So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
Parallel translations
- WEB The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
- KJV And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
- NKJV Now the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter.
- NASB The apostles and the elders came together to look into this matter.
- NLT So the apostles and elders met together to resolve this issue.
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Quick answer
The apostles and elders gathered to consider the matter. Church leaders met to weigh the issue carefully before God.
Overview
This assembly, often called the Jerusalem Council, models deliberate, shared decision-making among recognized leaders. The phrase 'to see about this matter' indicates genuine examination rather than a foregone conclusion. The gathering shows the early church resolving doctrine through prayerful counsel rooted in apostolic authority and Scripture.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Prov 15:22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
- Heb 13:7Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
- Heb 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
- Acts 15:25So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
- Acts 6:2So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.
- Acts 15:4On 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.
- Acts 21:18The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
- Matt 18:20For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
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