Acts Chapter 15 verse 30 Holy Bible
So they, when they were dismissed, came down to Antioch; and having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle.
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So they, being sent away, came down to Antioch, and having got the people together, they gave them the letter.
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They therefore, being let go, came to Antioch, and having gathered the multitude delivered to [them] the epistle.
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So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
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So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.
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They then, indeed, having been let go, went to Antioch, and having brought the multitude together, did deliver the epistle,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 30. - They, when they were dismissed, came down for when they were dismissed, they came, A.V.; having gathered for when they had gathered, A.V. The multitude does not exactly express the idea of τὸ πλῆθος, which is the fullness or the whole of the body spoken cf. Thus Luke 1:10, Πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ is "The whole congregation;" Luke 2:13, Πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου is "The whole heavenly host;" Luke 19:37, Ἄπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν, "The whole company of the disciples;" also Acts 6:2 and Acts 4:32, Τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πιστευσάντων is "The whole company of believers;" Acts 22:36, Τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ is "The whole body of the people;" in ver. 12 of this chapter, Πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος is "The whole Church of Jerusalem." So here, Τὸ πλῆθος means "The whole Church."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(30) When they were dismissed, they came to Antioch.--It is natural, in the absence of anything to the contrary, to infer that they returned, as they had come, through Samaria and Ph?nicia, and gladdened the hearts of the disciples there by telling them of the triumph which had been won at Jerusalem for the cause of freedom.They delivered the epistle.--We can picture to ourselves the eager excitement of that moment, the listening crowds, the letter, which as a formal missive would be sealed and tied round with thread, solemnly opened and read out aloud, mortification and murmurs on the one side, clamorous applause on the other, as each sentence repudiated the claims of the Judaisers and confirmed the principles and the work of St. Paul and Barnabas. To the Gentile converts it was, indeed--won, as it had been, after a hard battle--as the great charter of their freedom.
