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Acts 15:10–14

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Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
¶ Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
¶ And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
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From verse 10

  1. Galatians 5:1Rank 1 from verse 10
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    1STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

  2. Matthew 23:4Rank 2 from verse 10
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    4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

  3. Galatians 4:9Rank 3 from verse 10
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    9But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

  4. Hebrews 9:9Rank 4 from verse 10
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    9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

  5. Isaiah 7:12Rank 5 from verse 10
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    12But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

  6. Matthew 11:28–30Rank 6 from verse 10
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    28¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

    29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

    30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

  7. Matthew 4:7Rank 7 from verse 10
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    7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

  8. Exodus 17:2Rank 8 from verse 10
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    2Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?

  9. Hebrews 3:9Rank 9 from verse 10
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    9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

  10. Galatians 4:1–5Rank 10 from verse 10
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    1NOW I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

    2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

    3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

    4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

    5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

From verse 11

  1. Romans 3:24Rank 1 from verse 11
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    24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

  2. Titus 3:4–7Rank 2 from verse 11
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    4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

    5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

    6Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

    7That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

  3. Ephesians 2:5–9Rank 3 from verse 11
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    5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

    6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

    7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

    8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

    9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

  4. Titus 2:11Rank 4 from verse 11
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    11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

  5. Galatians 2:16Rank 5 from verse 11
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    16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

  6. 2 Corinthians 13:14Rank 6 from verse 11
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    14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

  7. Romans 6:23Rank 7 from verse 11
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    23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  8. 1 Corinthians 16:23Rank 8 from verse 11
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    23The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

  9. 2 Corinthians 8:9Rank 9 from verse 11
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    9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

  10. Romans 5:15Rank 10 from verse 11
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    15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

  11. Ephesians 1:6–7Rank 11 from verse 11
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    6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

    7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

  12. Galatians 1:6Rank 12 from verse 11
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    6I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

  13. Romans 5:20–21Rank 13 from verse 11
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    20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

    21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

  14. Revelation 5:9Rank 14 from verse 11
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    9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

From verse 12

  1. Acts 14:27Rank 1 from verse 12
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    27And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

  2. Acts 15:4Rank 2 from verse 12
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    4And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

  3. Acts 21:19Rank 3 from verse 12
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    19And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

  4. John 4:48Rank 4 from verse 12
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    48Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

From verse 13

  1. Acts 12:17Rank 1 from verse 13
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    17But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

  2. Galatians 2:12Rank 2 from verse 13
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    12For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

  3. Galatians 2:9Rank 3 from verse 13
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    9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

  4. James 1:1Rank 4 from verse 13
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    1JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

  5. 1 Corinthians 14:30–33Rank 5 from verse 13
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    30If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.

    31For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.

    32And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

    33For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

  6. Acts 2:14Rank 6 from verse 13
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    14¶ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

  7. Acts 2:22Rank 7 from verse 13
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    22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

  8. Acts 2:29Rank 8 from verse 13
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    29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

  9. Acts 21:18Rank 9 from verse 13
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    18And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

  10. Acts 22:1Rank 10 from verse 13
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    1MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.

  11. Acts 7:2Rank 11 from verse 13
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    2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

  12. Galatians 1:19Rank 12 from verse 13
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    19But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.

  13. James 1:19Rank 13 from verse 13
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    19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

  14. Mark 15:40Rank 14 from verse 13
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    40There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

From verse 14

  1. 2 Peter 1:1Rank 1 from verse 14
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    1SIMON Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

  2. Acts 15:7–9Rank 2 from verse 14
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    7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

    8And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

    9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

  3. Luke 2:31–32Rank 3 from verse 14
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    31Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

    32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

  4. 1 Peter 2:9–10Rank 4 from verse 14
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    9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

    10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

  5. Isaiah 43:21Rank 5 from verse 14
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    21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

  6. Romans 1:5Rank 6 from verse 14
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    5By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

  7. Isaiah 55:11–13Rank 7 from verse 14
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    11So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

    12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

    13Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

  8. Luke 1:68Rank 8 from verse 14
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    68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

  9. Luke 1:78Rank 9 from verse 14
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    78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

  10. Romans 11:36Rank 10 from verse 14
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    36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

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Acts 15:10

COMBINED MEANING

tempt

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Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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yoke

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Sense 1: A frame fitted to the necks of draft animals, joining them for work. Sense 2: A pair of animals so joined. Sense 3: A bond, burden, service, or condition of subjection.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

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able

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Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental.

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bear

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Sense 1: To carry, support, convey, endure, sustain, or be answerable for. Sense 2: To produce or bring forth offspring, fruit, or another result. Sense 3: In ‘bear witness’ or ‘bear record,’ to testify or give witness. Sense 4: A large wild animal.

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DEFINED WORDS

Acts 15:11

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

believe

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Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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grace

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Sense 1: Favor, acceptance, goodwill, kindness, or mercy. Sense 2: A favor, gift, benefit, or help freely bestowed, especially God's favor and enabling help; in salvation, explicitly contrasted with works and debt. Sense 3: Pleasing quality, beauty, attractiveness, or elegance, including gracious speech. Sense 4: Thankfulness or gratitude.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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Jesus Christ

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The eternal Word and Son of God, the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

saved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of save, meaning to rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Acts 15:12

COMBINED MEANING

multitude

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1. A great number or large gathered body of persons, creatures, or forces; a crowd, company, or host. 2. A great number, amount, fullness, or abundance of years, words, deeds, mercies, sins, possessions, waters, or other stated things.

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silence

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Absence or cessation of sound or speech; quietness, stillness, restraint from speaking, or the condition of being made unable or unwilling to answer.

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gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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audience

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Sense 1: The hearing of listeners; those within hearing. Sense 2: To give audience: to listen attentively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828 · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

wonders

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Sense 1: Marvellous signs, extraordinary works, or things that cause amazement. Sense 2: Marvels.

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wrought

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Worked, laboured, acted, made, formed, fashioned, performed, produced, or brought about.

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DEFINED WORDS

Acts 15:13

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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held

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1. Kept or possessed. 2. Maintained. 3. Restrained. 4. Regarded or accounted.

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peace

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Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

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DEFINED WORDS

Acts 15:14

COMBINED MEANING

declared

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of declare, meaning to make known, tell, announce, proclaim, explain, show, or state plainly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

visit

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1. To go or come to see, attend, or inspect. 2. To help or show mercy. 3. To call to account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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15:6¶ And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

15:7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

15:8And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

15:9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

15:10Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

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15:11But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

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15:12¶ Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

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15:13¶ And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

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15:14Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

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15:15And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

15:16After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

15:17That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

15:18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

15:19Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

15:20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

15:21For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

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