Acts 15:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 14:27 : 27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
  • Acts 15:4 : 4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.
  • Acts 21:19 : 19 When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
  • John 4:48 : 48 So Jesus said to him,“Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!”

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    13After they stopped speaking, James replied,“Brothers, listen to me.

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    3So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

  • Acts 21:19-20
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    19When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

    20When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him,“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.

  • Acts 14:27
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    27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

  • Acts 11:17-18
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    17Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?”

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  • Acts 15:3-4
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    3So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

    4When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.

  • Acts 5:11-13
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    11Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

    12The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.

    13None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor.

  • Acts 22:2
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    2(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,

  • Acts 8:6
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    6The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

  • Acts 19:11
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    11The Seven Sons of Sceva God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,

  • Acts 14:1
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  • Acts 2:11-12
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    11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”

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    11On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.”

  • Acts 14:18
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    18Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

  • Acts 14:14-15
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    14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,

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  • Acts 11:1
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  • Acts 13:42-44
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    42As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people were urging them to speak about these things on the next Sabbath.

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    21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

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  • Acts 14:11-12
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