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But Paul didn`t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and didn`t go with them to do the work.
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A Principled Disagreement
Commentators explain that Paul's refusal to take John Mark was not a personal grudge but a principled decision. Based on Mark's previous abandonment of the mission in Pamphylia, Paul considered him unreliable for the demanding work ahead. Scholars note the Greek grammar suggests Paul felt strongly and continuously that taking Mark was an unwise risk to the gospel mission.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
But Paul thought not good to take with them (Παυλος δε ηξιου--μη συνπαραλαμβανειν τουτον). The Greek is far more effective than th…
John Mark, Barnabas’s cousin (cf. Colossians 4:10), probably became convinced of the appropriateness of Paul’s Gentile policy by the act…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
