“But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.”
The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, some with the apostles — the internal division (schizō) mirrors the pattern throughout Acts: the gospel's proclamation fractures communities between reception and rejection. The designation of Paul and Barnabas as apostles (apostoloi) here marks their formal status as sent messengers of the risen Christ.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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