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Acts 15:25

It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

KJV

ἔδοξεν ἡμῖν γενομένοις ὁμοθυμαδόν, ἐκλεξαμένους ἄνδρας πέμψαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς σὺν τοῖς ἀγαπητοῖς ἡμῶν Βαρναβᾷ καὶ Παύλῳ,

Greek NT

placuit nobis collectis in unum eligere viros, et mittere ad vos cum carissimis nostris Barnaba et Paulo,

Vulgate

it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

ASV

It hath seemed good to us, being assembled together, to choose out men and to send them unto you, with our well beloved Barnabas and Paul:

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People PaulBarnabas

In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βαρνάβας
barnabas
noun · 28×
Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δοκέω
dokeo
verb · 62×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πέμπω
pempo
verb · 79×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σύν
sun
preposition · 129×
ἀγαπητός
agapetos
adjective · 61×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἐκλέγομαι
eklegomai
verb · 22×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὁμοθυμαδόν
omothumadon
adverb · 11×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἐκλεξαμένοις | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐκλεξαμένοις | RP: ἐκλεξαμένους
  • ἐκλεξαμένοιςSBLGNT
  • ἐκλεξαμένοιςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐκλεξαμένουςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 3:15 — And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
  • 2Pet 3:15 — And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
  • Acts 1:14 — These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
  • Acts 15:2 — When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and e
  • Acts 15:6 — And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
  • Acts 15:22 — Then 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 t
  • Luke 1:3 — It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,