Acts 15 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

The Council at Jerusalem

Act 15:1And certain persons, having come down from Judaea, taught the brethren, If ye shall not have been circumcised according to the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Act 15:2

Act 15:2A commotion therefore having taken place, and no small discussion on the part of Paul and Barnabas against them, they arranged that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from amongst them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

Act 15:3

Act 15:3They therefore, having been set on their way by the assembly, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of those of the nations. And they caused great joy to all the brethren.

Act 15:4

Act 15:4And being arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, and related all that God had wrought with them.

Act 15:5

Act 15:5And some of those who were of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, rose up from among them, saying that they ought to circumcise them and enjoin them to keep the law of Moses.

Act 15:6

Act 15:6And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

Act 15:7

Act 15:7And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, *ye* know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.

Act 15:8

Act 15:8And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit as to us also,

Act 15:9

Act 15:9and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.

Act 15:10

Act 15:10Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Act 15:11

Act 15:11But we believe that we shall be saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same manner as they also.

Act 15:12

Act 15:12And all the multitude kept silence and listened to Barnabas and Paul relating all the signs and wonders which God had wrought among the nations by them.

James's Judgment

Act 15:13

Act 15:13And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, listen to me:

Act 15:14

Act 15:14Simon has related how God first visited to take out of the nations a people for his name.

Act 15:15

Act 15:15And with this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written:

Act 15:16

Act 15:16After these things I will return, and will rebuild the tabernacle of David which is fallen, and will rebuild its ruins, and will set it up,

Act 15:17

Act 15:17so that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations on whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who does these things

Act 15:18

Act 15:18known from eternity.

Act 15:19

Act 15:19Wherefore *I* judge, not to trouble those who from the nations turn to God;

Act 15:20

Act 15:20but to write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

Act 15:21

Act 15:21For Moses, from generations of old, has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

Act 15:22

Act 15:22Then it seemed good to the apostles and to the elders, with the whole assembly, to send chosen men from among them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch, Judas called Barsabas and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

Act 15:23

Act 15:23having by their hand written thus: The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to the brethren who are from among the nations at Antioch, and in Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

Act 15:24

Act 15:24Inasmuch as we have heard that some who went out from amongst us have troubled you by words, upsetting your souls, saying that ye must be circumcised and keep the law; to whom we gave no commandment;

Act 15:25

Act 15:25it seemed good to us, having arrived at a common judgment, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Act 15:26

Act 15:26men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Act 15:27

Act 15:27We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves also will tell you by word of mouth the same things.

Act 15:28

Act 15:28For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

Act 15:29

Act 15:29to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; keeping yourselves from which ye will do well. Farewell.

Act 15:30

Act 15:30They therefore, being let go, came to Antioch, and having gathered the multitude delivered to them the epistle.

Act 15:31

Act 15:31And having read it, they rejoiced at the consolation.

Act 15:32

Act 15:32And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with much discourse, and strengthened them.

Act 15:33

Act 15:33And having passed some time there, they were let go in peace from the brethren to those who sent them.

Act 15:34

Act 15:34Other ancient authorities insert verse 34, Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. - KJV Translation

Act 15:35

Act 15:35And Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and announcing the glad tidings, with many others also, of the word of the Lord.

Second Missionary Journey

Act 15:36

Act 15:36But after certain days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city where we have announced the word of the Lord, and see how they are getting on.

Act 15:37

Act 15:37And Barnabas proposed to take with them John also, called Mark;

Act 15:38

Act 15:38but Paul thought it not well to take with them him who had abandoned them, going back from Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

Act 15:39

Act 15:39There arose therefore very warm feeling, so that they separated from one another; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed away to Cyprus;

Act 15:40

Act 15:40but Paul having chosen Silas went forth, committed by the brethren to the grace of God.

Act 15:41

Act 15:41And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the assemblies.

BLB Footnotes

(15:34)

Other ancient authorities insert verse 34, [Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. - KJV Translation]

In 1867, John Nelson Darby translated the New Testament from Greek into English. Further revisions were done in 1872 and 1884. Darby’s work was first published as The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages by J. N. Darby. After Darby’s death in 1882, some of his students worked together to produce the complete Darby Bible based on the Masoretic Hebrew text, Darby’s German (Elberfelder), and the French (Pau) translations. In 1890, the first complete Darby Bible was published in English. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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