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.
Parallel translations
- WEB When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.
- KJV And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
- NKJV And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders; and they reported all things that God had done with them.
- NASB When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.
- NLT When they arrived in Jerusalem, Barnabas and Paul were welcomed by the whole church, including the apostles and elders. They reported everything God had done through them.
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Quick answer
In Jerusalem they were welcomed and reported all God had done through them. The Jerusalem church received them warmly and heard the evidence of God's work.
Overview
The cordial reception by the apostles, elders, and church set a constructive tone for the coming deliberation. Again Paul and Barnabas frame their account around what God accomplished, not their own efforts. Their testimony of God's evident work among Gentiles becomes key evidence in the debate that follows.
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- Acts 15:12The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
- Acts 14:27When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
- Acts 15:3Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
- Acts 21:17When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.
- Rom 15:18I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
- 2 Jn 1:10If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
- Matt 10:40He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
- 3 Jn 1:8–10Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
- Col 4:10My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
- 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- Rom 15:7Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.
- 2 Cor 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- Acts 21:19Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- Acts 18:27When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
- 2 Cor 5:19that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
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