Let it be observed that these God called, Holy Spirit anointed, church-sent missionaries (Paul and Silas) did not go about preaching or giving out dogma, declarations of Christian conduct, on their own, unsanctioned or unauthorized by the apostles, elders (mature ordained brethren) and the Jerusalem church.

These dogma, declarations, or moral, ethical, and doctrinal tenets of behavior were set forth Acts 15:19-29.ĥ) 'Which were at Jerusalem.' (ton en lerosolumois) 'Even those who were back in Jerusalem,' at or in the home-base church. A Jewess might have a Gentile husband as Esther was married to Ahasuerus, however, the Jewish man could not marry a Gentile wife, Deuteronomy 7:2-3 Ezra 10:2-5 Ezra 10:9-12.ġ) 'Him would Paul have to go forth with him ” (touton ethelesen ho Paulos sun auto ekselthein) 'This one (Timothy) Paul desired to go forth in colleague mission service with him,' as a minister and missionary helper, on the moral, ethical, legal, and spiritual premise that 'in the mouth of two or three witnesses' every word should be established, Deuteronomy 17:6 Luke 10:1-2 Matthew 18:20 John 8:15-18.Ģ) 'And took him and circumcised him,' (kai labon perietemen auton) 'And taking him (or embracing him) he circumcised him,' that without offence to the Jews he and Timothy might enter into Jewish Synagogues, 1 Corinthians 9:19-20 Galatians 2:3 Galatians 5:6 Galatians 6:15.ģ) 'Because of the Jews which were in those quarters:'- (dia tous loudaious tous ontas en tois topois ekeinois) 'On account of (because of) the Jews existing in those localities,' of Asia Minor, who were prejudiced against both the Gentiles and the church of Jesus Christ, Acts 21:20-30.Ĥ) 'For they knew all that his father was a Greek.' (edeisan gar hapantes hoti Hellen ho pater autou huparchen) 'For they all knew (were aware) that his father was a Greek,' a Gentile or heathen in their estimation, though the law age had passed, Luke 16:16 Galatians 3:19-25.ġ) 'And as they went through the cities,' (hos de dieporeuonto tas poleis) 'Then as they went about thru the cities (witnessing of their own accord),' perhaps in lconium and Antioch in Pisidia.Ģ) 'They delivered them,' (paredidosan autois) 'They (Paul and Barnabas) delivered, dispensed, or gave out to them,' the churches and brethren of the cities.ģ) 'The decrees for to keep,' (phulassein ta dogmata) 'The decrees (dogmas, or declarations) to keep,' or by which they should abide, those adopted by the Jerusalem church and council and sent in written resolution form to Antioch, Syria, Cilicia and regions beyond.Ĥ) 'That were ordained of the apostles and elders,' (ta kekrimena hupo ton apostolon kai presbuteron) 'The ones which were having been decided on or sanctioned by the apostles and elders,' and even the whole church at Jerusalem, at the conclusion of the Jerusalem council. The order of the names of the cities indicates the chronological order of this journey, as in Acts 14:20-21.Ģ) 'And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheius,' (kai idou mathetes tis en ekei onamati Timotheus) 'And behold a certain, (particular) disciple, a learner, was there (lived there), named, or known as Timothy,' a convert of Paul on his first journey there, 1 Timothy 1:2 2 Timothy 1:2, whom he referred to as his own son in the ministry an heir to his ministry, Acts 19:22 Romans 16:21 1 Corinthians 4:17.ģ) 'The son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess,' (huios gunaikos loudias) 'The son of a Jewish woman,' a special or certain kind of Jewish woman named Eunice, a devout Bible believing and teaching mother though she was married to a Greek, a thing not sanctioned for men by Jewish Law, Ezra 10:1-44.Ĥ) 'And believed ' (pistes) 'Of a faithful woman ' a woman of faith and fidelity to God and the Scriptures, 2 Timothy 1:5 2 Timothy 3:14-15.ĥ) 'But his father was a Greek:' (patros de Hellenos) 'Yet his father was a Greek,' of native Greece, considered racially as an heathen to the Jews.

1) 'Then came he to Derbe and Lystra:” (katentesen de kai eis Derben kai eis Lustran) 'Then he (Paul) came down also into Derbe and Lystra,' from Syria and Cilicia, in this his second missionary journey.

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