Released or Sent?

”Paul and his band were “released,” not sent. Let’s get the exegesis right. First, the operative agent here is the Holy Spirit, not the local church or any other human entity. Second, what those around Paul and Barnabas did was recognize the Spirit’s activity and sovereign choice, and they responded by releasing Paul and Barnabas.

As C. Peter Wagner writes in his commentary on the book of Acts, Some scholars point out an interesting use of two Greek words for “to send” in this passage. Obviously, the chief sending agent was the Holy Spirit, and the Greek verb in the sentence “So,…