ACTS 15:38 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.”
but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work — Paul's objection (ouk axioō, did not deem worthy) rests on John Mark's earlier abandonment (apostasy) and non-completion of the work. The verb deserted (apochoreo) is forceful, suggesting more than logistical departure.
Church Fathers on Acts 15:38
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…
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