Acts 15:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • Acts 15:25 : 25 It 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 21:18 : 18 And on the morowe, Paule went in with vs vnto Iames, and all the elders came together.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember them which haue the ouersyght of you, which haue spoken vnto you the worde of God: Whose ende of conuersation ye consideryng, folowe their fayth.
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must geue accomptes, that they may do it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.
  • Prov 15:22 : 22 Thoughtes without counsayle shall come to naught: but wheras men are that can geue good counsayle, there is stedfastnesse.
  • Matt 18:20 : 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the myddes of them.
  • Acts 6:2 : 2 Then the twelue called the multitude of the disciples together, and sayde: It is not good that we shoulde leaue the worde of God, and serue tables.
  • Acts 15:4 : 4 And 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.

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  • Acts 15:1-5
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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.

    5Then 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.

  • Acts 15:7-8
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    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.

    8And God whiche knoweth the heartes, bare them witnesse, and gaue vnto them the holy ghost, euen as he dyd vnto vs:

  • Acts 15:22-25
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    22Then pleased it the Apostles & elders, with the whole Church, to sende chosen me of their owne companie to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas: That is Iudas, whose sirname was Barsabas, and Silas, which were chiefe men among the brethren,

    23And wrote letters by them, after this maner.

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

  • Acts 11:1-4
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    1And the apostles & brethre that were in Iurie, hearde that ye heathe had also receaued the worde of God.

    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.

    4But Peter rehearsed the matter from the begynnyng, and expounded it by order vnto them, saying:

  • Acts 15:30
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    30Nowe therfore, when they were departed, they came to Antioche, and gathered the multitude together, and delyuered the epistle.

  • Acts 16:4
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    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.

  • 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 6:12
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    12And they moued the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came vppon hym, and caught him, and brought him to the counsell.

  • Acts 15:19
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    19Wherfore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the gentiles, are turned to God:

  • Acts 1:15
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    15And in those dayes, Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples, and said (The number of names together, were about an hundred and twentie)

  • Acts 11:30
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    30Which thyng they also dyd, and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul.

  • Acts 21:22
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    22What is it therefore? The multitude must needes come together: For they shall heare that thou art come.

  • Acts 6:6
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    6These they set before the apostles: and whe they had prayed, they layde their handes on them.

  • Acts 4:5-6
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    5And it came to passe on the morowe, that their rulers, and elders, & scribes,

    6And Annas the chiefe priest, and Caiaphas, and Iohn, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kynrede of the hye priestes, were gathered together at Hierusalem.

  • Acts 21:18
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    18And on the morowe, Paule went in with vs vnto Iames, and all the elders came together.

  • Mark 6:30
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    30And the Apostles gathered themselues together vnto Iesus, and tolde hym all thynges, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

  • Acts 8:14-15
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    14When the apostles whiche were at Hierusalem, hearde say that Samaria hadde receaued the worde of God, they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn.

    15Which when they were come downe, prayed for the that they myght receaue the holy ghost.

  • Acts 14:27
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    27And when they were come, and had gathered the Churche together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, & howe he had opened the doore of fayth vnto the gentiles.

  • 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 4:8
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    8Then Peter, full of the holy ghost, sayde vnto them: Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

  • Acts 11:22
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    22Then tydynges of these thinges came vnto the cares of the Churche, which was in Hierusale: And they sent foorth Barnabas, that he shoulde go vnto Antioche.

  • Acts 6:1-3
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    1And in those dayes, when the number of ye disciples grewe, there arose a grudge among the Grekes agaynst ye Hebrues, because their wydowes were despysed in the dayly ministerie.

    2Then the twelue called the multitude of the disciples together, and sayde: It is not good that we shoulde leaue the worde of God, and serue tables.

    3Wherfore brethren, loke ye out among you seuen men of honest report, & full of the holy ghost, and wysedome, to who we may commit this busynesse.

  • Acts 14:23
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    23And when they had ordeyned them elders by election in euery Churche, and had prayed, with fastyng, they commended them to the Lorde, on whom they beleued.

  • Acts 4:19
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    19But Peter and Iohn aunswered, and sayde vnto them: Whether it be ryght in the syght of God, to hearken vnto you more then to God, iudge ye.

  • Acts 10:27
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    27And as he talked with him, he came in, & found many that were come together.

  • Acts 5:34-35
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    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.

  • Acts 14:4
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    4But the multitude of the citie was deuided: and part helde with the Iewes, and part with the Apostles.

  • Acts 15:13
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    13And when they helde their peace, Iames aunswered, saying: Men and brethren, hearken vnto me.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • Ezek 14:1
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    1There resorted vnto me certayne of the elders of Israel, and sate downe by me.