Acts 15:4
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.”
ἐκκλησία
Assembly, church, called out ones. Ekklesia. I will build my church. The church is not a building or a programme. It is a people called out by God and gathered around Jesus.
παραγίνομαι
Having come
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παραγίνομαι
To come beside, to arrive, to appear. When he came to himself he said how many of my father's hired servants have food to spare. Coming to yourself is the first step home.
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θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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ὅσος
how much
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ὅσος
As many as, as much as, whoever. All who received Him to all who believed in His name He gave the right to become children of God. The offer is unlimited.
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πρεσβύτερος
elders,
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πρεσβύτερος
older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"
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παραδέχομαι
they were received
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παραδέχομαι
to accept near, i.e. admit or (by implication) delight in
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τέ
then
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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Ἱερουσαλήμ
Jerusalem
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Ἱερουσαλήμ
Hierusalem (i.e. Jerushalem), the capitol of Palestine
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