Acts 15:7-11

7 And [after] there was much debate, Peter stood up [and] said to them, "Men [and] brothers, you know that in the early days God chose among you through my mouth [that] the Gentiles should hear the message of the gospel and believe.
8 And God, who knows the heart, testified to them [by] giving [them] the Holy Spirit, just as he also [did] to us.
9 And he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
10 So now why are you putting God to the test [by] placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
11 But we believe [we] will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in {the same} way those also [are]."

Footnotes 7

  • [a]. *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was")
  • [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("stood up") has been translated as a finite verb
  • [c]. Or "from ancient days"
  • [d]. *Here "[by]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("giving") which is understood as means
  • [e]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [f]. *Here "[by]" is supplied as a component of the infinitive ("placing") which is understood as means
  • [g]. Literally "which"
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