Some women were standing away from the cross, watching. Some of these women were Mary from the town of Magdala, Salome, and Mary the mother of James and Joses. (James was her youngest son.)
Acts 15:13 - Easy To Read Version Paul and Barnabas finished speaking. Then James spoke. He said, “My brothers, listen to me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When they had finished talking, James replied, Brethren, listen to me. American Standard Version (1901) And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken unto me: Common English Bible When Barnabas and Paul also fell silent, James responded, “Fellow believers, listen to me. Catholic Public Domain Version And after they had been silent, James responded by saying: "Noble brothers, listen to me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying: Men, brethren, hear me. |
Some women were standing away from the cross, watching. Some of these women were Mary from the town of Magdala, Salome, and Mary the mother of James and Joses. (James was her youngest son.)
Peter made a sign with his hand to tell them to be quiet. He explained to them how the Lord led him out of the jail. He said, “Tell James and the other brothers what happened.” Then Peter left to go to another place.
Simon (Peter) has told us how God showed his love for the non-Jewish people. For the first time, God accepted the non-Jewish people and made them his people.
Then Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles. {\cf2\super [23]} He spoke loudly so that all the people could hear. He said, “My Jewish brothers and all of you who live in Jerusalem, listen to me. I will tell you something you need to know. Listen carefully.
“My Jewish brothers, listen to these words: Jesus from Nazareth was a very special man. God clearly showed this to you. God proved this by the powerful and amazing things he did through Jesus. You all saw these things. So you know this is true.
“My brothers, I can tell you truly about David, {\cf2\super [32]} our ancestor. He died and was buried. His grave is still here with us today.
The next day, Paul went with us to visit James. All the elders {\cf2\super [420]} (church leaders) were there too.
Paul said, “My brothers and my fathers, listen to me! I will make my defense to you.”
Stephen answered, “My Jewish fathers and brothers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to Abraham, our ancestor. Abraham was in Mesopotamia. This was before he lived in Haran.
I met no other apostles {\cf2\super [9]} —only James, the brother of the Lord (Jesus).
This is what happened: When Peter first came to Antioch, he ate and associated with the non-Jewish people. But then some Jewish men came from James. When these men came, Peter separated himself from the non-Jews. He stopped eating with them. Why? Because he was afraid of the Jews who believe that all non-Jewish people must be circumcised. {\cf2\super [15]}
James, Peter, and John seemed to be the leaders. They saw that God had given me this special grace (gift). So they accepted Barnabas and me. Peter, James, and John said, “Paul and Barnabas, we agree that you should go to the people who are not Jews. We will go to the Jews.”
My dear brothers and sisters, always be more willing to listen than to speak. Don’t become angry easily.