Acts 15:35
And Paul and Barnabas continued at Antioch, teaching and preaching, with many others, the word of the Lord.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Paulus autem et Barnabas demorabantur Antiochiæ, docentes et evangelizantes cum aliis pluribus verbum Domini.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- Παῦλος δὲ καὶ Βαρναβᾶς διέτριβον ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ διδάσκοντες καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι μετὰ καὶ ἑτέρων πολλῶν τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου.
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St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XXXIV on Acts xv. 35
Acts XV. 35 “Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.”
St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XXXIV on Acts xv. 35
( a ) “Teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.” ( v. 35 .) They did not simply tarry in Antioch, but taught. What did they “teach,” and what “preach” (evangelize)? They both (taught) those that were already believers, and (evangelized) those that were not yet such. “And some days after,” etc. ( v. 36 .) For because there were offences without number, their presence was needed. ( d ) “How they do,” he says. And this he did not know: naturally. See him ever alert, solicitous, not bearing to sit idle, though he underwent dangers without end. Do you mark, it was not of cowardice that he came to Antioch? He acts just as a physician does in the case of the sick. And the need of visiting them he showed by saying, “In which we preached the word. And Barnabas determined,” etc. ( v. …