Acts 15:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then rose vp certayne of the sect of the pharisees, which dyd beleue, saying that it was needefull to circumcise the, and to commaunde to kepe the lawe of Moyses.

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  • Acts 15:1 : 1 And certayne men whiche came downe fro Iurie, taught the brethren, except ye be circumcised after the maner of Moyses, ye can not be saued.
  • Acts 15:24 : 24 The Apostles, and elders, & brethren, sende greetinges vnto ye brethren, which are of the gentiles in Antiochia, Syria, & Cilicia. Forasmuch as we haue heard, that certayne which departed from vs, haue troubled you with wordes, & cumbred your myndes, saying ye must be circumcised and kepe the lawe, to who we gaue no such commaundent:
  • Acts 21:20 : 20 And when they hearde it, they glorified the Lorde, & sayde vnto hym: Thou seest brother, howe many thousande Iewes there are which beleue, & they are all earnest folowers of the lawe.
  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For we haue founde this man a pestilent felowe, and a mouer of debate vnto all the Iewes in the whole worlde, and a maynteyner of the sect of the Nazarites.
  • Acts 26:5-6 : 5 Which knewe me from the beginning, (yf they woulde testifie) that after the most straytest sect of our religion, I lyued a pharisee. 6 And nowe I stande and am iudged, for the hope of the promise made of God vnto our fathers:
  • Gal 5:1-3 : 1 Stande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free, and be not intangled agayne with ye yoke of bondage. 2 Beholde I Paul saye vnto you, that yf ye be, circumcised Christe shall profite you nothyng. 3 For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised, that he is a detter to do the whole lawe.
  • Phil 3:5-8 : 5 Circumcised the eyght day, of the kinred of Israel, of the tribe of Beniamin, an Ebrue of the Ebrues, after the lawe a pharisee, 6 Concernyng feruentnesse, persecutyng the Churche: touchyng ye righteousnesse which is in ye lawe, I was blamelesse. 7 But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me, those I counted losse for Christes sake. 8 Yea, I thynke all thynges but losse, for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christe Iesus my Lorde: For whom I haue counted all thyng losse, & do iudge the but vile, that I may winne Christe,

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  • Acts 15:1-4
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    1And certayne men whiche came downe fro Iurie, taught the brethren, except ye be circumcised after the maner of Moyses, ye can not be saued.

    2So, when there was rysen discention and disputyng, not a litle vnto Paul and Barnabas, agaynst them: they determyned that Paul and Barnabas, and certayne other of them, shoulde go vp to Hierusalem, vnto the Apostles and elders, about this question.

    3And after they were brought on their way by ye Churche, they passed through Phenices and Samaria, declaryng the conuersation of the gentiles, and they brought great ioy vnto all the brethen.

    4And when they were come to Hierusalem, they were receaued of ye Church, and of the Apostles and elders: And they declared all thynges that God had done with them.

  • Acts 15:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

    6And the Apostles and elders came together, for to consider of this matter.

    7And when there had ben much disputyng, Peter rose vp, and sayde vnto the: Ye men & brethren, ye knowe how that a good while ago, God did chose among vs, that the gentiles by my mouth, shoulde heare the worde of the Gospel, and beleue.

  • Acts 15:24-25
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    24The Apostles, and elders, & brethren, sende greetinges vnto ye brethren, which are of the gentiles in Antiochia, Syria, & Cilicia. Forasmuch as we haue heard, that certayne which departed from vs, haue troubled you with wordes, & cumbred your myndes, saying ye must be circumcised and kepe the lawe, to who we gaue no such commaundent:

    25It seemed therfore to vs a good thing, when we were come together with one accorde, to sende chosen men vnto you, with our beloued Barnabas and Paul,

  • Acts 21:20-25
    6 verses
    73%

    20And when they hearde it, they glorified the Lorde, & sayde vnto hym: Thou seest brother, howe many thousande Iewes there are which beleue, & they are all earnest folowers of the lawe.

    21And they are infourmed of thee, that thou teachest all the Iewes whiche are among the Gentiles to forsake Moyses, and sayest that they ought not to circucise their chyldren, neither to walke after the customes.

    22What is it therefore? The multitude must needes come together: For they shall heare that thou art come.

    23Do therfore this that we saye to thee. We haue foure men, which haue a vow on them:

    24Them take, & purifie thy selfe with them, and do coste on them, that they may shaue their heades: And all shall knowe, that those thynges whiche they haue hearde concernyng thee, are nothyng, but that thou thy selfe also walkest and kepest the lawe.

    25As touchyng the Gentiles which beleue, we haue written and concluded, that they obserue no suche thyng, saue only that they kepe them selues from thynges offered to idoles, & from blood, and from strangled, & from fornication.

  • Acts 15:28
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    28For it seemed good to the holy ghost, and to vs, to charge you with no more then these necessarie thynges That is to say

  • Acts 11:2-3
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    2And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended agaynst hym,

    3Saying: Thou wentest in to men vncircucised, & diddest eate with them.

  • Acts 5:33-35
    3 verses
    71%

    33When they hearde that, they claue asunder, and sought meanes to slea the.

    34Then stoode there vp one in the counsell, a pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctour of lawe, had in reputation among all the people, and commaunded the Apostles to go asyde a litle space,

    35And sayde vnto them: Ye men of Israel, take heede to your selues, what ye entende to do, as touchyng these men.

  • Matt 15:1
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    1Then came to Iesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were come from Hierusalem, saying:

  • Acts 16:3-4
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    3Paul woulde that he should go foorth with hym, and toke & circumcised hym, because of the Iewes, which were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that his father was a Greke.

    4And as they went through the cities, they delyuered them the decrees for to kepe, that were ordayned of ye Apostles and elders, which were at Hierusalem.

  • Phil 3:5
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    5Circumcised the eyght day, of the kinred of Israel, of the tribe of Beniamin, an Ebrue of the Ebrues, after the lawe a pharisee,

  • Acts 15:19
    69%

    19Wherfore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the gentiles, are turned to God:

  • Acts 15:21
    69%

    21For Moyses of olde tyme, hath in euery citie, them that preache hym in the synagogues, when he is read euery Sabboth day.

  • Acts 4:15
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    15But commaundyng them to go asyde out of the counsel, and counseled among them selues,

  • Gal 5:3
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    3For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised, that he is a detter to do the whole lawe.

  • Gal 6:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12As many as desire with outwarde appearaunce to please carnally, the same constrayne you to be circumcised, onlye lest they shoulde suffer persecution for the crosse of Christe.

    13For they the selues which are circumcised, kepe not the lawe: but desire to haue you circumcised, that they myght reioyce in your flesshe.

  • Acts 4:4-5
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    4Howbeit, many of them which hearde the worde, beleued: and the number of the men was about fyue thousande.

    5And it came to passe on the morowe, that their rulers, and elders, & scribes,

  • Acts 5:29
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    29Then Peter and the other Apostles aunswered, and sayde: We ought more to obey God then men.

  • Acts 13:15
    69%

    15And after the lecture of the lawe and the prophetes, the rulers of the synagogue sent vnto them, saying: Ye men and brethren, yf ye haue any worde to exhort the people, say on.

  • Acts 15:10
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    10Nowe therfore, why tempt ye God, to put on the disciples neckes, the yoke which neither our fathers nor we were able to beare?

  • Gal 2:12
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    12For yer yt certaine came from Iames, he dyd eate with the gentiles: But whe they were come, he withdrue, and seperated himselfe, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

  • John 7:22
    68%

    22Moyses therefore gaue vnto you the circumcisio (not because it is of Moyses, but of the fathers) And yet ye on the Sabboth day, circumcise a man.

  • Mark 7:1
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    1And the pharisees came together vnto hym, & certayne of the scribes which came from Hierusalem.

  • Acts 5:27
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    27And when they had brought them, they set them before the counsell. And the chiefe priest asked them,

  • Acts 10:45
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    45And they of the circumcision which beleued, were astonied, as many as came with Peter, because that on the gentiles also was shedde out the gyft of the holy ghost.

  • Acts 5:21
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    21And when they hearde that, they entred into the temple early in ye mornyng, and taught: But the chiefe priest came, and they that were with hym, & called a counsayle together, and all the elders of the chyldren of Israel, and sent to the pryson to fet them.

  • Luke 6:2
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    2And certayne of the pharisees sayde vnto them: Why do ye that, which is not lawfull to do on ye Sabboth dayes?

  • Acts 25:15
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    15About whom, when I came to Hierusalem, the hye priestes and elders of the Iewes enfourmed me, and desired to haue iudgement agaynst hym.

  • Acts 5:40
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    40And to hym agreed the other: And when they had called the Apostles, they beat them, and commaunded that they shoulde not speake in the name of Iesu, and let them go.

  • Gen 34:15
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    15But in this will we consent vnto you: if ye wyll be as we be, & all the males amongest you be circumcised:

  • Acts 16:21
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    21And preache ordinaunces, which are not lawfull for vs to receaue, neither to obserue, seeyng we are Romanes.

  • Gal 2:9
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    9When they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me, then Iames, Cephas, and Iohn, which seemed to be pyllers, gaue to me and Barnabas the ryght handes of felowshyppe, that we shoulde be Apostles vnto the Heathen, and they vnto the circumcision.

  • Gal 2:14
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    14But when I sawe that they went not the ryght way to the trueth of the Gospel, I saide vnto Peter before them all: If thou beyng a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the gentiles, and not as do the Iewes: Why causest thou the gentiles to lyue as do the Iewes?

  • John 12:20
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    20There were certaine Grekes among them, that came to worship at the feast:

  • 1 Cor 7:19
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    19Circumcision is nothing, and vncircumcision is nothing, but the keping of the commaundementes of God.