Acts 15:7 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 15:7

After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

BSB

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ASV

And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Brethren, ye know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

KJV

And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

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Commentary

3 voices

Tertullian

On Modesty (220)

Moreover, in that dispute about the observance or non-observance of the Law, Peter was the first of all to be endued with the Spirit, and, after making preface touching the calling of the nations, to say, "And now why are ye tempting the Lord, concerning the imposition upon the brethren of a yoke which neither we nor our fathers were able to support? But however, through the grace of Jesus we believe that we shall be saved in the same way as they."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

For how really soever they were inspired, we need not suppose their inspiration was always so instantaneous and express, as to supersede any deliberation in their own minds, or any consultation with each other. Peter rose up - This is the last time he is mentioned in the Acts.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Much disputing - Or rather, much inquiry or deliberation. With our word disputing we commonly connect the idea of heat and anger. This is not necessarily implied in the word used here. It might have been calm, solemn, deliberate inquiry; and there is no evidence that it was conducted with undue warmth or anger. Peter rose up and said - Peter was probably the most aged, and was most accustomed to speak, Act 2:14, etc.; Act 3:6, Act 3:

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Original language & word study

35 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πολλῆς	pollēs	Of much	G4183 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ζητήσεως	zētēseōs	controversy	G2214 →
γενομένης,	genomenēs	having taken place,	G1096 →
ἀναστὰς	anastas	having risen up	G450 →
Πέτρος	Petros	Peter	G4074 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτούς·	autous	them;	G846 →
ἄνδρες	andres	Men	G435 →
ἀδελφοί,	adelphoi	brothers,	G80 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	you yourselves	G4771 →
ἐπίστασθε	epistasthe	know	G1987 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἀφ᾽	aph᾽	from	G575 →
ἡμερῶν	hēmerōn	days	G2250 →
ἀρχαίων	archaiōn	early	G744 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
ἐξελέξατο	exelexato	chose	G1586 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
στόματός	stomatos	mouth	G4750 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →
ἀκοῦσαι	akousai	to hear	G191 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἔθνη	ethnē	Gentiles	G1484 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λόγον	logon	word	G3056 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
εὐαγγελίου	euangeliou	gospel	G2098 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πιστεῦσαι.	pisteusai	to believe.	G4100 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

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
Acts 15:2
And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
leads to
- Acts 15:22–23
  Then 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…
- Acts 15:6–7
  So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
- Galatians 2:1–2
  Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
- Acts 15:4
  On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
- Acts 11:30
  This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.