But Paul thought not good to take with them (Παυλος δε ηξιου--μη συνπαραλαμβανειν τουτον). The Greek is far more effective than th…

But Paul thought not good. He did not think it proper. This was because he could not trust in his perseverance with them in the toils and …

John Mark, Barnabas’s cousin (cf. Colossians 4:10), probably became convinced of the appropriateness of Paul’s Gentile policy by the act…

But Paul thought not good to take him with them
He did not think him worthy, or a fit and proper person to go with t…

Here we have a private quarrel between two ministers, no less than Paul and Barnabas, yet it was made to end well. Barnabas wished his nephew John …