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Acts 15:13
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When they were done, Jesus's brother James stood up and said, "Listen to me, boys.
After they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, "Brethren, listen to me.
Now after they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, "Brothers, listen to me.
And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, listen to me:
And after they had become silent, James answered, saying, "Men and brethren, listen to me:
After they stopped speaking, James responded: "Brothers, listen to me!
After they were silent, James answered, "Brothers, listen to me.
And when they held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken to me.
When they had finished speaking, James said, "Brethren, listen to me.
And after they had helde their peace, Iames answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken vnto me.
And after they were silent, James responded, saying, Men, brothers, hear me:
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When they had finished speaking, James replied, "Brothers, listen to me.
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After they finished speaking, James replied, "Brethren, listen to me.
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And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men, brothers, listen to me:
And after they held their peace, James answered, saying, Men, brethren, hearken to me.
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After they finished speaking, James said, "Brothers, listen to me.
After they stopped speaking, James replied, "Brothers, listen to me.
When they had finished speaking, James declared, "Brothers, listen to me!
After they had finished speaking, James said: My friends, listen to me!
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After they finished speaking, James replied, "Brothers, listen to me.
And when they helde their peace, Iames answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken vnto me.
And when they had ceased speaking, James rose up and said, Men and brethren, hear me:
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AND after they were silent, Jakub arose, and said, Men, brethren, hear me:
And after they ceased, James arose and said: Men, brethren, hearken to me.
When they had finished, James stood and said, "Brothers, listen to me.
When they finished speaking, James said, "Brothers, listen to me.
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken unto me:
After they finished speaking, James replied, "My brothers, listen to me.
And, after they held their peace, James answered, saying - Brethren! hearken unto me.
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying: Men, brethren, hear me.
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
And after they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, "Men and brothers, listen to me!
And when they helde their peace, Iames aunswered, saying: Men and brethren, hearken vnto me.
When they finished speaking, James said, "My brothers, listen to me.
After they stopped speaking, James responded, saying, "Brothers, listen to me.
When they had finished speaking, James spoke up: "Listen to me, my friends!
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Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
after: 1 Corinthians 14:30-33, James 1:19
James: Acts 12:17, Acts 21:18, Mark 15:40, Galatians 1:19, Galatians 2:9, Galatians 2:12, James 1:1
Men: Acts 2:14, Acts 2:22, Acts 2:29, Acts 7:2, Acts 22:1
Reciprocal: Matthew 10:3 - James Mark 3:18 - James Luke 6:15 - James Acts 1:13 - James Acts 1:16 - Men
Cross-References
now while the time was approaching to accomplish what God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew numerous in Egypt,
this therefore I say, that the law, which was not till four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul the promise, that was ratified before by God, so as to set the promise afoot.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And after they had held their peace,.... Meaning not the multitude, but Paul and Barnabas; when they had finished their account, and had done speaking:
James answered; or rose up, as the Syriac version reads, he stood up and began to speak. This was James the son of Alphaeus, one of the twelve apostles, sometimes called the brother of the Lord; for the other James, the son of Zebedee and brother of John, was dead, being killed by Herod, Acts 12:2 but this was the brother of Jude, and the same that wrote the epistle that bears his name: whether he was now bishop or pastor of the church at Jerusalem, is not certain; nor whether he was president in this council; the speeches made in it do not appear to be directed to him: he began his oration thus,
saying, men and brethren, hearken to me; the titles he uses, and the manner of desiring audience, were what were common with the Jews; see Acts 2:14.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
James answered - James the Less, son of Alpheus. See the notes on Acts 12:1.
Hearken unto me - This whole transaction shows that Peter had no such authority in the church as the papists pretend, for otherwise his opinion would have been followed without debate. James had an authority not less than that of Peter. It is possible that he might have been next in age (compare 1 Corinthians 15:7); and it seems morally certain that he remained for a considerable part of his life in Jerusalem, Acts 12:17; Acts 21:18; Galatians 1:19; Galatians 2:9, Galatians 2:12.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 15:13. James answered — He was evidently president of the council, and is generally called bishop of Jerusalem. The rest either argued on the subject, or gave their opinion; James alone pronounced the definitive sentence. Had Peter been prince and head of the apostles, and of the Church, he would have appeared here in the character of judge, not of mere counsellor or disputant. Thy popish writers say that "James presided because the council was held in his own church." These men forget that there was not then what they term a Church on the face of the earth. The Church, or assembly of believers, then met in private houses; for there was no building for the exclusive purpose of Christian worship then, nor till long after. These writers also forget that the pope pretends to be the head of the catholic or universal Church; and, consequently, no man can preside where he is present, but himself. Peter did not preside here; and this was the first ecclesiastical council, and now, if ever, he should have assumed his character of prince and chief; but he did not; nor did any of the other apostles invite him to it, which they would have done had they thought that Jesus Christ constituted him head of the Church. From this very circumstance there is the most demonstrative evidence that Peter was no pope, and that the right of his pretended successor is a nonentity.
