but Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
We have seen one unhappy difference among the brethren, which was of a public nature, brought to a good issue; but here we have a private quarrel between two ministers, no less men than Paul and Barnabas, not compromised indeed, yet ending well. I.
Commenting on Acts 15:36-41
And he went through Syria and Cilicia,.... Antioch was the metropolis of the former, and Tarsus, the apostle's native place, was in the latter; and in both these countries he had been before, and had been the instrument of converting many souls, and of planting churches, which he now visited, as he proposed to Barnabas to do: for it follows, confirming the churches; in the...
Verse 40. Being recommended. Being commended by prayer to God. . (a) "recommended by the"