Acts 15:8 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 15:8

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And God which knoweth the hearts - Ο καρδιογνωϚης Θεος. We had this epithet of the Divine Being once before; see Act 1:24, and the note there: it occurs no where else in the New Testament. Bare them witness - Considered them as proper or fit to receive the Gospel of Christ. It is properly remarked by learned men, that μαρτυρειν τινι, to bear witness to any person, signifies to approve, to testify in behalf of.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

God, which knoweth the hearts--implying that the real question for admission to full standing in the visible Church is the state of the heart. Hence, though that cannot be known by men, no principle of admission to church privileges which reverses this can be sound.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
καρδιογνώστης	kardiognōstēs	heart-knowing	G2589 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
ἐμαρτύρησεν	emarturēsen	bore witness	G3140 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
δοὺς	dous	having given	G1325 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πνεῦμα	pneuma	Spirit	G4151 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἅγιον	hagion	Holy	G40 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἡμῖν·	hēmin	to us;	G3165 →

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 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
Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
  Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…
- Jeremiah 17:10
  I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 33:13–15
  The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
- Proverbs 15:3
  The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
  For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
Through
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
leads to
- Mark 16:17
  And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
- Acts 13:52
  And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 4:31
  After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.