Acts 15:4

And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles, and of the elder men, (or they were received by the church, and by the apostles, and by the elders), and told, how great things (that) God did with them [or how many things (that) God did with them].

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

3And so they were led forth of the church, and passed by Phenice and Samaria; and they told the conversation [or the living] of heathen men, and they made great joy to all the brethren. (And so they were led forth from the church, and went through Phoenicia and Samaria; and they told them the news of the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brothers.)

5But some of the heresy of the Pharisees, that believed, rose up, and said, That it behooveth them to be circumcised, and to command to keep also the law of Moses.

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Cross References

Acts 14:27And when they were come, and had gathered the church, they told how great things (that) God did with them [or they told how many things (that) God did with them], and that he had opened to heathen men the door of faith (or and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles).

Acts 15:12And all the multitude held (their) peace, and heard Barnabas and Paul, telling how great signs and wonders, [or how many signs and wonders], (that) God did by them in (the) heathen men. (And all the multitude held their peace, and listened to Barnabas and Paul, telling how many miracles and wonders that God did by them among the Gentiles.)

Acts 21:17And when we came to Jerusalem, brethren received us willfully. (And when we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers willingly, or gladly, received us.)

Romans 15:7For which thing take ye together, as also Christ took you into the honour of God. (For which thing accept one another, as also the Messiah hath accepted you, for the honour or the glory of God.)

1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am that thing that I am; and his grace was not void in me. For I travailed more plenteously than all they; but not I, but the grace of God with me. (But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace was not given to me in vain. For I worked harder than all of them; but not me really, but the grace of God working through me.)

2 Corinthians 6:1But we helping [you in work and word] admonish [you], that ye receive not the grace of God in vain (or so that ye did not receive God’s grace 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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