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Acts 15:39

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

KJV

ἐγένετο δὲ παροξυσμὸς ὥστε ἀποχωρισθῆναι αὐτοὺς ἀπ’ ἀλλήλων, τόν τε Βαρναβᾶν παραλαβόντα τὸν Μᾶρκον ἐκπλεῦσαι εἰς Κύπρον.

Greek NT

Facta est autem dissensio, ita ut discederent ab invicem, et Barnabas quidem, assumpto Marco, navigaret Cyprum.

Vulgate

And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted asunder one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away unto Cyprus:

ASV

And there arose a dissension so that they departed one from another. And Barnabas indeed, taking Mark, sailed to Cyprus.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People BarnabasMark
Places Cyprus

In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βαρνάβας
barnabas
noun · 28×
Κύπρος
kupros
noun · 5×
Μάρκος
markos
noun · 8×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
παραλαμβάνω
paralambano
verb · 49×
παροξυσμός
paroxusmos
noun · 2×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἀλλήλων
allelon
reciprocal_pronoun · 100×
ἀποχωρίζω
apochorizo
verb · 2×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐκπλέω
ekpleo
verb · 3×
o
article · 19778×
ὥστε
oste
conjunction · 85×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: δὲ | RP: οὖν
  • δὲSBLGNT
  • δὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οὖνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 4:11 — Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
  • Acts 4:36 — And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
  • Acts 4:36 — And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
  • Col 4:10 — Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
  • Eccl 4:9 — Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
  • Eccl 7:20 — For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
  • Jas 3:2 — For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
  • Phil 2:14 — Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
  • Prov 18:19 — A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.