Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Acts Chapter 1 to 28)

[Pastor Gary]

Acts 15:23 (WEB) - 23
They wrote these things by their hand:

“The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Acts 15:24 (WEB) - 24 Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;

 

[Pastor Gary]

Acts 15:25 (WEB) - 25 it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

 

[Pastor Gary]

Acts 15:26 (WEB) - 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Acts 15:27 (WEB) - 27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Acts 15:28 (WEB) - 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things:

 

[Pastor Gary]

Acts 15:29 (WEB) - 29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”

 

[Pastor Gary]

Acts 15:30 (WEB) - 30 So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.

 

[bobinfaith]

Acts 15:31, 31 And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement. - ESV

 

[bobinfaith]

Acts 15:32, 32 And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words. - ESV

 

[Cosia]

Acts 15:33 (WEB)
After they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brothers to the apostles.

 

[Cosia]

Acts 15:34 (NKJV)
However it seemed good to Silas to remain there.

 

[Cosia]

Acts 15:35 (WEB)
But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

 

[bobinfaith]

Acts 15:36, 36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” NIV

 

[Cosia]

Acts 15:37 (WEB)
Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark , with them also.

 

[bobinfaith]

Acts 15:38, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. - NIV

 

[Pastor Gary]

Acts 15:39 (WEB) - 39 Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,

 

[Pastor Gary]

Acts 15:40 (WEB) - 40 but Paul chose Silas and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Acts 15:41 (WEB) - 41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies.

 

[Cosia]

Acts 16:1 (WEB)
He came to Derbe and Lystra, and behold, a certain desciple was there named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.