Pertanyaan: 639. Apa yang menjadi perselisihan antara Barnabas dan Paulus?
Perselisihan yang disebutkan dalam Kisah Para Rasul 15:39 diyakini telah timbul karena fakta bahwa Markus 'sudah bosan dengan pekerjaan itu, atau mundur dari bahaya dan kelelahan yang masih menanti mereka.' Barnabas telah menyatakan keinginannya untuk membawa Markus bersama mereka (Kolose 4:10), yang ditentang oleh Paulus. Barnabas mungkin tidak ingin mengadopsi sikap keras Paulus terhadap pekerja muda itu, dan ingin memberinya kesempatan lain. Dalam pandangan ini, Barnabas tampaknya dibenarkan, karena Markus kemudian memulihkan reputasinya, dan dia dan Paulus menjadi sepenuhnya berdamai (Kolose 4:10, 11; II Timotius 4:11).
Question: 639. What Was the Contention Between Barnabas and Paul?
The contention referred to in Acts 15 : 39 is believed to have grown out of the fact that Mark "' had either tired of the work, or shrunk from the danger and fatigue that yet lay before them." Barnabas had expressed the desire to take Mark with them (Col. 4: 10), which Paul opposed. Barnabas was probably unwilling to adopt Paul's severe attitude toward the young worker, and desired to give him another trial. In this view. Barnabas seems to have been justified, since Mark did retrieve his character later, and he and Paul became fully reconciled (Col. 4:10, 11; II Tim. 4:11).
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