Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
But Paul thought not good to take him with them who departed from them—that is, who had departed; but the word is stronger than this—"who stood aloof" or "turned away" from them.
from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work—the work yet before them. The allusion is to what is recorded in Acts 13:13 (see on Acts 13:13).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 15:38:
Acts 13:13
Colossians 4:10
1 Timothy 3:1
2 Timothy 4:11
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