Acts 15:4

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and the apostles and elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

In Context

3Being, therefore, con ducted on their journey by the church, they passed through Phenicia and Samaria, making known the conversion of the Gentiles; and they gave great joy to all the brethren.

5But some of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, arose, saying, that it was necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

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Cross References

Acts 14:27And having come and called together the church, they reported all that God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 15:12Then all the multitude kept silence, and listened to Barnabas and Paul, while they made known what signs and wonders God had done by them among the Gentiles.

Acts 21:17And when we came to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

Romans 15:7Wherefore, receive one another with kindness, as the Christ has received you, to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 15:10But, by the grace of God, I am what I am; and his grace, which was bestowed on me, has not been bestowed in vain: but I have labored more abundantly than they all; not I, however, but the grace of God which was with me.

2 Corinthians 6:1As co-workers with him, we beseech you, that you receive not the grace of God in vain:

Matthew Henry on Acts 15:2-6

Controversy Raised at Antioch; Bigotry of the Jewish Converts. 1 And certain men which came down from Judæa taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. 3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and… Read the whole commentary →

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