Acts 15:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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:

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  • Acts 15:27 : 27 And so we have sent Judas and Silas, who will say the same things to you themselves, by word of mouth.
  • Acts 15:32 : 32 And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, gave teaching to the brothers and made them strong in the faith.
  • Acts 15:40 : 40 But Paul took Silas and went away with the blessing of the brothers.
  • 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.
  • Acts 1:23 : 23 And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.
  • Acts 16:19 : 19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;
  • Acts 16:25 : 25 But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;
  • Acts 16:29 : 29 And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,
  • Acts 17:4 : 4 And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.
  • Acts 17:10 : 10 And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.
  • Acts 17:14 : 14 So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.
  • Acts 18:5 : 5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
  • 1 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
  • 2 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Acts 6:4-5 : 4 Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word. 5 And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:
  • Acts 8:14 : 14 Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;
  • Acts 11:22 : 22 And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:
  • Acts 15:1-2 : 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. 2 And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.
  • Acts 15:23 : 23 And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:
  • Acts 15:25 : 25 It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,
  • 2 Sam 3:36 : 36 And all the people took note of it and were pleased: like everything the king did, it was pleasing to the people.
  • 2 Chr 30:4 : 4 And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and all the people.
  • 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.

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  • Acts 15:23-28
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    23 And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:

    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;

    25 It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,

    26 Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

    28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things;

  • Acts 15:32-37
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    32 And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, gave teaching to the brothers and made them strong in the faith.

    33 And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

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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.

    36 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

    37 And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark.

  • Acts 11:29-30
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    29 And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:

    30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

  • Acts 15:40-41
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    40 But Paul took Silas and went away with the blessing of the brothers.

    41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, making the churches stronger in the faith.

  • Acts 15:2-4
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    2 And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.

    3 So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.

    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.

  • Acts 11:22-23
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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:

    23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

  • Acts 15:6-7
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    6 And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.

    7 And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

  • Acts 1:23-25
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    23 And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.

    24 And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,

    25 To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

  • Acts 13:1-3
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    1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.

    2 And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

    3 Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.

  • Gal 2:9
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    9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

  • Acts 14:23
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    23 And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

  • Acts 1:16
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    16 My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,

  • Acts 15:12-13
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    12 And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.

    13 And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:

  • Acts 13:7
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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.

  • Acts 25:15
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    15 Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.

  • Acts 13:5
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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.

  • 2 Cor 8:19
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    19 And not only so, but he was marked out by the churches to go with us in the grace of this giving which we have undertaken to the glory of the Lord and to make clear that our mind was ready:

  • Acts 11:25
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    25 Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul;

  • 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.

  • Acts 1:13
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    13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

  • Acts 6:3
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    3 Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

  • Acts 6:5
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    5 And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

  • Acts 12:25
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    25 And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.

  • Acts 17:10
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    10 And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.

  • Acts 17:14
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    14 So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.

  • Acts 15:21
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    21 For Moses, from times long past, has his preachers in every town, reading his law in the Synagogues every Sabbath.

  • Acts 13:15
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    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 21:18
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    18 And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.

  • Acts 8:14
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    14 Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;