ACTs 15:6 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) So the missionaries and the elders met separately in order to consider the matter further.

Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT So the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this word.

UST Then the apostles and the elders met together in order to talk about this issue.

BSB So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.

BLB And both the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

AICNT The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.

OEB The apostles and the church elders held a meeting to consider this question.

WEB The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

WMB The emissaries and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

NET Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter.

LSV And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,

FBV The apostles and elders met together to discuss the issue.

TCNT So the apostles and the elders gathered together to consider this matter.

T4T Then the apostles and the other elders met together in order to talk about this matter.

LEB Both the apostles and the elders assembled to deliberate concerning this matter.

BBE And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.

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ASV And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.

DRA And the apostles and ancients assembled to consider of this matter.

YLT And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,

DBY And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

RV And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.

WBS And the apostles and elders came together to consider of this matter.

KJB ¶ And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

BB And the Apostles and elders came together, for to consider of this matter.

GNV Then the Apostles and Elders came together to looke to this matter.
(Then the Apostles and Elders came together to look to this matter. )

CB But the Apostles and Elders came together, to reason vpon this matter.
(But the Apostles and Elders came together, to reason upon this matter.)

TNT And the Apostles and elders came to geder to reason of this matter.
(And the Apostles and elders came together to reason of this matter. )

WYC And the apostlis and eldre men camen togidre, to se of `this word.
(And the apostles and eldre men came together, to see of `this word.)

LUT Aber die Apostel und die Ältesten kamen zusammen, diese Rede zu besehen.
(But the Apostel and the elders came zusammen, diese Rede to besehen.)

CLV Conveneruntque Apostoli et seniores videre de verbo hoc.[fn]
(Conveneruntque Apostoli and seniores videre about verbo hoc.)

15.6 Conveneruntque apostoli. ID. Hic datur exemplum faciendi conventus, ad discernenda ea quæ fidei sunt necessaria.

15.6 Conveneruntque apostoli. ID. Hic datur exemplum faciendi conventus, to discernenda ea which of_faith are necessaria.

UGNT συνήχθησάν δὲ οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι, ἰδεῖν περὶ τοῦ λόγου τούτου.
(sunaʸⱪthaʸsan de hoi apostoloi kai hoi presbuteroi, idein peri tou logou toutou.)

SBL-GNT Συνήχθησάν ⸀τε οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἰδεῖν περὶ τοῦ λόγου τούτου.
(Sunaʸⱪthaʸsan ⸀te hoi apostoloi kai hoi presbuteroi idein peri tou logou toutou. )

TC-GNT Συνήχθησαν [fn]δὲ οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἰδεῖν περὶ τοῦ λόγου τούτου.
(Sunaʸⱪthaʸsan de hoi apostoloi kai hoi presbuteroi idein peri tou logou toutou.)

15:6 δε ¦ τε ECM* NA SBL WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Circumcision in the New Testament

Circumcision (cutting off the male foreskin) was widely practiced in the ancient Near East (see Jer 9:25-26). For Jews, it had religious significance as the sign of the covenant that God had established with the people of Israel (Gen 17:9-14; Josh 5:2; John 7:22; Acts 7:8; Sirach 44:20). It was normally performed on the eighth day of a male infant’s life (Gen 17:12; Lev 12:3; Luke 1:59; Acts 7:8). The New Testament notes the circumcision of John the Baptist, Jesus, Paul, and Timothy (Luke 1:59; 2:21; Acts 16:2-3; Phil 3:5). Circumcision became a metaphor for the renewal of a person’s relationship with God (Deut 10:16; 30:6; Jer 4:4; Rom 2:28-29). In the late 40s AD, some Jewish Christians tried to require Gentile Christians to undergo circumcision (Acts 15:1, 5; see 21:20-21; Gal 2:4, 11-13), to which Paul and Barnabas objected (Acts 15:2). The ensuing church council at Jerusalem settled the matter in favor of not requiring Gentiles to be circumcised (15:19-21, 28-29).

Paul insisted that “it makes no difference whether or not a man has been circumcised” (1 Cor 7:19). “What is important is faith expressing itself in love” (Gal 5:6). In Galatians, Paul argued against vigorous Jewish opponents and insisted that everyone enters God’s family simply through faith in Jesus Christ (Gal 2:14-21). Circumcision is not required for acceptance by God (Gal 5:6). The cross of Christ is the way that sinners enter into covenant with God (Gal 2:14-21; Col 2:11-15).

Passages for Further Study

Gen 17:9-14; Lev 12:3; Josh 5:2-9; Jer 9:25-26; Luke 1:59; 2:21; John 7:22-24; Acts 7:8; 15:1-5, 19-21, 28-31; 16:2-3; 21:18-24; Rom 2:25-29; 1 Cor 7:17-19; Gal 2:3-5, 11-21; 5:6; 6:15; Phil 3:5-9; Col 2:11-23

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

συνήχθησάν

/were/_gathered_together

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “gathered together”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἰδεῖν περὶ

/to/_see about

Here the phrase to see about is an idiom that means “to consider.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to consider”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τοῦ λόγου τούτου

¬the matter this

Luke is using the term word to mean the claim that the Jewish believers who were Pharisees had made by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the claim that the Jewish believers who were Pharisees had made”

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