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But some from the religious party of the Pharisees[a] who had believed stood up and said, “It is necessary[b] to circumcise the Gentiles[c] and to order them to observe[d] the law of Moses.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:5 sn See the note on Pharisee in 5:34.
  2. Acts 15:5 sn The Greek word used here (δεῖ, dei) is a strong term that expresses divine necessity. The claim is that God commanded the circumcision of Gentiles.
  3. Acts 15:5 tn Grk “them”; the referent (the Gentiles) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. Acts 15:5 tn Or “keep.”