Acts 15:37–40

15:37 Barnabas wanted to bring John called Mark along with them too, 15:38 but Paul insisted111 that they should not take along this one who had left them in Pamphylia112 and had not accompanied them in the work. 15:39 They had113 a sharp disagreement,114 so that they parted company. Barnabas took along115 Mark and sailed away to Cyprus,116 15:40 but Paul chose Silas and set out, commended117 to the grace of the Lord by the brothers and sisters.118

111	tn BDAG 94 s.v. ἀξιόω 2.a has “he insisted (impf.) that they should not take him along” for this phrase.
112	sn Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor. See Acts 13:13, where it was mentioned previously.
113	tn Grk “There happened a sharp disagreement.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
114	tn BDAG 780 s.v. παροξυσμός 2 has “sharp disagreement” here; L&N 33.451 has “sharp argument, sharp difference of opinion.”
115	tn Grk “taking along Mark sailed.” The participle παραλαβόντα (paralabonta) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
116	sn Cyprus is a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.
117	tn Or “committed.” BDAG 762 s.v. παραδίδωμι 2 gives “be commended by someone to the grace of the Lord” as the meaning for this phrase, although “give over” and “commit” are listed as alternatives for this category.
118	tn Grk “by the brothers.” Here it it is highly probable that the entire congregation is in view, not just men, so the translation “brothers and sisters” has been used for the plural ἀδελφῶν (adelphōn),.