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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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 15:12All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.
- Acts 14:27When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
- Acts 15:3They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.
- Acts 21:17When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.
- Rom 15:18For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
- 2 Jn 1:10If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him,
- Matt 10:40He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
- 3 Jn 1:8–10We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
- Col 4:10Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”),
- 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
- Rom 15:7Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.
- 2 Cor 6:1Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,
- Acts 21:19When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- Acts 18:27When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
- 2 Cor 5:19namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
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