Acts 15

Acts 15:1

• Some men
• Then some men
• Some people
• Now some men
• Certain people
• But some men
• And certain men

• came down from

• Judea, and
• Judea and
• Judea,
• Judea
• Judea to Antioch and
• Judaea and

• began to teach the
• taught the
• were teaching the
• were instructing the
• began teaching the

• brothers, ‘Unless
• brothers: “Unless
• brothers, “Unless
• brethren, “Unless
• brethren, Unless
• believers: “Unless
• believers, “Unless

• you are circumcised after the custom of

• Moses
• Moses,

• you

• can
• ca

• not
• n’t

• be

• saved.
• saved!”
• saved.’
• saved.”
• saved;’

Acts 15:2

• [Translation pending]

Acts 15:3

• They,
• They
• So,
• So
• So they

• were
• being

• sent on their way by the

• church,
• church.
• church; and as
• church, and as

• they
• They

• passed through both
• traveled through
• passed through
• went through the
• went through

• Phoenicia and
• countries of Phoenicia and

• Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the

• Gentiles and
• Gentiles, and

• brought
• bringing

• great joy to all the

• brothers.
• brethren.
• believers.

Acts 15:4

• When they
• And when they

• arrived in
• came to
• had come to
• reached
• arrived at

• Jerusalem
• Jerusalem,

• they were

• welcomed by the
• received by the

• church and the
• church, the

• apostles, and the
• apostles and the
• apostles and

• elders, and
• elders; and
• elders, to whom

• they

• reported all that
• reported
• told all that
• told
• reported all

• God
• everything God
• things that God

• had

• done with
• done through
• accomplished through

• them.

Acts 15:5

• But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up,

• saying,
• saying, “

• It is necessary to circumcise

• them, and to
• them and to
• them and

• command
• direct
• order
• charge

• them to

• keep the
• observe the

• law of
• Law of

• Moses.’
• Moses!”
• Moses.”
• Moses.

Acts 15:6

• The apostles and the
• The apostles and
• Both the apostles and the
• Then the apostles and the

• elders
• church leaders

• met to
• met together to
• were gathered together to
• gathered to
• came together to
• assembled to
• held a meeting to

• consider this
• see about this
• study this
• look into this

• matter,
• matter.
• question.
• problem.

Acts 15:7

• After there had been much

• debate,
• debate
• debate.
• discussion,

• Peter

• stood up and
• rose and

• said to

• them, “
• them. “
• them: “

• Brothers,
• Brethren,
• My brothers,

• you
• you all

• know that in the early

• days.
• days

• God

• made a
• made

• choice among

• you, that by
• you, that through
• you that through

• my mouth the Gentiles

• should
• would

• hear the

• word of the
• message of the

• gospel and believe.

Acts 15:8

• And God, who
• And God who
• And God, Who
• God, who

• knows the

• heart,
• heart

• testified to
• bore witness to

• them by
• them, by
• them
• them,

• giving them the

• holy
• Holy

• spirit
• Spirit
• Spirit,
• Spirit to them
• Spirit to them,
• Spirit the

• just as
• same as

• He
• he
• He also
• he also

• did to
• had to

• us;
• us,
• us.

Acts 15:9

• He made no
• and He made no
• And he made no
• and he made no
• God made no

• distinction between
• difference between

• us and
• them and

• them,
• them.
• them;
• them, but
• them, for

• cleansing
• he purified
• purified

• their

• hearts by
• hearts through

• faith.

Acts 15:10

• Now,
• Now
• “Now
• now,

• therefore, why
• therefore why
• then, why
• then
• then,

• are
• do

• you

• putting God to the
• testing
• put God to the
• test
• tempt

• God by
• test by

• putting a
• placing a

• yoke on the
• yoke upon the

• neck of the

• disciples which neither
• disciples, which neither

• our

• ancestors nor
• fathers nor

• we
• we ourselves

• have been
• were

• able to

• bear?
• carry.
• carry?

Acts 15:11

• On the contrary, we

• believe that
• believe

• we

• are
• will be
• shall be

• saved through the
• saved by the

• grace of the Lord

• Jesus in the
• Jesus, in the
• Jesus,

• same
• just as

• they
• way as

• they.”
• they.
• are.”
• they are.”

Acts 15:12

• The whole
• Then the whole
• The entire

• assembly
• group
• company

• fell
• kept
• became
• was

• silent and
• silent, and
• quiet and
• silent as they
• silence, and
• quiet. They
• silent, and they
• quiet as they

• listened to
• listened while

• Barnabas and
• Paul and

• Paul
• Paul,
• Paul while they
• Paul, while they
• Barnabas
• Paul as they

• describing all the
• tell about all the
• told of all the

• signs and
• miracles and

• wonders
• wonders that
• wonders which
• miracles that

• God had

• done through
• worked through

• them among the
• them among

• Gentiles.
• gentiles.
• non-Jewish people.

Acts 15:13

• When they
• After they
• and after they
• And after they

• had finished
• had finished,
• finished,
• finished

• speaking, James
• James
• talking, James

• said, “
• said, ‘
• said:
• answered, saying, ‘
• answered, saying, “
• answered, saying,
• responded, “
• responded: “
• replied, “
• replied,
• replied. “
• spoke up: “
• spoke up. “

• Brothers,
• My brothers,
• Brethren,
• Brothers,” he said, “
• Men and brothers,

• listen to

• me!
• me.
• me;
• me:

Acts 15:14

• Simeon
• Simon
• Symeon
• Simon Peter

• has
• Peter has

• described how
• reported how
• explained how
• told how
• related how

• God first

• visited the Gentiles to
• visited the Gentiles, to
• concerned Himself about
• concerned himself about
• intervened to
• concerned himself to

• take out of
• take from
• taking from among the

• them a
• Gentiles a

• people for

• his
• His

• name.
• name;

Acts 15:15

• This agrees with what the
• This agrees with the

• words of the
• prophets
• words

• prophets, as it is written,
• prophets. As it is written,
• prophets; as it is written,
• prophets agree, just as it is written,
• prophets agree, just as it is written:
• Prophets agree, just as it is written,
• prophets agree with this, as it is written:
• prophets agree with this, as it is written,
• prophets agree, as it is written,
• prophets agree with this too:

Acts 15:16

• “‘After this I
• After this I
• “After this, I
• ‘After this I
• ‘After these things I
• After these things I

• will

• return, And
• return, and
• return; And
• return. And

• I will

• rebuild the
• build again the

• Tabernacle of
• tabernacle of
• tent of
• house of

• David which
• David, which
• David that

• has

• fallen; And
• fallen, and
• fallen, And
• fallen down.
• fallen down;
• fallen.
• fallen;

• I will rebuild its

• ruins, And
• ruins, and
• ruins
• ruins.

• I will

• set
• restore

• it
• it.
• it;
• it,
• it up,
• it up;
• it up.
• it up:
• it up again,
• it up again
• it up again.

Acts 15:17

• so that the rest of
• So that the rest of
• That the rest of
• that the rest of
• Then the rest of the
• that the remnant of

• humanity
• men
• mankind

• may
• will

• seek the
• seek after the

• Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by

• my
• My

• name,

• says the
• Says the

• Lord who
• Lord, who

• makes these
• does these
• does all these

• things.
• things,
• things’
• things.”
• things
• things.’
• things’—

Acts 15:18

• known from of
• known from long

• ago.”
• ago.’
• ago.
• old.’

Acts 15:19

• [Translation pending]

Acts 15:20

• Instead we should
• Instead, we should
• but that we
• but should
• but we should

• write to
• write and tell

• them to

• abstain from the
• abstain from

• things polluted by
• pollutions of
• pollution of

• idols, and from
• idols and from
• idols, from

• sexual immorality, and from what
• sexual immorality and from what
• fornication and from what
• fornication, and from what

• has been
• is

• strangled and from
• strangled, and from

• blood;
• blood.

Acts 15:21

• [Translation pending]

Acts 15:22

• Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and

• Barnabas:
• Barnabas—

• Judas
• Judas,
• Judas (

• called

• Barsabbas, and
• Barsabbas and
• Barsabbas) and

• Silas, leading men among the

• brothers—
• brothers,
• brothers.
• brethren,
• brethren.

Acts 15:23

• They
• and they

• sent this letter with them: From the

• apostles and the
• apostles and

• elders, your

• brothers, To the
• brothers, to the

• Gentile

• brothers in
• believers in
• brothers and sisters in

• Antioch,
• Antioch, and
• Antioch and

• Syria and
• Syria, and

• Cilicia,
• Cilicia.
• Cilicia:
• Cilicia. Dear

• greetings.
• Greetings.
• Greetings!
• greetings!
• greeting.
• greeting:

Acts 15:24

• [Translation pending]

Acts 15:25

• we
• We
• we have

• unanimously decided to
• have all agreed to

• choose some
• choose
• select

• men and
• messengers and

• send them to

• you with
• you along with
• you. They will

• our
• be with our

• dear

• friends,
• friends

• Barnabas and

• Paul—
• Paul
• Paul.
• Paul,

Acts 15:26

• who have
• Men who have
• men who have
• Barnabas and Paul have

• risked
• given
• dedicated
• devoted

• their lives for the
• their
• their lives to the
• their lives to

• name of
• serve
• sake of
• lives for

• our

• Lord
• Lord,

• Jesus Christ.

Acts 15:27

• we
• We
• Therefore, we
• Therefore we
• “Therefore we
• So we

• have
• are

• sent
• sending

• Judas and Silas with them. They will

• tell
• confirm what

• you the
• we

• same
• have
• same things

• things.

Acts 15:28

• For it
• ‘For it
• “For it
• ‘It
• It

• seemed
• is the
• has seemed

• good to the
• best to the
• decision of the

• holy
• Holy

• Spirit, and to
• Spirit and to

• us to
• us, to
• us

• lay upon
• impose on

• you no

• greater
• further

• burden than these
• burden beyond these

• essentials:
• necessary things:

Acts 15:29

• that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to

• idols, from
• idols, and from
• idols and from

• blood and from what
• blood, and from what

• has been

• strangled and from
• strangled, and from

• sexual immorality. If
• fornication; if
• fornication. If

• you keep

• yourselves from these,
• yourselves,

• you
• it

• will
• will be

• do
• be
• doing what

• well.
• well with you.
• is right.

• Farewell. ”’
• Farewell.’
• Farewell.”
• Farewell.
• Farewell!
• Good-bye.
• Goodbye.’

Acts 15:30

• So the men left Jerusalem and went to

• Antioch where
• Antioch, where
• Antioch. There

• they

• gathered the
• called the

• people together and gave them the letter.

Acts 15:31

• When they
• When the people
• And when they
• The people

• read,
• read
• had read
• read the

• it
• it.
• it,
• letter,

• they
• They

• rejoiced at the
• were delighted with the

• encouragement.
• exhortation.

Acts 15:32

• Judas and
• Both Judas and

• Silas, who
• Silas
• Silas,

• were
• being

• prophets.
• prophets
• prophets, and

• they
• They
• themselves,

• said
• said many

• much to encourage and strengthen the

• believers.
• brothers.

Acts 15:33

• After they
• And after they

• had spent some

• time there,
• time.
• time,

• they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent

• them,
• them.
• them.”

Acts 15:34

• but Silas
• But Silas

• decided to

• remain
• stay

• there.

Acts 15:35

• But Paul and
• Paul and

• Barnabas
• Barnabas, however,

• remained in
• stayed in
• stayed on in

• Antioch.
• Antioch,
• Antioch, where

• They and
• they and

• many

• others,
• others
• others, they
• others they

• taught and

• preached the
• proclaimed the

• word of the Lord.

Acts 15:36

• After some days,
• After some days
• And after some days
• And after some days,
• After some time
• After some time,

• Paul

• said to
• spoke to

• Barnabas.
• Barnabas,
• Barnabas, ‘
• Barnabas: “
• Barnabas, “

• Let
• Come, let

• us
• ’s

• go
• return and
• go back and
• return

• back and visit the
• visit the

• brothers in every
• brethren, in every
• brethren in every
• believers in every
• brothers in all the

• city where
• towns where
• city in which
• town where
• town in which

• we

• preached the
• proclaimed the
• have preached the

• word of the
• message of the

• Lord and
• Lord, and
• Lord, to
• Lord to

• see how they

• are doing.”
• are doing.’
• are.”
• are.’
• ’re doing.
• ’re doing.”
• are getting along.”
• are getting along.

Acts 15:37

• Barnabas
• Now Barnabas

• wanted to
• agreed and wanted to

• take
• take with
• take along
• bring

• John
• John called
• John, called
• John, who was called
• John who was called
• John, whose
• them John

• Mark,
• Mark.
• other name was Mark.
• other name was Mark;
• Mark along,
• Mark along.
• called Mark.

Acts 15:38

• But Paul
• but Paul

• insisted that they should

• not
• not to

• take
• take with
• take along this

• them someone who
• man who
• them the one who

• had

• deserted
• left
• withdrawn from
• departed from

• them in
• them at

• Pamphylia and
• Pamphylia, and
• Pamphylia. He

• had
• did

• not
• n’t

• continued with
• gone with
• gone on with
• accompanied

• them to the
• them in the
• them to

• work.

Acts 15:39

• There was sharp

• disagreement,
• contention,

• so that they separated from each

• other.
• other;

• Barnabas took Mark with

• him, and
• him and

• sailed away to

• Cyprus.
• Cyprus,
• Cyprus;

Acts 15:40

• But Paul
• but Paul
• Paul
• while Paul

• chose Silas and left, commended by the

• brothers to the
• brethren to the

• grace of the
• grace of

• Lord.
• Lord,
• God.

Acts 15:41

• He
• and he
• And he
• They
• Paul

• traveled through
• went through
• went through the
• passed through

• Syria and

• Cilicia,
• Cilicia

• strengthening the
• confirming the

• churches.
• churches there.
• assemblies.