Acts 15:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 15:24

Forasmuch - Since we have heard.That certain - That some, Acts 15:1.Have troubled you with words - With doctrines. They have disturbed your minds, and produced contentions.Subverting your souls - The word used here occurs nowhere else in the New Testament ἀνασκευάζοντες anaskeuazontes. It properly means “to collect together the vessels used in a house the household furniture - for the purpose of removing it.” It is applied to marauders, robbers, and enemies who remove and bear off property,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 15:24-27

Acts 15:24-27. Forasmuch as we have heard, &c. The simplicity, weightiness, and conciseness of this letter, are highly observable; that certain which went out from us That is, pretending to be sent out by us; have troubled you with words By requiring you to be circumcised and to keep the law; subverting your souls That is, unsettling your minds; to whom we gave no such commandment No commission to make use of our names, or teach any such doctrine. It seemed good unto us After... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 15:22-35

Letter from Jerusalem (15:22-35)Acknowledging the wisdom of James’ suggestion, the Antioch representatives were pleased to take back with them two leading men from the Jerusalem church, Judas and Silas, to help create a better understanding between the Jewish and Gentile groups (22).The party also carried a letter from the Jerusalem meeting that expressed regret concerning the Judaisers’ trouble-making and encouraged the Gentiles to be considerate of their Jewish brothers. The letter was not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 15:24

have . Omit. subverting = unsettling. Greek. anaskeuazo. Only here, and not in Septuagint your souls = you (emph.) Greek. psuche. App-110 . saying . . . law . The texts omit. gave no such commandment = commanded it not. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 15:24

Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment; it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.The words chosen for this communication were warm, sincere and complimentary, recognizing the marvelous, unselfish devotion of the missionaries who had... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 15:24

Acts 15:24. Subverting your souls,— Unsettling your minds, The word ανασκευαζοντες is primarily and properly applied to the removing a vessel from one place to another. In a secondary sense, it implies the moving of the mind from one object to another, or unsettling it. When the apostles positively declare that they gave no such commandment to the persons who had troubled the converts, this was directly fixing the lie upon them, if they had pretended to use the apostles' name in imposing their... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 15:24

24-27. Forasmuch as we have heard that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words—without authority or even knowledge of the church at Jerusalem, though they belonged to it, and probably pretended to represent its views. subverting your souls—Such strong language is evidently designed to express indignation at this attempt, by an unauthorized party, to bring the whole Christian Church under judicial and legal bondage. 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

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 15:24-29

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

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