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;

And {G3767} the contention {G3948} was {G1096} so sharp {G3948} between them {G846}, that {G5620} they departed asunder {G673} one from the other {G575}{G240}: and so {G5037} Barnabas {G921} took {G3880} Mark {G3138}, and sailed {G1602} unto {G1519} Cyprus {G2954};

There was such sharp disagreement over this that they separated from each other, with Bar-Nabba taking Mark and sailing off to Cyprus.

Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

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:

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Cross-References

  • Colossians 4:10 (4 votes)

    Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)

  • James 3:2 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Acts 4:36 (3 votes)

    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,

  • Ecclesiastes 7:20 (3 votes)

    For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  • Romans 7:18 (2 votes)

    For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not.

  • Romans 7:21 (2 votes)

    I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

  • Acts 13:4 (1 votes)

    ¶ So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.