and so willing to follow the leading of God's Spirit and take some risks. This is a noble tribute paid by Luke. One wonders if Barnabas was still living when he wrote this. Certainly he was not prejudiced against Barnabas though he will follow the fortunes of Paul after the separation (Acts 15:36, Acts 15:41).
Was added unto the Lord (proseteqh tw kuriw). First aorist passive indicative of prostiqhmi, common verb to add to. These people were added to the Lord Jesus before they were added to the church. If that were always true, what a difference it would make in our churches.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 11:24:
Acts 15:1
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