Handelingen 15:30

30 Dezen dan, hun afscheid ontvangen hebbende, kwamen te Antiochie; en de menigte vergaderd hebbende, gaven zij den brief over.

Handelingen 15:30 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 15:30

So when they were dismissed
That is, Paul and Barnabas, with Judas and Silas, by the apostles, elders, and church at Jerusalem:

they came to Antioch;
or "came down to Antioch", as the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions read, agreeably to ( Acts 15:1 )

and when they had gathered the multitude together;
the whole church, which consisted of many members; the company, or congregation of the faithful, as the Arabic version renders it: and as Paul and Barnabas were sent by the church at Antioch; and as the letter, which they, with Judas and Silas, brought from Jerusalem, was directed and sent to the brethren at Antioch, it was highly reasonable, and necessary, that they should be called together, and an account of the business they were sent upon be given them, and the letter be delivered to them, as it accordingly was:

they delivered the epistle;
sent by the apostles, elders, and brethren at Jerusalem to them; this they put into the hands of some one or other of the brethren of the church, in order to be read.

Handelingen 15:30 In-Context

28 Want het heeft den Heiligen Geest en ons goed gedacht, ulieden geen meerderen last op te leggen dan deze noodzakelijke dingen:

29 Namelijk, dat gij u onthoudt van hetgeen den afgoden geofferd is, en van bloed, en van het verstikte, en van hoererij; van welke dingen, indien gij uzelven wacht, zo zult gij weldoen. Vaart wel.

30 Dezen dan, hun afscheid ontvangen hebbende, kwamen te Antiochie; en de menigte vergaderd hebbende, gaven zij den brief over.

31 En zij, dien gelezen hebbende, verblijdden zich over de vertroosting.

32 Judas nu en Silas, die ook zelven profeten waren, vermaanden de broeders met vele woorden, en versterkten hen.