Acts 15:38

Acts 15:38

Division over John Mark

36 Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing.”

37 Now Barnabas was determined to take with them ^aJohn called Mark.

38 But Paul insisted that they should not take with them ^athe one who had departed from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

39 Then the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another. And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed to ^aCyprus;

40 but Paul chose Silas and departed, ^abeing commended by the brethren to the grace of God.

41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, ^astrengthening the churches.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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
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