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When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate[a] with them, the church[b] appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with[c] the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this point of disagreement.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:2 tn Grk “no little argument and debate” (an idiom).
  2. Acts 15:2 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the church, or the rest of the believers at Antioch) has been specified to avoid confusion with the Judaizers mentioned in the preceding clause.
  3. Acts 15:2 tn Grk “go up to,” but in this context a meeting is implied.
  4. Acts 15:2 tn Or “point of controversy.” It is unclear whether this event parallels Gal 2:1-10 or that Gal 2 fits with Acts 11:30. More than likely Gal 2:1-10 is to be related to Acts 11:30.

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

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And after[a] there was no little strife and debate by Paul and Barnabas against them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem concerning this issue.

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  1. Acts 15:2 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)

This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem(A) to see the apostles and elders(B) about this question.

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