Acts 15:27
in Acts 15Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you in person the same things we are writing.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also shall tell you the same things by word of mouth.
KJV
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
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This verse in Acts 15
Commentary
7 notes on this verseJudas and Silas - shall - tell you the same things - These were proofs that the testimony of Paul and Barnabas was true; and that the letter was not forged, as they could witness the same things which the letter contained.
This site's exposition
some went out from us
on Acts 15:24-27
The council disavows the teachers of verse 1 as men who had gone out from Jerusalem without authorization, so their demand carried no authority. It commends Barnabas and Paul as men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This site's exposition
tell you in person the same things
The carriers came from Jerusalem itself, so no one at Antioch could say Barnabas and Paul had written the decision to suit themselves. Henry makes that point on the verse. Judas and Silas could also answer questions a letter could not.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"We have sent therefore Judas and Silas; who shall also tell you the same things by mouth." For it was necessary that there should be not merely the Epistle there by itself, lest they should say that Paul and Barnabas had suppressed the real purport, that they said one thing instead of another.
The Medieval Church1 voice
He says that "we, having gathered, unanimously decided," because all so determined and write this after careful deliberation. It is remarkable that neither Peter nor James dared, without the whole church, to establish a decree concerning circumcision, although they recognized it as necessary. But even …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas,.... The chosen men before mentioned, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth; as are written in these letters; which would both confirm and explain things unto them.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The same things - The same things that we wrote to you They will confirm all by their own statements.
The words behind it
12 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἀπεστάλκαμεν | apestalkamen | We have sent | G649 → | 132 times |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → | 497 times |
| Ἰούδαν | ioudan | Judas | G2455 → | 41 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| Σιλᾶν, | silan | Silas, | G4609 → | 12 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| αὐτοὺς | autous | they | G846 → | 5565 times |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 → | 664 times |
| λόγου | logou | word [of mouth] | G3056 → | 329 times |
| ἀπαγγέλλοντας | apangellontas | are telling [you] | G518 → | 43 times |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| αὐτά. | auta | same things. | G846 → | 5565 times |
ἀπεστάλκαμενWe have sent
apestalkamenG649 →132 times
οὖνtherefore
ounG3767 →497 times
ἸούδανJudas
ioudanG2455 →41 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
Σιλᾶν,Silas,
silanG4609 →12 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
αὐτοὺςthey
autousG846 →5565 times
διὰthrough
diaG1223 →664 times
λόγουword [of mouth]
logouG3056 →329 times
ἀπαγγέλλονταςare telling [you]
apangellontasG518 →43 times
τὰthe
taG3588 →19766 times
αὐτά.same things.
autaG846 →5565 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
3 John 1:13I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.
it leads to
- 2 John 1:12
I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that…
- 2 John 1:12
Through
Acts 15:22Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among…
it leads to
- Acts 15:40
but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
- Acts 15:40
Through
2 John 1:12I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that…
it leads to
- John 16:12
I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
- 3 John 1:13–14
I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.
- John 17:13
But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.
- John 15:11
I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
- John 16:12
Through
Acts 15:32Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
it leads to
- Acts 11:23
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
- Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
- Acts 11:23
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on Acts; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 33; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.