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Acts 21:17

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And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
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  1. Acts 15:4Rank 1 from verse 17
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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.

  2. Hebrews 13:1–2Rank 2 from verse 17
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    1LET brotherly love continue.

    2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

  3. Romans 15:7Rank 3 from verse 17
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    7Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

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    7Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

    8We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

  5. Acts 21:7Rank 5 from verse 17
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    7And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

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Acts 21:17

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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.

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received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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16There went with us also certain of the disciples of Cæsarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.

17And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

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18And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

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