Acts 15:4

And having come to Jerusalem, they were gladly received by the church, and the apostles and elders; and they reported how great things God wrought with them.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

3They therefore, having been sent forward by the church, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.

5But there arose some of those from the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying: It is 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 gathered the church together, they reported how great things God wrought with them, and that he opened to the Gentiles a door of faith.

Acts 15:12And all the multitude became silent, and listened to Barnabas and Paul, narrating how great signs and wonders God wrought among the Gentiles through them.

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

Romans 15:7Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, 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 upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

2 Corinthians 6:1AND, as workers together with him, we also beseech you that ye 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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