Acts 15:27-37

27 "Therefore we have sent ¹Judas and ²Silas, who themselves will also report the same things by word of mouth.

28 "For ³it seemed good to ⁴the Holy Spirit and to ⁵us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:

29 that you abstain from ⁶things sacrificed to idols and from ⁷blood and from ⁸things strangled and from ⁹fornication; if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell."

30 So when they were sent away, ¹⁰they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.

31 When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

32 ¹¹Judas and ¹²Silas, also being ¹³prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened ¹⁴the brethren with a lengthy message.

33 After they had spent time there, they were sent away from the brethren ¹⁵in peace to those who had ¹⁶sent them out.

34 [But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.]

35 But ¹⁷Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and ¹⁸preaching with many others also, ¹⁹the word of the Lord.

Second Missionary Journey

36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brethren in ²⁰every city in which we proclaimed ²¹the word of the Lord, and see how they are."

37 Barnabas wanted to take ²²John, called Mark, along with them also.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 15:22, 32
• 2. Acts 15:22
• 3. Acts 15:25
• 4. Acts 5:32; Acts 15:8
• 5. Acts 15:19, 25
• 6. Acts 15:20
• 7. Acts 15:20
• 8. Acts 15:20
• 9. Acts 15:20
• 10. Acts 15:22
• 11. Acts 15:22, 27
• 12. Acts 15:22
• 13. Acts 13:1
• 14. Acts 15:1
• 15. Mark 5:34; Acts 16:36; 1 Corinthians 16:11; Hebrews 11:31
• 16. Acts 15:22
• 17. Acts 12:25
• 18. Acts 8:4
• 19. Acts 13:12
• 20. Acts 13:4, 13, 14, 51; Acts 14:6, 24
• 21. Acts 13:12
• 22. Acts 12:12

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "from which keeping yourselves free"
• [b] Or "multitude"
• [c] Or "exhortation"
• [d] Or "exhorted"
• [e] Early mss do not contain this v