New American Standard Bible 1995
Acts 15:1-5
11SomeG5100 menG5100 cameG2718 downG2718 from JudeaG2453 and began teachingG1321 2the brethrenG80, “UnlessG1437G3361 you are 3circumcisedG4059 according to 4the customG1485 of MosesG3475, you cannotG1410G3756 be savedG4982.” 2And when PaulG3972 and BarnabasG921 hadG1096 5greatG3756G3641 dissensionG4714 and 6debateG2214 with them, 7the brethren determinedG5021 that PaulG3972 and BarnabasG921 and someG5100 othersG243 of them should goG305 up to JerusalemG2419 to the 8apostlesG652 and eldersG4245 concerningG4012 thisG3778 issueG2213. 3ThereforeG3767, being 9sentG4311 on their wayG4311 by the churchG1577, they were passingG1330 throughG1330 bothG5037 10PhoeniciaG5403 and SamariaG4540, 11describingG1555 in detailG1555 the conversionG1995 of the GentilesG1484, and were bringingG4160 greatG3173 joyG5479 to allG3956 12the brethrenG80. 4When they arrivedG3854 at JerusalemG2414, they were receivedG3858 by the churchG1577 and 13the apostlesG652 and the eldersG4245, and they 14reportedG312 allG3745 that GodG2316 had doneG4160 with them. 5But someG5100 of 15the sectG139 of the 16PhariseesG5330 who had believedG4100 stoodG1817 up, sayingG3004, “It is necessaryG1163 to 17circumciseG4059 them and to directG3853 them to observeG5083 the LawG3551 of MosesG3475.”
Notes
- 1. Acts 15:1 Acts 15:24 ↩
- 2. Acts 15:1 Acts 1:15; 15:3, 22, 32 ↩
- 3. Acts 15:1 Lev 12:3; Acts 15:5; 1 Cor 7:18; Gal 2:11, 14; 5:2f ↩
- 4. Acts 15:1 Acts 6:14 ↩
- 5. Acts 15:2 Lit not a little ↩
- 6. Acts 15:2 Acts 15:7 ↩
- 7. Acts 15:2 Gal 2:2 ↩
- 8. Acts 15:2 Acts 11:30; 15:4, 6, 22, 23; 16:4 ↩
- 9. Acts 15:3 Acts 20:38; 21:5; Rom 15:24; 1 Cor 16:6, 11; 2 Cor 1:16; Titus 3:13; 3 John 6 ↩
- 10. Acts 15:3 Acts 11:19 ↩
- 11. Acts 15:3 Acts 14:27; 15:4, 12 ↩
- 12. Acts 15:3 Acts 1:15; 15:22, 32 ↩
- 13. Acts 15:4 Acts 11:30; 15:6, 22, 23; 16:4 ↩
- 14. Acts 15:4 Acts 14:27; 15:12 ↩
- 15. Acts 15:5 Acts 5:17; 24:5, 14; 26:5; 28:22 ↩
- 16. Acts 15:5 Matt 3:7; Acts 26:5 ↩
- 17. Acts 15:5 1 Cor 7:18; Gal 2:11, 14; 5:2f ↩
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
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