Acts 15:39

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Summary

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

The contention

James 3:2

And sailed

Bible References

The contention

Therefore dissension and no small discussion having been to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas to go up, and certain others of them, to the sent and elders in Jerusalem about this question.

And in those days, the disciples multiplying, there was a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were overlooked in the daily service.

For they embittered his spirit, and he talked idly with his lips.

I saw the end to all perfection: thy command is exceeding broad.

For not a just man in the earth, who shall do good and not sin.

For I know that in me dwells no good, (that is, in my flesh:) for to will lies near me; but to work good I find not.

For in many things we all stumble. If any stumble not in word, this a perfect man, able to govern by a bridle also the whole body.

And sailed

And Joses, surnamed Barnabas by the sent, (which is interpreted, Son of consolation,) a Levite, a Cyprian by birth,

And certain of them were Cyprian and Cyrenian men, who having come to Antioch, spake to the Greeks announcing good news, the Lord Jesus.

Therefore these truly, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, came down to Seleucia and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

And conveyed from thence, we sailed to Cyprus, for the winds were contrary.