Acts 15:38 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³⁸But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 13:13
Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
Proverbs 25:19
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Luke 14:27-34
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. …
James 1:8
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Psalms 78:9
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

Topics

Character Decision Fickleness Heart Indecision Instability Perseverance

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 36-41)

We have seen one unhappy difference among the brethren, which was of a public nature, brought to a good issue; but here we have a private quarrel between two ministers, no less men than Paul and Barnabas, not compromised indeed, yet ending well. I. Here is a good proposal Paul made to Barnabas to go and review their work among the Gentiles and renew it, to take a circuit among the churches they ha…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 38)

38. But Paul thought not good to take him with them who departed from them--that is, who had departed; but the word is stronger than this--“who stood aloof” or “turned away” from them. from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work--the work yet before them. The allusion is to what is recorded in Ac 13:13 (see on Ac 13:13).