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So, being [a]fitted out and sent on their way by the church, they went through both Phoenicia and Samaria telling of the conversion of the Gentiles (the heathen), and they caused great rejoicing among all the brethren.

When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were heartily welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they told them all that God had accomplished through them.

But some who believed [who [b]acknowledged Jesus as their Savior and devoted themselves to Him] belonged to the sect of the Pharisees, and they rose up and said, It is necessary to circumcise [the Gentile converts] and to charge them to obey the Law of Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:3 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Acts 15:5 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia(A) and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted.(B) This news made all the believers very glad. When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.(C)

Then some of the believers who belonged to the party(D) of the Pharisees(E) stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.”(F)

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