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Acts 15:8

The Holy SpiritThe stranger and outcast

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.

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 faith.

10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were 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,

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  • Acts 1:24

    And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

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  • Acts 10:47

    Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

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  • Hebrews 4:13

    Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

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  • Acts 14:3

    Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

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  • Acts 2:4

    And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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  • Acts 11:15–17

    And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

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  • Acts 10:44–45

    While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

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  • Jeremiah 20:12

    But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

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