Acts 15:4

And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders; and they declared all that God had done with them.

English Majority Text (NT)

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

3Therefore, being sent forth by the church, they were passing through Phoenicia and Samaria, telling in detail about the conversion of the Gentiles; and they were causing great joy to all the brothers.

5But some of those from the sect of the Pharisees rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”

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Cross References

Acts 14:27Now arriving and gathering the church together, they related all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith for the Gentiles.

Acts 15:12Then all the multitude stopped speaking and listened to Barnabas and Paul telling as many signs and wonders as God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Acts 21:17And when we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers gladly received us.

Romans 15:7Therefore receive one another, just as also Christ received you, to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

2 Corinthians 6:1And working together with Him, we also urge that you not receive 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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