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25. γενομένοις ὁμοθυμαδόν, having become of one accord. This rendering makes some distinction between ὁμοθυμαδόν with εἰμί and with γίγνομαι. With the substantive verb this adverb stands in Act 2:1; Act 4:24; Act 5:12, and may there be rendered ‘being with one accord.’
ἐκλεξαμένους ἄνδρας πέμψαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, to choose out men and send them to you. On the language see above on Act 15:22.
σὺν τοῖς ἀγαπητοῖς ἡμῶν, with our beloved. The intention of the whole letter is to shew the honour which the Church in Jerusalem felt was due to these missionary labourers. Hence the adjective ἀγαπητός, which in N.T. is specially applied to those who are closely united in faith and love. St Peter applies it to St Paul (2Pe 3:15).
Βαρνάβᾳ καὶ Παύλῳ, Barnabas and Paul. The order in which the names here stand is perhaps due to the fact that Barnabas had formerly (Act 11:22) been sent as the accredited messenger from Jerusalem to the Church in Antioch; while St Paul was not so well known in Jerusalem.