Acts 15:24

It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The apostles and elders address Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia through a formal letter, responding to reports that unauthorized individuals had disrupted their community.

The words — ἐτάραξαν (etaraxan) = troubled or disturbed, describing the active disruption caused by the unauthorized teachers.

The thread — The theme of external agitators disturbing the church reappears in Acts 15:1 with men coming from Judea and in Galatians 5:10–12 where Paul warns against those troubling believers with false doctrine.

Why it lands — The text demands readers verify teaching against apostolic authority and reject divisive claims that lack institutional authorization.

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The Greek words

King James Version

Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:

Cross-references

Galatians 5:12 As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!
Acts 15:1 Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
Galatians 5:10 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
Galatians 1:7 which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
Titus 1:10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
Galatians 2:3 Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
Galatians 6:12 Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.
1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
2 Timothy 2:14 Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.
Jeremiah 23:16 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.