Acts 15:22-29
1599 Geneva Bible
22 [a]Then it seemed good to the Apostles and Elders with the whole Church to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: to wit, Judas whose surname was Barsabas, and Silas, which were chief men among the brethren,
23 And wrote letters by them after this manner, THE APOSTLES, and the Elders, and the brethren, Unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and in Syria, and in Cilicia, send greeting.
24 [b]Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which [c]went out from us, have troubled you with words, and [d]cumbered your minds, saying, Ye must be circumcised and keep the Law: to whom we gave no such commandment,
25 It seemed therefore good to us, when we were come together with one accord, to [send] chosen men unto you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul.
26 Men that have [e]given up their lives for the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, which shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
28 [f]For it seemed good to the [g]holy Ghost, and [h]to us, to lay no more burden upon you, than these [i]necessary things.
29 [j]That is, that ye abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and that that is strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
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- Acts 15:22 In a lawful Synod, neither they which are appointed and chosen Judges, appoint and determine anything tyrannously or upon a lordliness, neither doth the common multitude set themselves tumultuously against them, which sit as Judges by the word of God: as the like order also is held in publishing and ratifying those things which have been so determined and agreed upon.
- Acts 15:24 The Council of Jerusalem concludeth, that they trouble men’s consciences, which teach us to seek salvation in any other means than in Christ only, apprehended by faith, from whence soever they come, and whomsoever they pretend to be author of their vocation.
- Acts 15:24 From our congregation.
- Acts 15:24 A borrowed kind of speech taken of them which pull down that that was built up: and it is a very usual metaphor in the Scriptures: to say the Church is built, for, the Church is planted and stablished.
- Acts 15:26 Have greatly hazarded their lives.
- Acts 15:28 That is, a lawful Council, which the holy Ghost ruleth.
- Acts 15:28 First they made mention of the holy Ghost, that it may not seem to be any man’s work.
- Acts 15:28 Not that men have any authority of themselves, but to show the faithfulness that they used in their ministry and labor.
- Acts 15:28 This was no precise necessity, but in respect of the state of that time, that the Gentiles and the Jews might more peaceably live together with less occasion of quarrel.
- Acts 15:29 Charity is required even in things indifferent.
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