Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
Observe again their humility, how they let others also take part in the preaching. And some days after Paul said unto 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 contention (or exasperation) was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other.
They did not simply tarry in Antioch, but taught. What did they teach, and what preach (evangelize)? They both (taught) those that were already believers, and (evangelized) those that were not yet such. And some days after, etc.
Observe again their humility, how they let others also take part in the preaching. "And some days after Paul said unto 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 (hexiou 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 contention (or exasperation) was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other." (v. 36-39.) And already indeed Luke has described to us the character of the Apostles, that the one was more tender and indulgent, but this one more strict and austere. For the gifts are diverse--(the gifts, I say), for that this is a gift is manifest--but the one befitting one, the other another set of characters, and if they change places, harm results instead of good. (b) In the Prophets too we find this: di...
