Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
BARNABAS AND SAUL, DIVINELY CALLED TO LABOR AMONG THE GENTILES, ARE SET APART AND SENT FORTH BY THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH. (Acts 13:1-3)
there were . . . certain prophets--(See on Acts 11:27).
and teachers; as Barnabas, etc.--implying that there were others there, besides; but, according to what appears the true reading, the meaning is simply that those here mentioned were in the Church at Antioch as prophets and teachers.
Simeon . . . Niger--of whom nothing is known.
Lucius of Cyrene-- (Acts 2:20). He is mentioned, in Romans 16:21, as one of Paul's kinsmen.
Manaen--or Menahem, the name of one of the kings of Israel (2 Kings 15:14).
which had been brought up with--or, the foster brother of.
Herod the tetrarch--that is, Antipas, who was himself "brought up with a certain private person at Rome" [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 17.1,3]. How differently did these two foster brothers turn out--the one, abandoned to a licentious life and stained with the blood of the most distinguished of God's prophets, though not without his fits of reformation and seasons of remorse; the other, a devoted disciple of the Lord Jesus and prophet of the Church at Antioch! But this is only what may be seen in every age: "Even so, Father, for so it seemeth good in Thy sight.' If the courtier, whose son, at the point of death, was healed by our Lord (John 4:46) was of Herod's establishment, while Susanna's husband was his steward (Luke 8:3), his foster brother's becoming a Christian and a prophet is something remarkable.
and Saul--last of all, but soon to become first. Henceforward this book is almost exclusively occupied with him; and his impress on the New Testament, on Christendom, and on the world is paramount.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 4:46-47
Acts 11:20
Acts 13:1
Acts 13:2
Romans 12:7
Romans 16:21
1 Corinthians 14:1
1 Timothy 1:18
1 Timothy 4:14
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