Acts 15:9

And in making tehorot their levavot by emunah, in this respect Hashem did not differentiate between us Jews and those non-Jews.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

In Context

8And the One who has da'as of levavot, Hashem, bore solemn edut and stood as their witness, having given the non-Jews the Ruach Hakodesh just as Hashem did also to us Jews. + 15:8 Ac 2:4; 10:46; 11:15-16

10Therefore, now why are you testing Hashem by laying an ol (yoke) upon the neck of the talmidim which neither Avoteinu nor we were able to bear? + 15:10 Dt 9:5-6; Jer 31:31-34

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Cross References

Acts 10:28And he said to them, You have da'as that it is asur (prohibited) for an ish Yehudi to associate with or to approach a nokhri (foreigner). And yet to me Hashem showed to call no one shikkutz (abomination) or tameh (unclean).

Acts 10:43To this one all the Nevi'im bear witness that through ha-Shem of him + 10:43 Moshiach Yehoshua, Yeshua everyone who has emunah in him has selicha (forgiveness) of chatta'im (averos, sins).

Acts 14:1Now it came about in Iconium that together they entered into the shul and the same thing transpired: they spoke with the result that both Yehudim and a great multitude of Yevanim became ma'aminim hameshichiyim.

Romans 3:9What then? Are we (Yehudim) better off? Not altogether. For we have now charged both Yehudim and non-Jews as all alike under HaChet (sin), + 3:9 i.e., the power of Chet Kadmon Ro 7:23

Romans 3:29Or is Hashem G-d of the Yehudim only? Is Hashem not also G-d of the Nations? Ken, of non-Jews, too,

Romans 9:24By which I mean us, whom also He called, not only from the Yehudim but also from the non-Jews,

Matthew Henry on Acts 15:7-22

The Council at Jerusalem. 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by… Read the whole commentary →

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