Acts 21:25 - Exposition

But as for as, A.V.; have believed for believe, A.V.; wrote giving judgment for have written and concluded, A.V.; the R.T. omits the clause rendered that they observe no such thing, save only, in the A.V.; should keep for keep, A.V.; sacrificed for offered, A.V.; what is strangled for strangled, A.V. As touching the Gentiles , etc. What follows is, of course, a quotation from "the decrees that had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem" ( Acts 16:4 ), of which the text is given in Acts 15:19 , Acts 15:20 , Acts 15:28 . Observe the use of the identical words— κρίνω , in Acts 15:19 ; Acts 16:4 ; and in this verse; and of ἐπιστέλλω , in this verse and in Acts 15:20 , with its cognate διεστειλάμεθα and ἀπεστάλκαμεν , Acts 15:24 , Acts 15:27 . This reference on the part of James to the decrees was very important as a confirmation of "the gospel which Paul preached among the Gentiles" ( Galatians 2:2 ). It also marks distinctly the upright and honorable conduct of James, and the concord of the apostles.