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Acts 15:6-8
Lexham English Bible
Acts 15:6-8
Lexham English Bible
6 Both the apostles and the elders assembled to deliberate concerning this matter. 7 And after[a] there was much debate, Peter stood up and[b] said to them, “Men and brothers, you know that in the early days[c] God chose among you through my mouth that the Gentiles should hear the message of the gospel and believe. 8 And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by[d] giving them[e] the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.
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- Acts 15:7 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
- Acts 15:7 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stood up”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 15:7 Or “from ancient days”
- Acts 15:8 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“giving”) which is understood as means
- Acts 15:8 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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