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Chapter 15

The Jerusalem Council

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And some men came down from Judea [and][note: *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("came down") has been translated as a finite verb] began teaching[note: *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began teaching")] the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom [prescribed] by Moses, you cannot be saved."
And [after][note: *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was")] there was no little strife and debate by Paul and Barnabas against them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem concerning this issue.