Acts 15:5

But some of the ma'aminim hameshichiyim from the kat of the Perushim rose up, saying, It is necessary to give the Goyim the bris milah and to command them to be shomer mitzvot, keeping the Torah of Moshe Rabbenu.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

In Context

4And having come to Yerushalayim, they were there received by Moshiachʼs Kehillah and the Moshiachʼs Shlichim and the Zekenim, and they reported what things Hashem had done with them.

6And the Moshiachʼs Shlichim and the Zekenim were gathered together as a council to consider this matter.

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Cross References

Acts 15:1And some men came down from Yehudah to Syrian Antioch and were teaching the Achim b'Moshiach that if you lack the bris milah as prescribed by Moshe Rabbenu, it is impossible for you to come to Yeshu'at Eloheinu.

Acts 21:20And the ones who heard were saying, Baruch Hashem! And they said to him, You see, Ach b'Moshiach, how many thousands there are among the Yehudim who have emunah + 21:20 in our Moshiach and they all have kanous (zealousness), are shomer mitzvot for the Torah. + 21:20 Sinai Covenant and its mitzvot

Acts 26:5They have had da'as of this for a long time, if they are willing to bear edut, that according to the most machmir kat of our Orthodox Jewish faith my life has been lived out as a Parush.

Philippians 3:5Bris milah on the eighth day; + 3:5 Lk 1:59; 2:21 from Bnei Yisroel by birth; of the tribe of Binyamin; a speaker of Lashon HaKodesh, Ivrit of Ivrit-speaking horim, a Hebrew of Hebrews; + 3:5 2C 11:22 with regard to the Torah, from the kat haPerushim; + 3:5 Ac 23:6; 26:5

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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