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

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, should go to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good, I find not.

For in many things we all offend. If any man offendeth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

And sailed

And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.

So they being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, departed to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

And when we had lanched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.