Acts 15:2

Acts 15:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
• New International Version (NIV)This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.

Context of Acts 15:2

1Now some men coming down from Judea were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” When Paul and Barnabas had a big argument and debate with them, the brothers appointed Paul and Barnabas with some others from among them to go up to Jerusalem to the emissaries and elders about this issue. 3So they were sent on their way by the Antioch community. They were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they were bringing great joy to all the brothers and sisters. 4When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the community and the emissaries and the elders. They reported all that God had done in helping them.

Acts 15:2 word by word

γενομένης δὲ στάσεως καὶ ζητήσεως οὐκ ὀλίγης τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Βαρναβᾷ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔταξαν ἀναβαίνειν Παῦλον καὶ Βαρναβᾶν καί τινας ἄλλους ἐξ αὐτῶν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους καὶ πρεσβυτέρους εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ περὶ τοῦ ζητήματος τούτου.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• Paulὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• BarnabasΒαρνάβαςBarnabas · BarnabasG921
• hadγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• noοὐou · noG3756
• smallὀλίγοςoligos · little/fewG3641
• dissensionστάσιςstasis · uprisingG4714
• disputationσυζήτησιςsuzētēsis · discussionG4803
• withπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• they determined thatτάσσωtassō · to appointG5021
• certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• otherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• should go upἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
• the apostlesἀπόστολοςapostolos · apostleG652
• eldersπρεσβύτεροςpresbuteros · elder (leader)G4245
• aboutπερίperi · aboutG4012
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• questionζήτημαzētēma · a question/disputeG2213

Cross-references for Acts 15:2

• Acts 15:7After much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose from among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of the Good News and believe.
• Galatians 1:6I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from the One who called you by the grace of Messiah, to a different “good news”—
• Galatians 2:5But we did not give in to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the Good News might be preserved for you.
• Jude 1:3Loved ones, though very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I felt it necessary to write to you urging you to continue to contend for the faith that was once for all handed down to the kedoshim.
• Acts 15:25it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul—
• Exodus 18:23If you do this thing as God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will go to their places in shalom.”
• Galatians 2:1Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me.
• Acts 15:22Then it seemed good to the emissaries and elders, with the whole community, to choose men from among themselves to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judah (also called Barsabbas) and Silas, leading men among the brethren,
• Acts 10:23So Peter invited them in to be his guests. The next day he got up and went with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
• Acts 11:12The Ruach told me to go with them without hesitating. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.
• Acts 15:4When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the community and the emissaries and the elders. They reported all that God had done in helping them.
• 1 Samuel 8:7Then Adonai said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For they have not rejected you, rather they have rejected Me from being king over them.
• 1 Corinthians 9:19For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win over more of them.
• Galatians 2:2Because of a revelation, I went up and presented to them the Good News that I proclaim among the Gentiles. But I did so privately to those who seemed to be influential, to make sure I would not run—or had not run—in vain.
• Philemon 1:8Therefore, though I have plenty of boldness in Messiah to order you to do what’s right,
• Acts 15:6The emissaries and elders were gathered together to examine this issue.

Commentaries on Acts 15:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2No small dissension and disputation - Paul and Barnabas were fully satisfied that God did not design to bring the converted Gentiles under the yoke of circumcision: they knew that Jesus Christ was the end of the law for righteousness (justification) to every one that believed, and therefore they opposed the Judaizing teachers. This was one of the first controversies in the Christian Church; but, though the difference of sentiment was considerable, it led…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Had no small dissension an disputation - The word rendered “dissension” ́ stasisdenotes sometimes “sedition” or “intestine war,” and sometimes “earnest and violent disputation or controversy,” Acts 23:7, Acts 23:10. In this place it clearly denotes that there was earnest and warm discussion; but it is not implied that there was any improper heat or temper on the part of Paul and Barnabas. Important principles were to be settled in regard to the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3The church in Antioch decided to send some delegates (representatives) to Jerusalem. They went to discuss this issue with the apostles and elders there. On the way, they visited believers in Phoenicia and Samaria. In these places, the Christian faith had already spread widely (chapter 8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-351-2. certain men--See the description of them in Ga 2:4.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 15:2

• Antioch
• Bigotry
• Catholicity
• Church
• Council
• Elder
• Law
• Paul
• Strife
• Titus

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• Barnabas
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• Choice
• Consider
• Conversion
• Council

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