Acts 15:3 - Exposition

They therefore … passed for and … they passed, A.V.; both Phoenicia for Phonice, A.V. Being brought on their way ( προπεμφθέντες ) . The word προπέμπειν has two distinct though allied meanings: one is "to conduct a person on his way," as in Acts 20:38 ; Acts 21:5 ; the other is "to help a person on his way, by supplying him with all necessaries for his journey," as in Romans 15:24 ; 1 Corinthians 16:6 ; 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 , Colossians 1:16 ; Titus 3:13 ; 3 John 1:6 . This last is the meaning here. Being the messengers of the Church, they traveled at the Church's expense. Both Phoenicia and Samaria . Their course would be through Berytus, Type, Sidon, and Samaria. Declaring the conversion of the Gentiles . There was an especial reason for doing so, as it had a strong bearing upon the great controversy about to be decided at Jerusalem.