The SDA commentary says, of course it matches with Acts 9. Doesn't seem like it to me, but guess others are ok with it.

Acts 12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

Acts 13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave to them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. 22 And when he had removed him,

We know God didn't kill Saul because the Bible specifically tells us how Saul was killed. So could there be a possibility the same thing holds true in other cases where it says God is doing a direct thing? Not saying the Bible contradicts itself, but that our ideas we give meaning to it contradicts the Bible.

Sunday's: A period of intercessory prayer and fasting preceded the departure of the missionaries; in this context, the laying on of hands was basically an act of consecration, or a commendation to God’s grace (Acts 14:26) for the task at hand.


Acts 14:
21 - preached gospel, taught many
22 - confirmed souls, exhorting to continue in faith
Ac 14:23 So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

What does "them" modify? Is it "they", Paul and Barnabus, or is it elders and disciples in every church?
I say the elders and disciples.

So
Ac 14:26 From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had completed.

is "they" still the elders, disciples, and members of the church in Antioch?

Or is it both the elders, disciples, and members were "commended" before, and also Paul and Barnabus which was spoken of now in v. 26?

Sabbath's: After more than two years, Paul and Barnabas returned to Syrian Antioch. Because the whole church there had been involved in sending them out as missionaries, it was natural that they would give a report to the church. The report’s emphasis, however, was not what they had accomplished but on what God Himself had done through them.

Can someone show me how the two years were counted?

And does anyone have a time-frame of when the Holy Spirit descended upon Cornelius and company? Most specifically, is there indication that it wasn't during the Jewish Pentecost time?