Acts 15

Question 1

Acts 15:1

Answer 1

Some men came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the brothers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.”

Question 2

Acts 15:2

Answer 2

This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

Question 3

Acts 15:3

Answer 3

The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the brothers very glad.

Question 4

Acts 15:4

Answer 4

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.

Question 5

Acts 15:5

Answer 5

Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”

Question 6

Acts 15:6

Answer 6

The apostles and elders met to consider this question.

Question 7

Acts 15:7

Answer 7

After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

Question 8

Acts 15:8

Answer 8

God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.

Question 9

Acts 15:9

Answer 9

He made no distinction between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.

Question 10

Acts 15:10

Answer 10

Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

Question 11

Acts 15:11

Answer 11

No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”

Question 12

Acts 15:12

Answer 12

The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Question 13

Acts 15:13

Answer 13

When they finished, James spoke up: “Brothers, listen to me.

Question 14

Acts 15:14

Answer 14

Simon has described to us how God at first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for himself.

Question 15

Acts 15:15

Answer 15

The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:

Question 16

Acts 15:16

Answer 16

” ‘After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

Question 17

Acts 15:17

Answer 17

that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things’

Question 18

Acts 15:18

Answer 18

that have been known for ages.

Question 19

Acts 15:19

Answer 19

“It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

Question 20

Acts 15:20

Answer 20

Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.

Question 21

Acts 15:21

Answer 21

For Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

Question 22

Acts 15:22

Answer 22

Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, two men who were leaders among the brothers.

Question 23

Acts 15:23

Answer 23

With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings.

Question 24

Acts 15:24

Answer 24

We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said.

Question 25

Acts 15:25

Answer 25

So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul–

Question 26

Acts 15:26

Answer 26

men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Question 27

Acts 15:27

Answer 27

Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing.

Question 28

Acts 15:28

Answer 28

It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements:

Question 29

Acts 15:29

Answer 29

You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.

Question 30

Acts 15:30

Answer 30

The men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter.

Question 31

Acts 15:31

Answer 31

The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message.

Question 32

Acts 15:32

Answer 32

Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.

Question 33

Acts 15:33

Answer 33

After spending some time there, they were sent off by the brothers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them.

Question 34

Acts 15:35

Answer 34

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.

Question 35

Acts 15:36

Answer 35

Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.”

Question 36

Acts 15:37

Answer 36

Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them,

Question 37

Acts 15:38

Answer 37

but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work.

Question 38

Acts 15:39

Answer 38

They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

Question 39

Acts 15:40

Answer 39

but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.

Question 40

Acts 15:41

Answer 40

He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.