They who were reputed to be pillars (ο δοκουντες στυλο εινα). They had that reputation (δοκουντες) and Paul accepts them as such. …

And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars. That is, pillars or supports in the church. The word rendered pillars…

James, Cephas, and John.—In a few manuscripts and patristic quotations, the reading is Peter and James and John. This dou…

One of the first things he did, when there was a famine in Judea, was to make a collection for the saints in other places, that he might aid the po…

The exact use and order of the names of the leading apostles in this verse should not escape notice. First, the order obviously corresponds to the …

And when they perceived the grace. Those who treated with contempt the grace of God, by which the most eminent apostles had been led to ad…

And when James, Cephas, and John
These are the persons all along designed, though not till now named. James was the …

Observe the apostle's faithfulne in giving a full account of the doctrine he had preached among the Gentiles and was still resolved to preach—that …

Having shown that the Apostle did not depart from his opinion on any point in the conference mentioned above, he now shows that nothing was added t…