Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark.
37. And Barnabas gave counsel. Luke doth here set down that doleful disagreement which ought to make all the godly afraid for just causes. The society of Paul and Barnabas was consecrated by the heavenly oracle. They had long time labored, being of one mind, under this yoke whereunto the Lord had tied them; they had, by many experiences, tried [felt] the excellent favor of...
Paul had wintered at Antioch, but his active spirit would not rest idle long. He proposed to Barnabas that they take a second campaign among the Gentiles, not to begin new work but to review their old fields. Two are better than one, and Paul needed his friend's help to strengthen the young converts against Satan's kingdom.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 15:36-41
But Paul thought not good to take him with them,.... He did not think him worthy, or a fit and proper person to go with them, as the word used seems to signify, and therefore he refused to take him: the Syriac version renders it, "but Paul would not take him with them"; and, the Ethiopic version is very expressive, though it renders it in...