Do therefore this (τουτο ουν ποιησον). The elders had thought out a plan of procedure by which Paul could set the whole matter str…

We have four men. There are four men with us. It is evident that James and the elders meant to say that these men were connected with them…

We have four men which have a vow on them.—The advice was eminently characteristic.

1. It came from one who him…

James and the elders responded to Paul’s report and the gift from the churches by praising God. Yet they also urged Paul to join with four Jewish C…

Do what we say to you. The elders seem (as I said just now) to have fallen into a foolish indulgence through too much love of their nation…

Do therefore this that we say to you This is said not as commanding, but as advising; and not to what was a duty, and nec…

Paul ascribed all his success to God, and to God they gave the praise. God had honoured him more than any of the apostles, yet they did not envy hi…