Acts 15:21
“For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.”
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
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 the brethren:
And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
Why This Verse Was Tagged
This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Related Verses
“And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.”
“And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.”
“And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.”
“But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.”
“And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.”