15:37 {15} And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
(15) A lamentable example of discord between excellent men and very great friends, yet not because of profane matters or their own private affairs, neither yet because of doctrine.
15:37,38 Barnabas determined to take with them John. He had abandoned them on the first tour (Ac 13:13), and his reasons did not satisfy Paul; hence he declined to take him.
15:37 Barnabas counselled to take John - His kinsman.
15:36-41 Here we have a private quarrel between two ministers, no less than Paul and Barnabas, yet made to end well. Barnabas wished his nephew John Mark to go with them. We should suspect ourselves of being partial, and guard against this in putting our relations forward. Paul did not think him worthy of the honour, nor fit for the service, who had departed from them without their knowledge, or without their consent: see ch.
