Acts 15:38

But Paul thought it was not good to take Mark, who had left them in Pamphylia and did not go further with them in the work.

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But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

In Context

37Barnabas wanted to also take with them John who was called Mark.

39Then there arose a sharp disagreement, so that they separated from each other, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus.

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:19An unfaithful man in whom you trust in a time of trouble 1 is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips. 1

Luke 14:27Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

James 1:8Such a person is double-minded, unstable in all his ways.

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 →

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