Acts 15:5-6

The Jerusalem Council

5 But some believers who belonged to l the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, m "It is necessary n to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses."

6 o The k apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.

  1. Cross References
    Acts 24:5
    For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
  2. Cross References
    Acts 15:1
    But 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.
  3. Cross References
    Galatians 5:3
    I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law.
  4. Cross References
    Acts 15:12
    And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
    Acts 15:25
    It has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul.
  5. Cross References
    Acts 15:4
    When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
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