Acts 15:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For Moses, from times long past, has his preachers in every town, reading his law in the Synagogues every Sabbath.

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  • Acts 13:15 : 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.
  • Acts 13:27 : 27 For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.
  • 2 Cor 3:14-15 : 14 But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ. 15 But to this day, at the reading of the law of Moses, a veil is over their heart.
  • Neh 8:1-9 : 1 And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel. 2 And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month. 3 He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law. 4 And Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood which they had made for the purpose; and by his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam. 5 And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet: 6 And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth. 7 And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah and Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites made the law clear to the people: and the people kept in their places. 8 And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in. 9 And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law. 10 Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place. 11 So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief. 12 And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.
  • Luke 4:16 : 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.

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    19 And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

    20 And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:

    21 And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.

    22 What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come.

  • Acts 13:14-15
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    14 But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.

    15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

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    1 Now certain men came down from Judaea, teaching the brothers and saying that without circumcision, after the rule of Moses, there is no salvation.

  • Acts 17:1-2
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    1 Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:

    2 And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,

  • Acts 13:44
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    44 And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.

  • Acts 15:19-20
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    19 For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;

    20 But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.

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    22 But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

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    15 But to this day, at the reading of the law of Moses, a veil is over their heart.

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    42 And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.

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    4 And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.

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    35 But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others.

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    22 Moses gave you circumcision--not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers--and even on the Sabbath you give a child circumcision.

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    4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

    5 But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses.

    6 And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.

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    5 And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.

  • Acts 17:17
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    17 So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.

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    24 Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order;

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    21 Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

  • Acts 7:37-38
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    37 This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.

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    22 For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you.

  • Exod 16:25
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    25 And Moses said, Make your meal today of what you have, for this day is a Sabbath to the Lord: today you will not get any in the fields.

  • Acts 14:21
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    21 And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

  • Acts 16:4
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    4 And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

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    27 And so we have sent Judas and Silas, who will say the same things to you themselves, by word of mouth.

  • Acts 26:22
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    22 And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;

  • Num 15:17
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    17 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Acts 15:22
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    22 Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:

  • 2 Chr 8:13
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    13 Offering every day what had been ordered by Moses, on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and at the regular feasts three times a year, that is at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents.

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    13 And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

  • Acts 21:25
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    25 But as to the Gentiles who have the faith, we sent a letter, giving our decision that they were to keep themselves from offerings made to false gods, and from blood, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from the evil desires of the body.

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    5 For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18 And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

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    22 And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

  • Luke 16:29
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    29 But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.

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    29 For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple.

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    7 And went on preaching the good news there.

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    21 (Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

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    7 Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

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    15 Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

  • Mark 1:21
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    21 And they came to Capernaum; and on the Sabbath he went into the Synagogue and gave teaching.