And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. Cross References Acts 11:30 This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul. Acts 15:4 On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them. Acts 15:6 So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter. Acts 15:7 After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. Acts 15:22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers, Acts 15:23 and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings. Acts 16:4 As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. Galatians 2:1 Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also. Galatians 2:2 I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain. Treasury of Scripture When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question. Paul. Acts 15:7 Galatians 1:6-10 Galatians 2:5 they determined. Acts 15:25 Exodus 18:23 Galatians 2:1,2 certain. Acts 15:22,27 Acts 10:23 Acts 11:12 should. Acts 15:4,22,23 1 Samuel 8:7 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 the apostles. Acts 15:6,23 Acts 21:18 1 Corinthians 1:1 |