Acts 15:12-14

The Jerusalem Council

¹² And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul _f as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. ¹³ After they finished speaking, _g James replied, "Brothers, listen to me. ¹⁴ _h Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them _i a people for his name.

1. 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.
   Acts 14:27
   And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
   
2. Cross References
   Acts 12:17
   But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.
   
3. Cross References
   Acts 15:7
   And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
   
4. Cross References
   Acts 18:10
   For I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.
   Deuteronomy 7:6
   For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
   Isaiah 43:21
   The people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.
   Romans 9:24 - 26
   Even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?