26 Men that have [a]given up their lives for the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

27 We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, which shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

28 [b]For it seemed good to the [c]holy Ghost, and [d]to us, to lay no more burden upon you, than these [e]necessary things.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:26 Have greatly hazarded their lives.
  2. Acts 15:28 That is, a lawful Council, which the holy Ghost ruleth.
  3. Acts 15:28 First they made mention of the holy Ghost, that it may not seem to be any man’s work.
  4. Acts 15:28 Not that men have any authority of themselves, but to show the faithfulness that they used in their ministry and labor.
  5. Acts 15:28 This was no precise necessity, but in respect of the state of that time, that the Gentiles and the Jews might more peaceably live together with less occasion of quarrel.

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