Acts 15:12 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

Acts 15:12

10 Now therefore, why do you test God ^aby putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

11 But ^awe believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus¹ Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they.”

12 Then all the multitude kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring how many miracles and wonders God had ^aworked through them among the Gentiles.

13 And after they had¹ become silent, ^aJames answered, saying, “Men and brethren, listen to me:

14 ^aSimon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name.

15 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Kept silence (esighsen). Ingressive first aorist active of sigaw, old verb, to hold one's peace. All the multitude became silent after Peter's speech and because of it.

Hearkened (hkouon). Imperfect active of akouw, descriptive of the rapt attention, were listening.

Unto Barnabas and Paul (Barnaba kai Paulou). Note placing Barnabas before Paul as in verse Acts 15:25, possibly because in Jerusalem Barnabas was still better known than Paul.

Rehearsing (echgoumenwn). Present middle participle of echgeomai, old verb, to go through or lead out a narrative of events as in Luke 24:35; Acts 10:8 which see. Three times (Acts 14:27; Acts 15:4, Acts 15:12) Paul is described as telling the facts about their mission work, facts more eloquent than argument (Page). One of the crying needs in the churches is fuller knowledge of the facts of mission work and progress with enough detail to give life and interest. The signs and wonders which God had wrought among the Gentiles set the seal of approval on the work done through (dia) Barnabas and Paul. This had been Peter's argument about Cornelius (Acts 11:17). This same verb (echghsato) is used by James in verse Acts 15:14 referring to Peter's speech.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 15:12:

John 1:18
Acts 13:13
Acts 15:6
Acts 15:12
Acts 22:2

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