And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
Parallel translations
- WEB The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
- BSB So the apostles and elders met to look into 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 15:22Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
- Heb 13:7Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
- Heb 13:17Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
- Acts 15:25It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
- Acts 6:2Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
- Acts 15:4And 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.
- Acts 21:18And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
- Matt 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
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