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Acts 15:5

Acts 15:5

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Who for which, A.V.; it is for that it was, A.V.; charge for command, A.V. There rose up, etc. As soon as Paul and Barnabas had finished their recital of the conversion of the heathen to whom they had preached the gospel, certain Christian Pharisees who were at the meeting disturbed the joy of the brethren and the unanimity of the assembly by getting up and saying that all the Gentile converts must be circumcised and keep the Law.

This, of course, would have included Titus, who was present with St. Paul (, ). The Epistle to the Galatians deals directly and forcibly with this question.

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