Acts 15:19 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 15:19

It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;

KJV

Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

"Therefore I judge not to trouble." That is, not to upset matters, because if God called them, and these impositions upset the calling, then we are opposing God. He speaks with authority: I "judge."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The kingdom of God, in which they are to be trained up, is not meat and drink, neither the opposition nor the imposition of indifferent things, which will but trouble them; but it is righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, which we are sure will trouble nobody.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

My sentence - Greek: I judge κρίνω krinō that is, I give my opinion. It is the usual language in which a judge delivers his opinion; but it does not imply here that James assumed authority to settle the case, but merely that he gave his opinion, or counsel. That we trouble not them - That we do not molest, disturb, or oppress them by imposing on them unnecessary fires and ceremonies.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διὸ	dio	Therefore	G1352 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
κρίνω	krinō	judge	G2919 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
παρενοχλεῖν	parenochlein	to trouble	G3926 →
τοῖς	tois	those who	G3588 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἐθνῶν	ethnōn	Gentiles	G1484 →
ἐπιστρέφουσιν	epistrephousin	are turning	G1994 →
ἐπὶ	epi	to	G1909 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
θεόν,	theon	God,	G2316 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely…
leads to
- Proverbs 28:13
  He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- James 4:8–10
  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Ezekiel 18:21–23
  But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Isaiah 44:22
  I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Luke 15:10
  In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
Through
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
leads to
- 1 Timothy 4:10
  To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.
Through
Acts 15:24
It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
leads to
- Galatians 5:12
  As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!
- Acts 15:1
  Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”