Acts 15:13
After they were silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
In Context
14Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.
Cross References
Acts 2:14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
Acts 2:29“Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Acts 12:17But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he departed and went to another place.
Acts 22:1“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”
Galatians 1:19But of the other apostles I saw no one except James, the Lord’s brother.
Galatians 2:12For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
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 →