Acts 15:39
There was, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other: and Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
40But Paul chose Silas, and departed, having been commended to the grace of God by the brethren.
Cross References
Acts 4:36And Joses, who, by the apostles, was surnamed Barnabas, (which name, when translated, is, Son of consolation,) a Levite, by birth a Cyprian,
Acts 11:20But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Acts 15:2Therefore, after Paul and Barnabas had no little dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from among them, should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.
Romans 7:18For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good; for to will is present with me; but to perform that which is good, I find not.
James 3:2For in many things we all offend. If any one offends not in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
Matthew Henry on Acts 15:37-41
Disagreement between Paul and Barnabas. 36 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. 37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. 38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. 39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so… Read the whole commentary →