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Acts 15:13 KJV
Acts · chapter 15 · verse 13
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:Acts 15:13 · King James Version
Acts 15:13 in context
11But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
12Then 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.
13And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- hearkenakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- aftermetawith, after, behindG3326 →
- JamesiakōbosJames = " supplanter" , son of Zebedee, an apostle and brother of the apostle…G2385 →
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We have here a council called, not by writ, but by consent, on this occasion (Act 15:6): The apostles and presbyters came together, to consider this matter. They did not give their judgment separately, but came together to do it, that they might hear one another's sense in this matter;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-21