Acts 15:8 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 15:8

And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

KJV

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ASV

And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;

WEB

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

YLT

and the heart-knowing God did bare them testimony, having given to them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us,

DBT

And the heart-knowingGod bore them witness, giving [them] the Holy Spirit as to us also,

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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Luke 16:15
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Galatians 3:2
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Romans 8:27
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Acts 2:39
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
John 15:26
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

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Note, The Lord knows those that are his, for he knows men's hearts; and we are as our hearts are. Those to whom God gives the Holy Ghost, he thereby bears witness to that they are his; hence we are said to be sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise-- marked for God.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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ACT 15:8HEB 4:13 1CO 4:5
ACT 15:8HEB 4:13 JER 17:10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ACT 15:8HEB 4:13 PSA 33:13-15
ACT 15:8HEB 4:13 PRO 15:3
ACT 15:8HEB 4:13 ECC 12:14
ACT 15:8ACT 2:4 MRK 16:17
ACT 15:8ACT 2:4 ACT 13:52
ACT 15:8ACT 2:4 ACT 4:31

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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