Acts 15

GNT

1 καί τινες κατελθόντες ἀπὸ τῆς ἰουδαίας ἐδίδασκον τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ περιτμηθῆτε τῶ ἔθει τῶ μωϊσέως, οὐ δύνασθε σωθῆναι.

2 γενομένης δὲ στάσεως καὶ ζητήσεως οὐκ ὀλίγης τῶ παύλῳ καὶ τῶ βαρναβᾷ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔταξαν ἀναβαίνειν παῦλον καὶ βαρναβᾶν καί τινας ἄλλους ἐξ αὐτῶν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους καὶ πρεσβυτέρους εἰς ἰερουσαλὴμ περὶ τοῦ ζητήματος τούτου.

3 οἱ μὲν οὗν προπεμφθέντες ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας διήρχοντο τήν τε φοινίκην καὶ σαμάρειαν ἐκδιηγούμενοι τὴν ἐπιστροφὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν, καὶ ἐποίουν χαρὰν μεγάλην πᾶσιν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς.

4 παραγενόμενοι δὲ εἰς ἰερουσαλὴμ παρεδέχθησαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ἀνήγγειλάν τε ὅσα ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησεν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν.

5 ἐξανέστησαν δέ τινες τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς αἱρέσεως τῶν φαρισαίων πεπιστευκότες, λέγοντες ὅτι δεῖ περιτέμνειν αὐτοὺς παραγγέλλειν τε τηρεῖν τὸν νόμον μωϊσέως.

6 συνήχθησάν τε οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἰδεῖν περὶ τοῦ λόγου τούτου.

7 πολλῆς δὲ ζητήσεως γενομένης ἀναστὰς πέτρος εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε ὅτι ἀφ᾽ ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων ἐν ὑμῖν ἐξελέξατο ὁ θεὸς διὰ τοῦ στόματός μου ἀκοῦσαι τὰ ἔθνη τὸν λόγον τοῦ εὐαγγελίου καὶ πιστεῦσαι·

8 καὶ ὁ καρδιογνώστης θεὸς ἐμαρτύρησεν αὐτοῖς δοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον καθὼς καὶ ἡμῖν,

9 καὶ οὐθὲν διέκρινεν μεταξὺ ἡμῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν, τῇ πίστει καθαρίσας τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν.

10 νῦν οὗν τί πειράζετε τὸν θεόν, ἐπιθεῖναι ζυγὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον τῶν μαθητῶν ὃν οὔτε οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν οὔτε ἡμεῖς ἰσχύσαμεν βαστάσαι;

11 ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ κυρίου ἰησοῦ πιστεύομεν σωθῆναι καθ᾽ ὃν τρόπον κἀκεῖνοι.

12 ἐσίγησεν δὲ πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος, καὶ ἤκουον βαρναβᾶ καὶ παύλου ἐξηγουμένων ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν δι᾽ αὐτῶν.

13 μετὰ δὲ τὸ σιγῆσαι αὐτοὺς ἀπεκρίθη ἰάκωβος λέγων, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ἀκούσατέ μου.

14 συμεὼν ἐξηγήσατο καθὼς πρῶτον ὁ θεὸς ἐπεσκέψατο λαβεῖν ἐξ ἐθνῶν λαὸν τῶ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ.

15 καὶ τούτῳ συμφωνοῦσιν οἱ λόγοι τῶν προφητῶν, καθὼς γέγραπται,

16 μετὰ ταῦτα ἀναστρέψω καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω τὴν σκηνὴν δαυὶδ τὴν πεπτωκυῖαν, καὶ τὰ κατεσκαμμένα αὐτῆς ἀνοικοδομήσω καὶ ἀνορθώσω αὐτήν,

17 ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν κύριον, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐφ᾽ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς, λέγει κύριος ποιῶν ταῦτα

18 γνωστὰ ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος.

19 διὸ ἐγὼ κρίνω μὴ παρενοχλεῖν τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐπιστρέφουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν,

20 ἀλλὰ ἐπιστεῖλαι αὐτοῖς τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι τῶν ἀλισγημάτων τῶν εἰδώλων καὶ τῆς πορνείας καὶ τοῦ πνικτοῦ καὶ τοῦ αἵματος·

21 μωϊσῆς γὰρ ἐκ γενεῶν ἀρχαίων κατὰ πόλιν τοὺς κηρύσσοντας αὐτὸν ἔχει ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς κατὰ πᾶν σάββατον ἀναγινωσκόμενος.

22 τότε ἔδοξε τοῖς ἀποστόλοις καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις σὺν ὅλῃ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐκλεξαμένους ἄνδρας ἐξ αὐτῶν πέμψαι εἰς ἀντιόχειαν σὺν τῶ παύλῳ καὶ βαρναβᾷ, ἰούδαν τὸν καλούμενον βαρσαββᾶν καὶ σιλᾶν, ἄνδρας ἡγουμένους ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς,

23 γράψαντες διὰ χειρὸς αὐτῶν, οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἀδελφοὶ τοῖς κατὰ τὴν ἀντιόχειαν καὶ συρίαν καὶ κιλικίαν ἀδελφοῖς τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν χαίρειν.

24 ἐπειδὴ ἠκούσαμεν ὅτι τινὲς ἐξ ἡμῶν [ἐξελθόντες] ἐτάραξαν ὑμᾶς λόγοις ἀνασκευάζοντες τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν, οἷς οὐ διεστειλάμεθα,

25 ἔδοξεν ἡμῖν γενομένοις ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐκλεξαμένοις ἄνδρας πέμψαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς σὺν τοῖς ἀγαπητοῖς ἡμῶν βαρναβᾷ καὶ παύλῳ,

26 ἀνθρώποις παραδεδωκόσι τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ.

27 ἀπεστάλκαμεν οὗν ἰούδαν καὶ σιλᾶν, καὶ αὐτοὺς διὰ λόγου ἀπαγγέλλοντας τὰ αὐτά.

28 ἔδοξεν γὰρ τῶ πνεύματι τῶ ἁγίῳ καὶ ἡμῖν μηδὲν πλέον ἐπιτίθεσθαι ὑμῖν βάρος πλὴν τούτων τῶν ἐπάναγκες,

29 ἀπέχεσθαι εἰδωλοθύτων καὶ αἵματος καὶ πνικτῶν καὶ πορνείας· ἐξ ὧν διατηροῦντες ἑαυτοὺς εὗ πράξετε. ἔρρωσθε.

30 οἱ μὲν οὗν ἀπολυθέντες κατῆλθον εἰς ἀντιόχειαν, καὶ συναγαγόντες τὸ πλῆθος ἐπέδωκαν τὴν ἐπιστολήν·

31 ἀναγνόντες δὲ ἐχάρησαν ἐπὶ τῇ παρακλήσει.

32 ἰούδας τε καὶ σιλᾶς, καὶ αὐτοὶ προφῆται ὄντες, διὰ λόγου πολλοῦ παρεκάλεσαν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ ἐπεστήριξαν·

33 ποιήσαντες δὲ χρόνον ἀπελύθησαν μετ᾽ εἰρήνης ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστείλαντας αὐτούς.

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35 παῦλος δὲ καὶ βαρναβᾶς διέτριβον ἐν ἀντιοχείᾳ διδάσκοντες καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι μετὰ καὶ ἑτέρων πολλῶν τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου.

36 μετὰ δέ τινας ἡμέρας εἶπεν πρὸς βαρναβᾶν παῦλος, ἐπιστρέψαντες δὴ ἐπισκεψώμεθα τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς κατὰ πόλιν πᾶσαν ἐν αἷς κατηγγείλαμεν τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου, πῶς ἔχουσιν.

37 βαρναβᾶς δὲ ἐβούλετο συμπαραλαβεῖν καὶ τὸν ἰωάννην τὸν καλούμενον μᾶρκον·

38 παῦλος δὲ ἠξίου τὸν ἀποστάντα ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ παμφυλίας καὶ μὴ συνελθόντα αὐτοῖς εἰς τὸ ἔργον μὴ συμπαραλαμβάνειν τοῦτον.

39 ἐγένετο δὲ παροξυσμὸς ὥστε ἀποχωρισθῆναι αὐτοὺς ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων, τόν τε βαρναβᾶν παραλαβόντα τὸν μᾶρκον ἐκπλεῦσαι εἰς κύπρον.

40 παῦλος δὲ ἐπιλεξάμενος σιλᾶν ἐξῆλθεν παραδοθεὶς τῇ χάριτι τοῦ κυρίου ὑπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν,

41 διήρχετο δὲ τὴν συρίαν καὶ [τὴν] κιλικίαν ἐπιστηρίζων τὰς ἐκκλησίας.

KJV

1  And²⁵³² certain men⁵¹⁰⁰ which came down²⁷¹⁸ from⁵⁷⁵ Judea²⁴⁴⁹ taught¹³²¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ brethren,⁸⁰ and said, Except³³⁶² ye be circumcised⁴⁰⁵⁹ after the³⁵⁸⁸ manner¹⁴⁸⁵ of Moses,³⁴⁷⁵ ye cannot^{1410 3756} be saved.⁴⁹⁸²

2  When therefore³⁷⁶⁷ Paul³⁹⁷² and²⁵³² Barnabas⁹²¹ had¹⁰⁹⁶ no³⁷⁵⁶ small³⁶⁴¹ dissension⁴⁷¹⁴ and²⁵³² disputation⁴⁸⁰³ with⁴³¹⁴ them,⁸⁴⁶ they determined⁵⁰²¹ that Paul³⁹⁷² and²⁵³² Barnabas,⁹²¹ and²⁵³² certain⁵¹⁰⁰ other²⁴³ of¹⁵³⁷ them,⁸⁴⁶ should go up³⁰⁵ to¹⁵¹⁹ Jerusalem²⁴¹⁹ unto⁴³¹⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ apostles⁶⁵² and²⁵³² elders⁴²⁴⁵ about⁴⁰¹² this⁵¹²⁷ question.²²¹³

3  And³⁷⁶⁷ being³³⁰³ brought on their way⁴³¹¹ by⁵²⁵⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ church,¹⁵⁷⁷ they³⁵⁸⁸ passed through¹³³⁰ Phoenicia⁵⁴⁰³ and²⁵³² Samaria,⁴⁵⁴⁰ declaring¹⁵⁵⁵ the³⁵⁸⁸ conversion¹⁹⁹⁵ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Gentiles:¹⁴⁸⁴ and²⁵³² they caused⁴¹⁶⁰ great³¹⁷³ joy⁵⁴⁷⁹ unto all³⁹⁵⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ brethren.⁸⁰

4  And¹¹⁶¹ when they were come³⁸⁵⁴ to¹⁵¹⁹ Jerusalem,²⁴¹⁹ they were received⁵⁸⁸ of⁵²⁵⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ church,¹⁵⁷⁷ and²⁵³² of the³⁵⁸⁸ apostles⁶⁵² and²⁵³² elders,⁴²⁴⁵ and⁵⁰³⁷ they declared³¹² all things that³⁷⁴⁵ God²³¹⁶ had done⁴¹⁶⁰ with³³²⁶ them.⁸⁴⁶

5  But¹¹⁶¹ there rose up¹⁸¹⁷ certain⁵¹⁰⁰ of⁵⁷⁵ the³⁵⁸⁸ sect¹³⁹ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Pharisees⁵³³⁰ which believed,⁴¹⁰⁰ saying,³⁰⁰⁴ That³⁷⁵⁴ it was needful¹¹⁶³ to circumcise⁴⁰⁵⁹ them,⁸⁴⁶ and⁵⁰³⁷ to command³⁸⁵³ them to keep⁵⁰⁸³ the³⁵⁸⁸ law³⁵⁵¹ of Moses.³⁴⁷⁵

6  And¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ apostles⁶⁵² and²⁵³² elders⁴²⁴⁵ came together⁴⁸⁶³ for to consider¹⁴⁹² of⁴⁰¹² this⁵¹²⁷ matter.³⁰⁵⁶

7  And¹¹⁶¹ when there had been¹⁰⁹⁶ much⁴¹⁸³ disputing,⁴⁸⁰³ Peter⁴⁰⁷⁴ rose up,⁴⁵⁰ and said²⁰³⁶ unto⁴³¹⁴ them,⁸⁴⁶ Men⁴³⁵ and brethren,⁸⁰ ye⁵²¹⁰ know¹⁹⁸⁷ how that³⁷⁵⁴ a good while ago^{575 744 2250} God²³¹⁶ made choice¹⁵⁸⁶ among¹⁷²² us,²²⁵⁴ that the³⁵⁸⁸ Gentiles¹⁴⁸⁴ by¹²²³ my³⁴⁵⁰ mouth⁴⁷⁵⁰ should hear¹⁹¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ word³⁰⁵⁶ of the³⁵⁸⁸ gospel,²⁰⁹⁸ and²⁵³² believe.⁴¹⁰⁰

8  And²⁵³² God,²³¹⁶ which knoweth the hearts,²⁵⁸⁹ bare them witness,^{3140 846} giving¹³²⁵ them⁸⁴⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ Holy⁴⁰ Ghost,⁴¹⁵¹ even as²⁵³¹ he did²⁵³² unto us;²²⁵⁴

9  And²⁵³² put no difference^{1252 3762} between^{3342 5037} us²²⁵⁷ and²⁵³² them,⁸⁴⁶ purifying²⁵¹¹ their⁸⁴⁶ hearts²⁵⁸⁸ by faith.⁴¹⁰²

10  Now³⁵⁶⁸ therefore³⁷⁶⁷ why⁵¹⁰¹ tempt³⁹⁸⁵ ye God,²³¹⁶ to put²⁰⁰⁷ a yoke²²¹⁸ upon¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ neck⁵¹³⁷ of the³⁵⁸⁸ disciples,³¹⁰¹ which³⁷³⁹ neither³⁷⁷⁷ our²²⁵⁷ fathers³⁹⁶² nor³⁷⁷⁷ we²²⁴⁹ were able²⁴⁸⁰ to bear?⁹⁴¹

11  But²³⁵ we believe⁴¹⁰⁰ that through¹²²³ the³⁵⁸⁸ grace⁵⁴⁸⁵ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² Jesus²⁴²⁴ Christ⁵⁵⁴⁷ we shall be saved,⁴⁹⁸² even as they.^{2596 3739 5158 2548}

12  Then¹¹⁶¹ all³⁹⁵⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ multitude⁴¹²⁸ kept silence,⁴⁶⁰¹ and²⁵³² gave audience¹⁹¹ to Barnabas⁹²¹ and²⁵³² Paul,³⁹⁷² declaring¹⁸³⁴ what³⁷⁴⁵ miracles⁴⁵⁹² and²⁵³² wonders⁵⁰⁵⁹ God²³¹⁶ had wrought⁴¹⁶⁰ among¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ Gentiles¹⁴⁸⁴ by¹²²³ them.⁸⁴⁶

13  And¹¹⁶¹ after they⁸⁴⁶ had held their peace,⁴⁶⁰¹ James²³⁸⁵ answered,⁶¹¹ saying,³⁰⁰⁴ Men⁴³⁵ and brethren,⁸⁰ hearken¹⁹¹ unto me:³⁴⁵⁰

14  Simeon⁴⁸²⁶ hath declared¹⁸³⁴ how²⁵³¹ God²³¹⁶ at the first⁴⁴¹² did visit¹⁹⁸⁰ the Gentiles,¹⁴⁸⁴ to take²⁹⁸³ out of¹⁵³⁷ them a people²⁹⁹² for¹⁹⁰⁹ his⁸⁴⁸ name.³⁶⁸⁶

15  And²⁵³² to this⁵¹²⁹ agree⁴⁸⁵⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ words³⁰⁵⁶ of the³⁵⁸⁸ prophets;⁴³⁹⁶ as²⁵³¹ it is written,¹¹²⁵

16  After³³²⁶ this⁵⁰²³ I will return,³⁹⁰ and²⁵³² will build again⁴⁵⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ tabernacle⁴⁶³³ of David,¹¹³⁸ which is fallen down;⁴⁰⁹⁸ and²⁵³² I will build again⁴⁵⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ ruins²⁶⁷⁹ thereof,⁸⁴⁶ and²⁵³² I will set it up:^{461 846}

17  That³⁷⁰⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ residue²⁶⁴⁵ of men⁴⁴⁴ might seek after^{1567 302} the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord,²⁹⁶² and²⁵³² all³⁹⁵⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ Gentiles,¹⁴⁸⁴ upon¹⁹⁰⁹ whom³⁷³⁹ my³⁴⁵⁰ name³⁶⁸⁶ is called,¹⁹⁴¹ saith^{3004 846} the Lord,²⁹⁶² who doeth⁴¹⁶⁰ all³⁹⁵⁶ these things.⁵⁰²³

18  Known¹¹¹⁰ unto God²³¹⁶ are²⁰⁷⁶ all³⁹⁵⁶ his⁸⁴⁸ works²⁰⁴¹ from⁵⁷⁵ the beginning of the world.¹⁶⁵

19  Wherefore¹³⁵² my¹⁴⁷³ sentence is,²⁹¹⁹ that we trouble³⁹²⁶ not³³⁶¹ them, which from⁵⁷⁵ among the³⁵⁸⁸ Gentiles¹⁴⁸⁴ are turned¹⁹⁹⁴ to¹⁹⁰⁹ God:²³¹⁶

20  But²³⁵ that we write¹⁹⁸⁹ unto them,⁸⁴⁶ that they abstain⁵⁶⁷ from⁵⁷⁵ pollutions²³⁴ of idols,¹⁴⁹⁷ and²⁵³² from fornication,⁴²⁰² and²⁵³² from things strangled,⁴¹⁵⁶ and²⁵³² from blood.¹²⁹

21  For¹⁰⁶³ Moses³⁴⁷⁵ of old time^{1537 744 1074} hath²¹⁹² in every city^{2596 4172} them that preach²⁷⁸⁴ him,⁸⁴⁶ being read³¹⁴ in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ synagogues⁴⁸⁶⁴ every^{2596 3956} sabbath day.⁴⁵²¹

22  Then⁵¹¹⁹ pleased¹³⁸⁰ it the³⁵⁸⁸ apostles⁶⁵² and²⁵³² elders,⁴²⁴⁵ with⁴⁸⁶² the³⁵⁸⁸ whole³⁶⁵⁰ church,¹⁵⁷⁷ to send³⁹⁹² chosen¹⁵⁸⁶ men⁴³⁵ of¹⁵³⁷ their own company⁸⁴⁶ to¹⁵¹⁹ Antioch⁴⁹⁰ with⁴⁸⁶² Paul³⁹⁷² and²⁵³² Barnabas:⁹²¹ namely, Judas²⁴⁵⁵ surnamed¹⁹⁴¹ Barsabas,⁹²³ and²⁵³² Silas,⁴⁶⁰⁹ chief²²³³ men⁴³⁵ among¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ brethren:⁸⁰

23  And they wrote¹¹²⁵ letters by¹²²³ them⁸⁴⁸ after this manner;³⁵⁹² The³⁵⁸⁸ apostles⁶⁵² and elders⁴²⁴⁵ and²⁵³² brethren⁸⁰ send greeting⁵⁴⁶³ unto the³⁵⁸⁸ brethren⁸⁰ which³⁵⁸⁸ are of¹⁵³⁷ the Gentiles¹⁴⁸⁴ in²⁵⁹⁶ Antioch⁴⁹⁰ and²⁵³² Syria⁴⁹⁴⁷ and²⁵³² Cilicia.²⁷⁹¹

24  Forasmuch as¹⁸⁹⁴ we have heard,¹⁹¹ that³⁷⁵⁴ certain⁵¹⁰⁰ which went out¹⁸³¹ from¹⁵³⁷ us²²⁵⁷ have troubled⁵⁰¹⁵ you⁵²⁰⁹ with words,³⁰⁵⁶ subverting³⁸⁴ your⁵²¹⁶ souls,⁵⁵⁹⁰ saying,³⁰⁰⁴ Ye must be circumcised,⁴⁰⁵⁹ and²⁵³² keep⁵⁰⁸³ the³⁵⁸⁸ law:³⁵⁵¹ to whom³⁷³⁹ we gave no such commandment:^{1291 3756}

25  It seemed good¹³⁸⁰ unto us,²²⁵⁴ being assembled¹⁰⁹⁶ with one accord,³⁶⁶¹ to send³⁹⁹² chosen¹⁵⁸⁶ men⁴³⁵ unto⁴³¹⁴ you⁵²⁰⁹ with⁴⁸⁶² our²²⁵⁷ beloved²⁷ Barnabas⁹²¹ and²⁵³² Paul,³⁹⁷²

26  Men⁴⁴⁴ that have hazarded³⁸⁶⁰ their⁸⁴⁸ lives⁵⁵⁹⁰ for⁵²²⁸ the³⁵⁸⁸ name³⁶⁸⁶ of our²²⁵⁷ Lord²⁹⁶² Jesus²⁴²⁴ Christ.⁵⁵⁴⁷

27  We have sent⁶⁴⁹ therefore³⁷⁶⁷ Judas²⁴⁵⁵ and²⁵³² Silas,⁴⁶⁰⁹ who⁸⁴⁶ shall also²⁵³² tell⁵¹⁸ you the³⁵⁸⁸ same things⁸⁴⁶ by mouth.^{1223 3056}

28  For¹⁰⁶³ it seemed good¹³⁸⁰ to the³⁵⁸⁸ Holy⁴⁰ Ghost,⁴¹⁵¹ and²⁵³² to us,²²⁵⁴ to lay²⁰⁰⁷ upon you⁵²¹³ no³³⁶⁷ greater⁴¹¹⁹ burden⁹²² than⁴¹³³ these⁵¹³⁰ necessary things;¹⁸⁷⁶

29  That ye abstain⁵⁶⁷ from meats offered to idols,¹⁴⁹⁴ and²⁵³² from blood,¹²⁹ and²⁵³² from things strangled,⁴¹⁵⁶ and²⁵³² from fornication:⁴²⁰² from¹⁵³⁷ which³⁷³⁹ if ye keep¹³⁰¹ yourselves,¹⁴³⁸ ye shall do⁴²³⁸ well,²⁰⁹⁵ Fare ye well.⁴⁵¹⁷

30  So³⁷⁶⁷ when they³⁵⁸⁸ were³³⁰³ dismissed,⁶³⁰ they came²⁰⁶⁴ to¹⁵¹⁹ Antioch:⁴⁹⁰ and²⁵³² when they had gathered the multitude together,^{4863 3588 4128} they delivered¹⁹²⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ epistle:¹⁹⁹²

31  Which when¹¹⁶¹ they had read,³¹⁴ they rejoiced⁵⁴⁶³ for¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ consolation.³⁸⁷⁴

32  And⁵⁰³⁷ Judas²⁴⁵⁵ and²⁵³² Silas,⁴⁶⁰⁹ being⁵⁶⁰⁷ prophets⁴³⁹⁶ also²⁵³² themselves,⁸⁴⁸ exhorted³⁸⁷⁰ the³⁵⁸⁸ brethren⁸⁰ with¹²²³ many⁴¹⁸³ words,³⁰⁵⁶ and²⁵³² confirmed¹⁹⁹¹ them.

33  And¹¹⁶¹ after they had tarried⁴¹⁶⁰ there a space,⁵⁵⁵⁰ they were let go⁶³⁰ in³³²⁶ peace¹⁵¹⁵ from⁵⁷⁵ the³⁵⁸⁸ brethren⁸⁰ unto⁴³¹⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ apostles.⁶⁵²

34  Notwithstanding¹¹⁶¹ it pleased¹³⁸⁰ Silas⁴⁶⁰⁹ to abide¹⁹⁶¹ there⁸⁴⁷ still.

35  Paul³⁹⁷² also¹¹⁶¹ and²⁵³² Barnabas⁹²¹ continued¹³⁰⁴ in¹⁷²² Antioch,⁴⁹⁰ teaching¹³²¹ and²⁵³² preaching²⁰⁹⁷ the³⁵⁸⁸ word³⁰⁵⁶ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord,²⁹⁶² with³³²⁶ many⁴¹⁸³ others²⁰⁸⁷ also.²⁵³²

36  And¹¹⁶¹ some⁵¹⁰⁰ days²²⁵⁰ after³³²⁶ Paul³⁹⁷² said²⁰³⁶ unto⁴³¹⁴ Barnabas,⁹²¹ Let us go again^{1994 1211} and visit¹⁹⁸⁰ our²²⁵⁷ brethren⁸⁰ in²⁵⁹⁶ every³⁹⁵⁶ city⁴¹⁷² where^{1722 3739} we have preached²⁶⁰⁵ the³⁵⁸⁸ word³⁰⁵⁶ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord,²⁹⁶² and see how⁴⁴⁵⁹ they do.²¹⁹²

37  And¹¹⁶¹ Barnabas⁹²¹ determined¹⁰¹¹ to take with⁴⁸³⁸ them John,²⁴⁹¹ whose surname was²⁵⁶⁴ Mark.³¹³⁸

38  But¹¹⁶¹ Paul³⁹⁷² thought not good^{515 3361} to take him with^{4838 5126} them, who departed⁸⁶⁸ from⁵⁷⁵ them⁸⁴⁶ from⁵⁷⁵ Pamphylia,³⁸²⁸ and²⁵³² went not with^{4905 3361} them⁸⁴⁶ to¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ work.²⁰⁴¹

39  And³⁷⁶⁷ the contention was so sharp between^{3948 1096} them, that⁵⁶²⁰ they⁸⁴⁶ departed asunder⁶⁷³ one from the other:^{575 240} and⁵⁰³⁷ so Barnabas⁹²¹ took³⁸⁸⁰ Mark,³¹³⁸ and sailed¹⁶⁰² unto¹⁵¹⁹ Cyprus;²⁹⁵⁴

40  And¹¹⁶¹ Paul³⁹⁷² chose¹⁹⁵¹ Silas,⁴⁶⁰⁹ and departed,¹⁸³¹ being recommended³⁸⁶⁰ by⁵²⁵⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ brethren⁸⁰ unto the³⁵⁸⁸ grace⁵⁴⁸⁵ of God.²³¹⁶

41  And¹¹⁶¹ he went through¹³³⁰ Syria⁴⁹⁴⁷ and²⁵³² Cilicia,²⁷⁹¹ confirming¹⁹⁹¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ churches.¹⁵⁷⁷

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1 Et quidam descendentes de Judæa docebant fratres: Quia nisi circumcidamini secundum morem Moysi, non potestis salvari.

2 Facta ergo seditione non minima Paulo et Barnabæ adversus illos, statuerunt ut ascenderent Paulus et Barnabas, et quidam alii ex aliis ad Apostolos et presbyteros in Jerusalem super hac quæstione.

3 Illi ergo deducti ab ecclesia pertransibant Phœnicen et Samariam, narrantes conversionem gentium: et faciebant gaudium magnum omnibus fratribus.

4 Cum autem venissent Jerosolymam, suscepti sunt ab ecclesia, et ab Apostolis et senioribus, annuntiantes quanta Deus fecisset cum illis.

5 Surrexerunt autem quidam de hæresi pharisæorum, qui crediderunt, dicentes quia oportet circumcidi eos, præcipere quoque servare legem Moysi.

6 Conveneruntque Apostoli et seniores videre de verbo hoc.

7 Cum autem magna conquisitio fieret, surgens Petrus dixit ad eos: Viri fratres, vos scitis quoniam ab antiquis diebus Deus in nobis elegit, per os meum audire gentes verbum Evangelii et credere.

8 Et qui novit corda Deus, testimonium perhibuit, dans illis Spiritum Sanctum, sicut et nobis,

9 et nihil discrevit inter nos et illos, fide purificans corda eorum.

10 Nunc ergo quid tentatis Deum, imponere jugum super cervices discipulorum quod neque patres nostri, neque nos portare potuimus?

11 sed per gratiam Domini Jesu Christi credimus salvari, quemadmodum et illi.

12 Tacuit autem omnis multitudo: et audiebant Barnabam et Paulum narrantes quanta Deus fecisset signa et prodigia per eos.

13 Et postquam tacuerunt, respondit Jacobus, dicens: Viri fratres, audite me.

14 Simon narravit quemadmodum primum Deus visitavit sumere ex gentibus populum nomini suo.

15 Et huic concordant verba prophetarum: sicut scriptum est:

16 [Post hæc revertar,
et reædificabo tabernaculum David quod decidit:
et diruta ejus reædificabo,
et erigam illud:

17 ut requirant ceteri hominum Dominum,
et omnes gentes super quas invocatum est nomen meum,
dicit Dominus faciens hæc.

18 Notum a sæculo est Domino opus suum.]

19 Propter quod ego judico non inquietari eos qui ex gentibus convertuntur ad Deum,

20 sed scribere ad eos ut abstineant se a contaminationibus simulacrorum, et fornicatione, et suffocatis, et sanguine.

21 Moyses enim a temporibus antiquis habet in singulis civitatibus qui eum prædicent in synagogis, ubi per omne sabbatum legitur.

22 Tunc placuit Apostolis et senioribus cum omni ecclesia eligere viros ex eis, et mittere Antiochiam cum Paulo et Barnaba: Judam, qui cognominabatur Barsabas, et Silam, viros primos in fratribus:

23 scribentes per manus eorum: Apostoli et seniores fratres, his qui sunt Antiochiæ, et Syriæ, et Ciliciæ, fratribus ex gentibus, salutem.

24 Quoniam audivimus quia quidam ex nobis exeuntes, turbaverunt vos verbis, evertentes animas vestras, quibus non mandavimus,

25 placuit nobis collectis in unum eligere viros, et mittere ad vos cum carissimis nostris Barnaba et Paulo,

26 hominibus qui tradiderunt animas suas pro nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi.

27 Misimus ergo Judam et Silam, qui et ipsi vobis verbis referent eadem.

28 Visum est enim Spiritui Sancto et nobis nihil ultra imponere vobis oneris quam hæc necessaria:

29 ut abstineatis vos ab immolatis simulacrorum, et sanguine, et suffocato, et fornicatione: a quibus custodientes vos, bene agetis. Valete.

30 Illi ergo dimissi, descenderunt Antiochiam: et congregata multitudine tradiderunt epistolam.

31 Quam cum legissent, gavisi sunt super consolatione.

32 Judas autem et Silas, et ipsi cum essent prophetæ, verbo plurimo consolati sunt fratres, et confirmaverunt.

33 Facto autem ibi aliquanto tempore, dimissi sunt cum pace a fratribus ad eos qui miserant illos.

34 Visum est autem Silæ ibi remanere: Judas autem solus abiit Jerusalem.

35 Paulus autem et Barnabas demorabantur Antiochiæ, docentes et evangelizantes cum aliis pluribus verbum Domini.

36 Post aliquot autem dies, dixit ad Barnabam Paulus: Revertentes visitemus fratres per universas civitates in quibus prædicavimus verbum Domini, quomodo se habeant.

37 Barnabas autem volebat secum assumere et Joannem, qui cognominabatur Marcus.

38 Paulus autem rogabat eum (ut qui discessisset ab eis de Pamphylia, et non isset cum eis in opus) non debere recipi.

39 Facta est autem dissensio, ita ut discederent ab invicem, et Barnabas quidem, assumpto Marco, navigaret Cyprum.

40 Paulus vero, electo Sila, profectus est, traditus gratiæ Dei a fratribus.

41 Perambulabat autem Syriam et Ciliciam, confirmans ecclesias: præcipiens custodire præcepta Apostolorum et seniorum.