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Acts 15:2
And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul and Barnabas are appointed by the Antioch church to travel to Jerusalem and consult the apostles and elders after a dispute over whether Gentile converts must be circumcised to be saved.
The words — The Greek phrase staseōs kai zētēseōs (commotion and controversy) literally denotes the sharp debate that triggers the church's decision to send a delegation.
The thread — This Jerusalem consultation parallels the formal council decision recorded in Acts 15:22 and corresponds to Paul's later reference to his Jerusalem visit in Galatians 2:1.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to acknowledge that the early church resolved doctrinal conflict by appointing representatives to seek authoritative guidance rather than persisting in public argument.
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The Greek words
King James Version
When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
Cross-references
- Acts 15:22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
- Acts 15:6 So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
- Galatians 2:1 Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
- Acts 11:30 This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
- Acts 15:4 On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
- 2 Corinthians 11:5 I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
- Galatians 1:6 I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
- Galatians 2:5 We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
- Exodus 18:23 If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”
- 1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.