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Soοὖνthey,Οἱwhen they were sent off,ἀπολυθέντεςwent downκατῆλθονtoεἰςAntioch,Ἀντιόχειανandκαὶhaving gatheredσυναγαγόντεςthe multitude,τὸ πλῆθοςthey deliveredἐπέδωκανthe letter.τὴν ἐπιστολήν
Acts 15:30
Study it in the app“So they, when they were sent off, went down to Antioch, and having gathered the multitude, they delivered the letter.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 15:30, word by word
- when they were sent offἀπολυθέντεςapolythentes
send away
To bid someone farewell and let them go.
Where else “apolythentes” appears- went downκατῆλθονkatēlthon
come down
Come down, go down from a higher place.
Where else “katēlthon” appears- AntiochἈντιόχειανAntiocheian
Antioch
See it on the mapWhere else “Antiocheian” appears- having gatheredσυναγαγόντεςsynagagontes
gather
To bring people or things together into one place.
Where else “synagagontes” appears- the multitudeπλῆθοςplēthos
crowd
Many persons gathered.
Where else “plēthos” appears- they deliveredἐπέδωκανepedōkan
hand over
To place something in another's hand.
Where else “epedōkan” appears- the letterἐπιστολήνepistolēn
letter
Letter.
Where else “epistolēn” appears
Places in this verse
Antioch
Today: Antakya (Antioch on the Orontes), Turkey
An important city of Syria, about 15 miles (25 km) inland from the Mediterranean, in present-day Turkey. There was another Antioch in Pisidia, in central Turkey today.
There the disciples were first called "Christians" (Acts 11:26). The assembly sent Paul and Barnabas out from there on their first journey (Acts 13:1-3).
The context
29that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”
30 · This verse (above)
31And when they read it, they rejoiced at the comfort.
To study Acts 15 in a group
1. What it says
What disagreement arose in Antioch, and whom did they send to Jerusalem to deal with it? (vv. 1-2)
2. What it means
How did the apostles and elders reach a decision? Who spoke, and what weighed in it? (vv. 6-22)
3. How I live it
They listened to everyone before deciding (vv. 7, 12). How can you listen better to someone you disagree with?