Postulasagan 15:24

Heilögum Biblíunni

24 Vér höfum heyrt, að nokkrir frá oss hafi óróað yður með orðum sínum og komið róti á hugi yðar, án þess vér hefðum þeim neitt um boðið.

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that certain: Jeremiah 23:16, Galatians 2:4, Galatians 5:4, Galatians 5:12, 2 Timothy 2:14, Titus 1:10, Titus 1:11, 1 John 2:19

Ye must: Acts 15:1, Acts 15:9, Acts 15:10, Galatians 2:3, Galatians 2:4, Galatians 6:12, Galatians 6:13

Reciprocal: Acts 15:5 - That it Acts 15:19 - that Acts 21:20 - and they Romans 16:17 - cause 1 Corinthians 7:18 - being 2 Corinthians 11:13 - false Galatians 1:7 - but Galatians 2:14 - why Galatians 5:2 - that Galatians 5:10 - but Galatians 6:17 - let 2 Timothy 3:8 - resist Titus 3:11 - is subverted

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Forasmuch as we have heard,.... By the report of Paul and Barnabas, who were sent by the church at Antioch to Jerusalem, to acquaint them with the state of their case:

that certain which went out from us; Acts 15:1

have troubled you with words, or doctrines:

subverting your souls; removing them from the doctrine of grace to another Gospel, and which deserved not the name of a Gospel; and was very destructive to their souls, at least to the peace and com fort of them: this shows what an opinion the apostles, and elders, and members of the church at Jerusalem had of these "judaizing" preachers, and their tenets; they looked upon them as troublers of God's Israel, and upon their doctrines as subversive of spiritual joy and comfort.

Saying, ye must be circumcised and keep the law; the ceremonial law; the Alexandrian copy, and the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions leave out this clause; Acts 15:1- :,

Acts 15:1- :.

to whom we gave no such commandment: it looks as if these "judaizing preachers" not only pretended to be sent out by the apostles, to preach; but that they had particularly this in their instructions from them, that they should insist upon it, that the Gentiles that were received into the churches, should be circumcised, and be obliged to keep the other parts of the ceremonial law, when they had no such orders from them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Forasmuch - Since we have heard.

That certain - That some, Acts 15:1.

Have troubled you with words - With doctrines. They have disturbed your minds, and produced contentions.

Subverting your souls - The word used here occurs nowhere else in the New Testament ἀνασκευάζοντες anaskeuazontes. It properly means “to collect together the vessels used in a house the household furniture - for the purpose of removing it.” It is applied to marauders, robbers, and enemies who remove and bear off property, thus producing distress, confusion, and disorder. It is thus used in the sense of disturbing or destroying, and here denotes that they “unsettled their minds” - that they produced anxiety, disturbance, and distress by these doctrines about Moses.

To whom we gave no such commandment - They went, therefore, without authority. Self-constituted and self-sent teachers not infrequently produce disturbance and distress. Had the apostles been consulted on this subject, the difficulty would have been avoided. By thus saying that they had not given them a command to teach these things, they practically assured the Gentile converts that they did not approve of the course which those who went from Judea had taken.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 15:24. Certain which went out from us — So the persons who produced these doubtful disputations at Antioch, c., had gone out from the apostles at Jerusalem, and were of that Church: persons zealous for the law, and yet, strange to tell, so conscientiously attached to the Gospel that they risked their personal safety by professing it.

To whom we gave no such commandment — As, therefore, they went out from that Church, they should have taught nothing which was not owned and taught by it much less should they have taught in opposition to it.