KJV King James Version
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell [you] the same things by mouth.
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Acts 15:27
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell [you] the same things by mouth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you in person the same things we are writing.
WEB World English Bible
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
ASV American Standard Version
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also shall tell you the same things by word of mouth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
we have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, and they by word are telling the same things.
Surrounding context — Acts 15
24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, [Ye must] be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no [such] commandment:
25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell [you] the same things by mouth.
28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἀπεστάλκαμενG649 · apostellōto sendοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenἸούδανG2455 · IoudasJudasκαὶG2532 · kaiandΣιλᾶν,G4609 · SilasSilasκαὶG2532 · kaiandαὐτοὺςG846 · autosit/s/heδιὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofλόγουG3056 · logoswordἀπαγγέλλονταςG518 · apangellōto announceτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoαὐτά.G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Acts 15:22Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; [namely], Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:3 John 1:13I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:Acts 15:32And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed [them].2 John 1:12Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write] with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
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