Acts 15:2
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.
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 Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
4 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.
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- BSB
- And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul, Barnabas, and some others of them to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
- ASV
- And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, [the brethren] appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
- DARBY
- A commotion therefore having taken place, and no small discussion on the part of Paul and Barnabas against them, they arranged that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from amongst them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
- BLB
- There having been, then, no small commotion and discussion by Paul and Barnabas with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas and certain others out of them to go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.
- ÅB
- Da det nå oppsto strid, og Paulus og Barnabas fikk et ikke lite ordskifte med dem, vedtok de at Paulus og Barnabas og noen andre av dem skulle dra opp til apostlene og de eldste i Jerusalem og legge dette spørsmål fram for dem.
- OTB
- Dette førte til en skarp uenighet og debatt mellom Paulus og Barnabas og disse personene. Derfor ble Paulus og Barnabas, sammen med noen andre troende, utpekt til å dra opp til Jerusalem for å rådføre seg med apostlene og de eldste om denne saken.
- B1930
- Da det nu opstod strid, og Paulus og Barnabas fikk et ikke lite ordskifte med dem, vedtok de at Paulus og Barnabas og nogen andre av dem skulde dra op til apostlene og de eldste i Jerusalem og legge dette spørsmål frem for dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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Acts 15:22–23
Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
Read in contextGalatians 2:1–2
Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
Read in contextActs 15:6–7
And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
Read in contextGalatians 2:5
To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:5
For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
Read in contextActs 15:4
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.
Read in contextGalatians 1:6–10
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Read in contextActs 11:30
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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