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Acts 15:22
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Acts 15:22
22Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
22Then pleased it the Apostles and Elders with the whole Church, to send chosen men of their owne company to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas: namely, Iudas surnamed Barsabas, & Silas, chiefe men among the brethren,
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 15:22
Gratified; affected with agreeable sensations or emotions.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Persons sent forth with authority; messengers or ambassadors, especially those commissioned by Christ.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Entire, complete, or undivided; also sound or restored to health, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Selected, preferred, or appointed from among others.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A group of persons associated or gathered together; fellowship or companionship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Called by an added or distinguishing name.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study27We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
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Open the full verse study40And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
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Open the full verse study12By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
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Open the full verse study1PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Open the full verse study1PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
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Open the full verse study23And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
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Open the full verse study32And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
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Open the full verse study5And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
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Open the full verse study19¶ And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
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Open the full verse study25¶ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
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Open the full verse study29Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
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Open the full verse study10¶ And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
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Open the full verse study14And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
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Open the full verse study4And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
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Open the full verse study12Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
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Open the full verse study36And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
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Open the full verse study22¶ Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
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Open the full verse study1AND certain men which came down from Judæa taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2When 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.
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Open the full verse study23And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
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Open the full verse study25It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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Open the full verse study4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
5¶ And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
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Open the full verse study14Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
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