The Jerusalem Council

15 And some men came down from Judea and[a] began teaching[b] the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after[c] there was no little strife and debate by Paul and Barnabas against them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem concerning this issue.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:1 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came down”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Acts 15:1 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began teaching”)
  3. Acts 15:2 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)