Acts 15:6

Acts 15:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
• New International Version (NIV)The apostles and elders met to consider this question.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter.

Context of Acts 15:6

4When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them. 5But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.” The apostles and the elders gathered to consider this matter. 7After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe. 8And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.

Acts 15:6 word by word

Συνήχθησάν τε οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἰδεῖν περὶ τοῦ λόγου τούτου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• the apostlesἀπόστολοςapostolos · apostleG652
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• eldersπρεσβύτεροςpresbuteros · elder (leader)G4245
• came togetherσυνάγωsunagō · to assembleG4863
• for to considerὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• matterλόγοςlogos · wordG3056

Cross-references for Acts 15:6

• Acts 15:25we have unanimously decided to select men and send them to you along with our dearly loved Barnabas and Paul,
• Acts 6:2The Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching the word of God to wait on tables.
• Acts 21:18The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.
• Proverbs 15:22Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
• Matthew 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”
• Hebrews 13:7Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.

Commentaries on Acts 15:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The apostles and elders came together - This was the first council ever held in the Christian Church; and we find that it was composed of the apostles and elders simply.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And the apostles and elders … - They came together in accordance with the authority in Matthew 18:19-20. It would seem, also, that the whole church was convened on this occasion, and that the church concurred, at least, in the judgment expressed in this case. See Acts 15:12, Acts 15:22-23. For to consider of this matter - Not to decide it arbitrarily, or even by authority, without deliberation; but to compare their views, and to express the result of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-21The first council of the church met to resolve the dispute concerning Gentiles and circumcision (15:1–2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. being brought on their way by the church--a kind of official escort. they passed through Phenice--(See on Ac 11:19). and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles, and they caused great joy to the brethren--As the converts in those parts were Jewish (Ac 11:19), their spirit contrasts favorably with that of others of their nation.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 15:6

• Antioch
• Bigotry
• Catholicity
• Church
• Circumcision
• Council
• Doctrines
• Elder
• Law
• Titus

In the dictionaries

• Abstain
• Cause
• Choice
• Consider
• Conversion
• Council
• Declare
• Dissension
• Galatians, Epistle to
• John

Commentaries on Acts 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings