Hechos 15:2

2 Pablo y Bernabé no estaban de acuerdo con ellos y discutieron con vehemencia. Finalmente, la iglesia decidió enviar a Pablo y a Bernabé a Jerusalén, junto con algunos creyentes del lugar, para que hablaran con los apóstoles y con los ancianos sobre esta cuestión.

Hechos 15:2 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 15:2

When therefore Paul and Barnabas
Who were the ministers of the uncircumcision, and were just returned from preaching the Gospel among the Gentiles, with success, and were advocates for them, being witnesses of the grace that was bestowed on them, and therefore opposed the sentiments of these men:

and had no small dissension and disputation with them;
which was attended with much heat and sharpness, and continued some time, and occasioned much disturbance and uneasiness; nor could the affair be decided and issued: wherefore

they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them;
that is, the members of the church at Antioch, taking this matter into consideration, and finding that the difference could not be composed, for the peace of the church, wisely came to a resolution, and made an order, that Paul and Barnabas, with others, as Titus, who went with Paul at this time, as appears from ( Galatians 2:1 ) and some others of the brethren, and it may be also certain, on, the other side of the question; that these

should go up to Jerusalem, unto the apostles and elders, about this
question;
concerning circumcision, and the necessity of it to salvation, that they might have the sense of James, and Peter, and John, who particularly were at Jerusalem at this time, as appears from ( Acts 15:7 ) ( Galatians 2:9 ) and other apostles that might be there; and also of other ministers of the word, who are called elders. And the church of Jerusalem being the most ancient church, and several of the apostles residing here, who had seen Christ in the flesh, and had received their mission and commission from him, and had been extraordinarily endowed with the Holy Ghost; and here being many other preachers of the Gospel, and there being in a multitude of counsellors safety, the church at Antioch judged it advisable to send to them for counsel and direction; and it becomes churches to assist each other in this way.

Hechos 15:2 In-Context

1 El concilio de Jerusalén
Cuando Pablo y Bernabé estaban en Antioquía de Siria, llegaron unos hombres de Judea y comenzaron a enseñarles a los creyentes:
«A menos que se circunciden como exige la ley de Moisés, no podrán ser salvos».

2 Pablo y Bernabé no estaban de acuerdo con ellos y discutieron con vehemencia. Finalmente, la iglesia decidió enviar a Pablo y a Bernabé a Jerusalén, junto con algunos creyentes del lugar, para que hablaran con los apóstoles y con los ancianos sobre esta cuestión.

3 La iglesia envió a los delegados a Jerusalén, quienes de camino se detuvieron en Fenicia y Samaria para visitar a los creyentes. Les contaron —para alegría de todos— que los gentiles
también se convertían.

4 Cuando llegaron a Jerusalén, toda la iglesia —incluidos los apóstoles y los ancianos— dio la bienvenida a Pablo y a Bernabé, quienes les informaron acerca de todo lo que Dios había hecho por medio de ellos.

5 Pero después algunos creyentes que pertenecían a la secta de los fariseos se pusieron de pie e insistieron: «Los convertidos gentiles deben ser circuncidados y hay que exigirles que sigan la ley de Moisés».