Acts 15:1-31 BSB

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:20

To help Gentile converts not put a stumbling block in the path of Jews, James recommended that Christian teachers encourage their disciples to avoid four things. By the way, Acts presents the apostles as more effective at conflict resolution than the Sanhedrin, and James as a better problem solver than Gamaliel. Filling (control) by the Holy Spirit accounts for these differences. These four things were, first, the things (food, etc.) associated with idolatry (cf. 1 Corinthians 10:14-22), and,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:21

The reason for these restrictions was this. In the weekly synagogue Scripture readings, teachers of the Mosaic Law had stressed Jewish scruples regarding these matters for generations. Consequently the Jews regarded them as extremely important. If Gentile Christians disregarded the convictions of these Jews, they would only alienate those they hoped to bring to faith in Jesus Christ or to growth in Christ (cf. 1 Corinthians 8:13)."If there was ever a good opportunity to say that the Gentiles... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:22

The Jerusalem leaders chose two witnesses to return to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas to confirm verbally the decision of this council. The custom of sending four persons, representing the people and the council, with an official document has been attested in ancient Greco-Roman literature. [Note: Witherington, p. 467.] Likewise, in many places oral testimony was regarded more highly than written. [Note: Ibid., p. 469.] Judas had a Jewish name so he may have been a Hebraic Jew whereas Silas had... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:22-29

The official formulation of the decision 15:22-29 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:23

The destination of this letter throws light on extensive missionary activity that had taken place, which Luke did not record. We know of the mission to Antioch, but Luke mentioned nothing about the evangelization of Syria. We know that Paul had done missionary work in Cilicia, but Luke did not tell his readers anything about it. Here we learn that there were churches in these regions already, as we may have assumed but now know for sure (cf. Acts 15:41). Antioch was the capital city of Syria... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:24-29

The men who had come to Antioch from Jerusalem advocating circumcision (Acts 15:1) had no authorization to do so from the Jerusalem church (Acts 15:24). They spoke on their own authority. The church in Jerusalem had reached a unified opinion on the issue at hand (Acts 15:25). The apostles presented Barnabas and Paul as men the saints in Jerusalem held in the highest regard (Acts 15:25-26). The church leaders had sensed the Holy Spirit’s control in the decision they had reached (Acts 15:28).... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:30-35

The delivery of the decision to Antioch 15:30-35The decision reached at the Jerusalem Council was very important. Even though false teachers continued to propagate the view that Gentiles had to undergo the rites of proselytes to Judaism before they could enter the church, this view was now officially unacceptable. The apostles had strengthened the case for salvation by faith alone greatly. Again, the trip that Paul and Barnabas made between Antioch and Jerusalem and back consisted of about 560... read more

John Darby

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:22-29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:23

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:24-29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:30-35

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Acts 15:4

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Acts 15:7

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Acts 15:9

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