Acts 15:19
Wherefore, my sentence—or "judgment."
is, that we trouble not—with Jewish obligations.
them which from among the Gentiles are turned to God—rather, "are turning." The work is regarded as in progress, and indeed was rapidly advancing.
17 So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name,
Says the1 Lord who does all these things.’
Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name,
Says the1 Lord who does all these things.’
18 1“Known to God from eternity are all His works.
19 Therefore aI judge that we should not trouble those from among the Gentiles who bare turning to God,
20 but that we awrite to them to abstain bfrom things polluted by idols, cfrom sexual immorality, dfrom things strangled, and from blood.
21 For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, abeing read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”
The Jerusalem Decree
22 Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas who was also named aBarsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Acts 15:18-19
Known unto God are all his works from the beginning—He who announced these things so long before, and He who had now brought them to pass, were one and the same; so that they were no novelty.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 15:19:
Acts 11:21
Acts 21:25
Galatians 2:11
Galatians 2:12
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