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Acts 15:8

The Holy SpiritThe stranger and outcast

6 So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.

7 After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

9 He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

10 Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
KJV
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
WEB
God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.
ASV
And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;
DARBY
And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving [them] the Holy Spirit as to us also,
BLB
And the heart-knowing God testified to them, having given [them] the Holy Spirit, as also to us.
ÅB
Og Gud, som kjenner hjertene, gav dem vitnesbyrd, idet han gav dem slik som oss den Hellige Ånd,
OTB
Gud, som kjenner hjertet, vitnet ved å gi dem Den Hellige Ånd, akkurat som Han gjorde med oss.
B1930
Og Gud, som kjenner hjertene, gav dem vidnesbyrd, idet han gav dem likesom oss den Hellige Ånd,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 1:24

    And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen

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  • Acts 10:47

    “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

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  • Hebrews 4:13

    Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

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  • Acts 14:3

    So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.

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  • Acts 2:4

    And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

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  • Acts 11:15–17

    As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

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  • Acts 10:44–45

    While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.

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  • Jeremiah 20:12

    O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

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