And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
4. They were received of the Church. By this word Church he meaneth the multitude itself and the whole body; that done, he assigneth a peculiar place to the apostles and elders, by whom Paul and Barnabas were specially received.
Even the most flourishing church cannot rest secure. These Judaizers came to Antioch, the stronghold of Gentile Christianity, and insinuated themselves as friends, only to demand that new converts become Jews before they could truly be Christians. It was leaven designed to spread poison through all the Gentile churches.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 15:1-5
And when they were come to Jerusalem,.... Paul and Barnabas, and the rest that came from Antioch with them: they were received of the church; that is, that was at Jerusalem, in a very kind and respectful manner; they were received into their houses, and accommodated with everything convenient for them: and of the apostles; particularly James, and Cephas, and John, who gave to Paul...