Acts 15:41 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) traveling through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches [along the way]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, establishing and strengthening the churches. American Standard Version (1901) And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. Common English Bible He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. Catholic Public Domain Version And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the Churches, instructing them to keep the precepts of the Apostles and the elders. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches, commanding them to keep the precepts of the apostles and the ancients. |
The news [of what Jesus was doing] spread all over [the country of] Syria and they brought to Him all those who were sick, stricken with various diseases and pains, dominated by evil spirits, and afflicted with seizures and paralysis, and He healed them [all].
This is what they wrote [in the letter]: “[This is] from your brothers, the apostles and elders [of the Jerusalem church]: Greetings to [our] Gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia.
And Judas and Silas, who also were prophets, exhorted and strengthened the brothers with many [other] words.
After this [incident] Paul remained [in Corinth] for some time before leaving the brothers and sailing for Syria with Priscilla and Aquila. Paul shaved his head while in Cenchrea as part of a vow he had taken.
When we sighted Cyprus [i.e., a large island], we sailed past it on our port side and arrived at Tyre [i.e., a major seaport] in Syria [i.e., on the west coast of Palestine], where the ship was to unload its cargo.
But several men from the synagogue, made up of freed slaves from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia and Asia, began arguing with Stephen.
[Then after that] I went to the territories of Syria and Cilicia. [Note: Cilicia was where Paul’s home town of Tarsus was located. See Acts 9:30].