30Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-30)When our Lord Jesus ascended on high he gave gifts unto men , not only apostles and evangelists, but prophets , who were enabled by the Spirit to foresee and foretel things to come, which not only served for a confirmation of the truth of Christianity (for all that these prophets foretold came to pass, which proved that they were sent of God , Deut. 18:22 ; Jer. 28:9 ), but was also of great use t…
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