English Standard Version
Acts 15:36
36And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are."
Acts 15:36 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
- New International Version (NIV)Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)After some time Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit each city where we previously preached the word of the Lord, to see how the new believers are doing.”
Context of Acts 15:36
35But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are." 37Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. 38But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.
Read all of Acts 15Acts 15:36 word by word
Μετὰ δέ τινας ἡμέρας εἶπεν πρὸς Βαρναβᾶν Παῦλος· ἐπιστρέψαντες δὴ ἐπισκεψώμεθα τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς κατὰ πόλιν πᾶσαν ἐν αἷς κατηγγείλαμεν τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου, πῶς ἔχουσιν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- someτιςtis · oneG5100
- daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- BarnabasΒαρνάβαςBarnabas · BarnabasG921
- Let us go againἐπιστρέφωepistrephō · to turnG1994
- andδήdē · soG1211
- visitἐπισκέπτομαιepiskeptomai · to visit/care forG1980
- ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- brethrenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
- inκατάkata · according toG2596
- everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
- cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
- ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- whereὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- we have preachedκαταγγέλλωkataggellō · to proclaimG2605
- the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- of the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
- they doἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
Cross-references for Acts 15:36
- Acts 7:23"When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
- Exodus 4:18Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, "Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
- Jeremiah 23:2Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: "You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the Lord.
- Matthew 25:36I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'
- Acts 13:4So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
- Acts 14:1Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.
- Romans 1:11For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—
- 2 Corinthians 11:28And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
- Philippians 1:27Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face,
- 1 Thessalonians 3:6But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you—
- 2 Timothy 1:4As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.
Commentaries on Acts 15:36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Let us go - and visit our brethren in every city - This heavenly man projected a journey to Cyprus, Pamphylia, Pisidia, Lycaonia, Salamis, Paphos, Perga, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe, Antioch in Pisidia, and elsewhere; for in all these places he had preached and founded Churches in the preceding year. He saw it was necessary to water the seed he had planted; for these were young converts, surrounded with impiety, opposition, and superstition, and had few…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Let us go again and visit our brethren - That is, in the churches which they had established in Asia Minor, Acts 13:14. This was a natural wish, and was an enterprise that might be attended with important advantages to those feeble churches.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-41Verses 36-41 Here we have a private quarrel between two ministers, no less than Paul and Barnabas, yet made to end well. Barnabas wished his nephew John Mark to go with them. We should suspect ourselves of being partial, and guard against this in putting our relations forward. Paul did not think him worthy of the honour, nor fit for the service, who had departed from them without their knowledge, or without their consent: see ch. 13:13. Neither would…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-41The discordant separation of Paul and Barnabas is indicated by a very strong word in Greek (Their disagreement was so sharp). They were two dedicated men who disagreed about giving John Mark, Barnabas’s cousin, a second chance to join their missionary journey (Colossians 4:10). John Mark had left them in Pamphylia (see Acts 13:13). Eventually, Paul and John Mark made peace (2 Timothy 4:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 36-4636. And some days after--How long is a matter of conjecture. Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren--the true reading is, "the brethren." in every city where we have preached ... and see how they do--whether they were advancing or declining, &c.: a pattern for churches and successful missionaries in every age. ("Reader, how stands it with thee?") [Bengel]. "Paul felt that he was not called to spend a peaceful, though laborious life…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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