Now the apostles and elders came together to consider 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.
- BSB So the apostles and elders met to look into 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 15:22Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.
- Heb 13:7Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
- Heb 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.
- Acts 15:25it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
- Acts 6:2The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.
- Acts 15:4When 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.
- Acts 21:18The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.
- Matt 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”
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