Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 15:8
God bare them witness — That he had accepted them, by giving them the Holy Ghost.
God bare them witness — That he had accepted them, by giving them the Holy Ghost.
Verse Acts 15:8. _AND GOD WHICH KNOWETH THE HEARTS_] Ο καρδιογνωϚης Θεος. We had this epithet of the Divine Being once before; see Acts 1:24, and the note there: it occurs no where else in the New Tes...
AND GOD, WHICH KNOWETH THE HEARTS - Acts 1:24. God thus knew whether they were true converts or not, and gave a demonstration that he acknowledged them as his. GIVING THEM THE HOLY GHOST ... - Acts 1...
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The false teachers from Judea. Paul and Barnabas sent to Jerusalem (Acts 15:1)._ 2. The Council in Jerusalem (Acts 15:6). 3. The Result made known (Acts 15:22). 4. The Consolation b...
THE DELIBERATION. The meeting is a public one (see Acts 15:12 and Acts 15:22). In Galatians 2 Paul says he laid his manner of preaching before those of reputation, in private. Peter comes forward (D s...
THE CRUCIAL PROBLEM (Acts 15:1-5) The influx of Gentiles into the Church produced a problem which had to be solved. The mental background of the Jew was founded on the fact that he belonged to the ch...
The apostles and elders met together to investigate this question. After a great deal of discussion Peter stood up and said, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made his choice among us, so...
WHICH KNOWETH, &C. = the Heart-searcher. See note on Acts 1:24. BARE... WITNESS. Greek. _martureo._ See p. 1511. THE HOLY GHOST. Both articles are here, but used grammatically, referring back to Act...
_which knoweth the hearts_ The word is only here and in Acts 1:24, and on both occasions it is St Peter who uses it. Such witness could admit of no appeal; and God had put the uncircumcised on the sam...
αὐτοῖς after ΔΟῪΣ omitted with אAB. _Vulg_. only represents the pronoun once, though having ‘dans illis.’ 8. Ὁ ΚΑΡΔΙΟΓΝΏΣΤΗΣ, _which knoweth the hearts_. καρδιογνώστης is only here and in Acts 1:24, a...
THE COUNCIL AT JERUSALEM; THE DEBATE AND THE SPEECH OF PETER. NARRATION OF THE WORK OF BARNABAS AND PAUL...
_AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCUSSION ACTS 15:6-21:_ The church, with the apostles and elders, came together to discuss this problem concerning the Gentiles and the Law. Peter said that "God made choice among...
ΚΑΡΔΙΟΓΝΏΣΤΗΣ (G2589) тот, кто знает сердце (_см._ Acts 1:24). ΈΜΑΡΤΎΡΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΈΩ (G3140) свидетельствовать. Используется в _знач._ подтверждать или одобрять (TDNT). ΔΟΎΣ _aor....
THE ELDERS AND APOSTLES MEET TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE. Acts 15:6-29 a. Peter's speech. Acts 15:6-11. Acts 15:6 And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter....
See notes on verse 7...
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; AND GOD, WHICH KNOWETH THE HEARTS - implying that the state of the heart before God is the...
21 The report in Antioch that God _ had opened the door of faith to the nations _ sums up Paul's first missionary journey. This is given out as something new, unknown before. It is evident that Antioc...
THE QUESTION OF CIRCUMCISION 1-35. The Council of Jerusalem, 49 a.d. The usual view is that Galatians 2:1 describes the visit of St. Paul to Jerusalem on the occasion of this Council. Adopting this, t...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 15 AN IMPORTANT MEETING IN *JERUSALEM, 15:1-21 V1 Some men came from *Judea to Antioch. They were teaching the *believers like this. ‘You must...
GOD WHICH KNOWETH THE HEARTS. — We note the recurrence of the epithet as characteristic of St. Peter. (See Note on Acts 1:24.)...
ὁ καρδιογνώστης, Acts 1:24, where the same word is used by St. Peter; _cf._ Jeremiah 17:10. ἐτάζων καρδίας, and _cf._ St. Peter's words in Acts 10:34. καθὼς καὶ ἡμῖν,...
ONE WAY OF SALVATION FOR ALL Acts 15:1-11 Paul and Barnabas were quietly resting in Antioch after their arduous toils, when these persons from Jerusalem stealthily commenced to undermine their influe...
In the work among Gentiles the question of circumcision very naturally arose, and its difficulty is revealed in the calling of a council. That council seems to have opened with much desultory discussi...
Resolving Conflict The matter was placed before the apostles and elders to be considered. Quite a discussion followed. Though Peter's actions were not always commendable, as when he dissembled in Anti...
Peter certifies before the council that this question had been settled by the heavenly vision at Joppa and the descension of the Holy Ghost on the Gentiles at Caesarea, seven years ago, none of whom h...
And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. (7) And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
Chapter 15 contains the account of this. Certain persons come from Jerusalem, where all was still going on in connection with the requirements of the law; and they seek to impose these requirements on...
AND GOD WHICH KNOWETH THE HEARTS,.... Of all men; he being omniscient, the searcher of the hearts, and the trier of the reins of the children of men, knew with what sincerity Cornelius sent for Peter;...
_And the apostles, &c., came together to consider of this matter_ As the apostles commonly resided at Jerusalem, the greater part of them may have come together on this occasion; and the elders likewi...
BARE THEM WITNESS; testified to their acceptance....
The demand of the former Pharisees and Peter's answer:...
AND GOD, WHICH KNOWETH THE HEARTS, BARE THEM WITNESS, GIVING THEM THE HOLY GHOST, EVEN AS HE DID UNTO US;...
However, here at Antioch a matter arose of deeply serious significance, and it was clearly God's wisdom to have Paul and Barnabas there at the time. Men from Judea, professing the knowledge of Christ,...
SO GOD, WHO KNOWS THE HEART, ACKNOWLEDGED THEM BY GIVING THEM THE HOLY SPIRIT, JUST AS _HE DID_ TO US, 1. God knows their heart (like He knows the heart of the Jewish brethren). Unspoken, but implied...
"God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us": Seeing that God knows the heart (Acts 1:24), God knew that Cornelius was. genuine believer, and He...
7-21 We see from the words "purifying their hearts by faith," and the address of St. Peter, that justification by faith, and sanctification by the Holy Ghost, cannot be separated; and that both are t...
WHICH KNOWETH THE HEARTS; God knew the desires of the Gentiles, that they did sincerely desire to please God, and to see this salvation. This great attribute David improved, 1 CHRONICLES 29:17, and hi...
Acts 15:8 So G2532 God G2316 heart G2589 acknowledged G3140 (G5656) them G846 giving G1325 (G5631) them...
‘And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said to them, “Brethren, you know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of t...
Acts 15:8. AND GOD, WHICH KNOWETH THE HEARTS, BARE THEM WITNESS, GIVING THEM THE HOLY GHOST, EVEN AS HE DID UNTO US. The Eternal, before whom the secrets of all hearts are open, was able to judge of t...
WHICH KNOWETH THE HEART (καρδιογνωστης). Late word from καρδια (heart) and γνωστης (known, γινωσκω). In the N.T. only here and Acts 1:24 which see.GIVING THEM THE HOLY SPIRIT (δους το πνευμα το αγ...
CONTENTS: The council at Jerusalem and the question of circumcision. Paul's second missionary journey. Silas chosen. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Moses, Paul, Barnabas, apostles, elders, Phar...
Acts 15:1. _Certain men which came down from Judea._ Epiphanius says, Cerinthus the heretic was one of the principals in this dissension. But they were, no doubt, of the devil's sending, to disquiet t...
AFTER A LONG DEBATE. Some Jews believed God was their personal property, and that the Gentiles had to accept their Law and Tradition and come to God through them. Paul and others knew that God had ter...
_And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised … ye cannot be saved._ DISTURBERS OF THE CHURCH I. Certain men came down from Judea. 1. Probably...
_And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up._ PETER’S SPEECH Mark-- I. The time when peter spoke. “When there had been much disputing.” That was the critical moment. Speeches acquire forc...
_God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness._ GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY It is the sovereign’s stamp which settles the question as to the right of a coin to be counted current among loyal subjects of th...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 15:1 The Jerusalem Council. A conference was held in Jerusalem (c. A.D. 48 or 49) to discuss conditions for Gentile membership in the church. The “Pharisaic” group in the Jerusalem c...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 15:6 Peter defended Paul’s Gentile mission. ⇐ ⇔...
_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 15:6_ The Council at Jerusalem; or, the Circumcision Controversy Settled I. THE COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL.— 1. The _apostles_. The twelve; Paul not yet included in the...
EXPOSITION ACTS 15:1 _Came down … and taught _for _which came down_ …_ taught, _A.V.; _saying _for _and said, _A.V._; custom _(ἔθος) for _manner, _A.V. EXCEPT YE BE CIRCUMCISED, etc. The question t...
And certain men which came down from Judea [to the church in Antioch] taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved (Acts 15:1). Unfortunately,...
1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Kings 8:39; 1 Samuel 16:7;...
Which knoweth the heart [κ α ρ δ ι ο γ ν ω σ τ η ς]. Only here and ch. 1 24....