King James Version
Acts 15:19 in the King James Version says “Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:” — study this verse from Acts chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:”
Acts 15:19 · King James Version
That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called , saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
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“not”
G3361(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
“from among”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“the Gentiles”
G1484a race (as of the same habit), i.e., a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)
“to”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
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