ACTS 15:36 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.”
Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, 'Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they are doing' — Paul's proposal (legō) for a second missionary journey reflects his concern for the churches planted during the first journey. The phrase see how they are doing (episkeptomai) suggests pastoral visitation alongside evangelistic work.
Church Fathers on Acts 15:36
Observe again their humility, how they let others also take part in the preaching. And some days after Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do. And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought not good (ἡ ξίου see note 3, p. 213) to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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