Acts 15:13
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
KJV
Μετὰ δὲ τὸ σιγῆσαι αὐτοὺς ἀπεκρίθη Ἰάκωβος λέγων, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ἀκούσατέ μου.
Greek NT
Et postquam tacuerunt, respondit Jacobus, dicens : Viri fratres, audite me.
Vulgate
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken unto me:
ASV
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying: Men, brethren, hear me.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
σιγάω
sigao
verb · 10×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
Ἰάκωβος
iakobos
noun · 42×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the procurators from Fadus through Albinus. The critical passage is Ant. 20.9.1, where Josephus records the execution of "James, the brother of Jesus who was called Christ" by the high priest Ananus in AD 62. This is the second independent Josephan reference to Jesus, and unlike the Testimonium, its authenticity is virtually undisputed by scholars. Also covers the famine…
Cross-references
- Acts 12:17 — But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And
- Acts 12:17 — But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And
- Acts 21:18 — And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
- Gal 2:9 — And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen,
- Gal 2:12 — For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
- Jas 1:1 — James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
- Jas 1:1 — James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.