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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 15:21

From generations of old for of old time, A.V. ; sabbath for sabbath day, A.V. The meaning of this verse seems to be that, in requiring the above compliances, the council was not enjoining anything new or strange, because the Gentiles who attended the synagogues were familiar with these Mosaic doctrines. It has been often stated that these four prohibitions were in substance the same as the so-called seven precepts of Noah, which were binding upon proselytes of the gate. This is,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 15:21

For Moses - The meaning of this verse is, that the Law of Moses, prohibiting these things, was read in the synagogues constantly. As these commands wore constantly read, and as the Jewish converts would not soon learn that their ceremonial law had ceased to be binding, it was deemed to be a matter of expediency that no needless offence should be given to them. For the sake of peace, it was better that they should abstain from meat offered to idols than to give offence to the Jewish converts.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 15:19-21

Acts 15:19-21. Wherefore my sentence My judgment in this matter; is, that we trouble not With such observances as those now in question; them which from among the Gentiles The ignorant and idolatrous Gentiles; are turned unto God Are converted by divine grace to the knowledge and worship of the true God, and to obedience to his gospel. But that we write unto them, that they abstain from all things grossly scandalous, and particularly from pollutions of idols From every species of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 15:2-21

To Jerusalem to discuss the problem (15:2-21)The trouble created by the Judaisers had now spread to the farthermost parts of the church, so the matter needed to be settled quickly and decisively. Because the teaching came from Jerusalem, that was the place to discuss the matter. The church at Antioch therefore appointed Paul, Barnabas and other leaders to go to Jerusalem as its representatives. Along the way and after their arrival in Jerusalem, they reported on the widespread turning to God... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 15:21

old time . Literally ancient (Greek. archaios, as in Acts 15:7 ) generations. in every city . Greek. kata ( App-104 .) polin, i.e. city by city. A similar idiom occurs below, "every Sabbath day". preach . Greek. kerusso. App-121 . The question was whether Gentile converts, entering by the door of faith (Acts 14:27 ), could be saved by faith alone without the seal of faith (Romans 4:11 ). In other words, whether they could belong to the family of believers (up to this time and later held... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 15:21

For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogue every sabbath.Many Jewish Christians were still attending the synagogues every sabbath, hearing the law and the prophets being read; and, as they would continue to observe such restrictions, those given here were the minimal prohibitions consistent with any true fellowship between such diverse elements as the Jews and Gentiles contained within the fold of the pristine church. It is a marvel of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 15:19-21

Acts 15:19-21. Wherefore my sentence is, &c.— This passage, on which the critics have so much differed in sentiment, and written so much, may, I think, be thus paraphrased: "Wherefore I cannot but determine in my ownmind, and I doubt not but you will readily concur with me, that we ought not to disquiet those who from among the Gentiles are converted by divine grace to the knowledge and worship of the true God, and to obedience to the gospel, with such observances as those now in question;... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 15:21

21. For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him . . . every sabbath day—thus keeping alive in every Jew those feelings which such practices would shock, and which, therefore, the Gentile converts must carefully respect if the oneness of both classes in Christ was to be practically preserved. The wisdom of these suggestions commended itself to all present. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 15:1-35

5. The Jerusalem Council 15:1-35The increasing number of Gentiles who were becoming Christians raised a problem within the church. What was the relationship of the church to Judaism? Some Christians, especially the more conservative Jewish believers, argued that Christianity was a party within Judaism, the party of true believers. They assumed that Gentile Christians, therefore, needed to become Jewish proselytes, which involved being circumcised and obeying the Mosaic Law."In truth, there was... read more