King James Version
What Does Acts 15:35 Mean?
“Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.”
Context
33
And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
34
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
35
Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(35) **Preaching the word of the Lord.**—Here, as often elsewhere, *preaching the glad tidings of the word.*
**With many others.**—Among these we may fairly reckon the prophets of Acts 13:1. Looking to the later history of the Church of Antioch, it is not improbable that we may think also of the martyr Ignatius, and Euodius, afterwards Bishop of Antioch, as among those who were thus active, though they were not prominent enough, when St. Luke wrote, to be specially named. Ignatius was said to have been, together with Polycarp, a disciple of St. John (*Mart. Ignat.* c. 3), while another tradition represents him as a follower of Peter. It is possible that the dispute between St. Peter and St. Paul, referred to in Galatians 2:11-13, occurred during this period, but the evidence on the whole tends to connect it with St. Paul’s visit to Antioch in Acts 18:22, where see Note.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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