• Acts 15:2
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 2 γενομένης Having occurred δὲ but στάσεως of standing καὶ and ζητήσεως of seeking οὐκ not ὀλίγης little τῷ to the Παύλῳ Paul καὶ and τῷ to the Βαρνάβᾳ Barnabas πρὸς toward αὐτοὺς them ἔταξαν they arranged ἀναβαίνειν to be going up Παῦλον Paul καὶ and Βαρνάβαν Barnabas καί and τινας some ἄλλους others ἐξ out of αὐτῶν them πρὸς toward τοὺς the ἀποστόλους apostles καὶ and πρεσβυτέρους older men εἰς into Ἰερουσαλὴμ Jerusalem περὶ about τοῦ the ζητήματος thing sought τούτου. this.

  • Acts 15:2
    The Bible in Living English

    • 2* And when Paul and Barnabas had had not a little contradiction and argument with these, the brothers settled it that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

  • Acts 15:2
    American Standard Version

    • 2 And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

  • Acts 15:2
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 2 And when Paul and Barnabas had had no little dissension and discussion with them it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas and certain others from among them should go up unto the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem concerning this question.

  • Acts 15:2
    King James Version

    • 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 elders about this question.

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 15
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 15:2

      elders: Lit., “older men.” Here the Greek term pre·sbyʹte·ros refers to those who held a position of responsibility in the early Christian congregation. The elders of the Jerusalem congregation are mentioned together with the apostles as the ones to whom Paul, Barnabas, and some other brothers from Syrian Antioch went in order to get the matter of circumcision settled. So just as some elders served in fleshly Israel on a national level, these elders together with the apostles formed a governing body for all the Christian congregations in the first century C.E. This indicates that the original group serving as a governing body, the 12 apostles, had now been enlarged.​—Ac 1:21, 22, 26; see study notes on Mt 16:21; Ac 11:30.

      issue: Or “dispute.” The Greek word zeʹte·ma often refers to a controversial question or a specific issue being debated. It is related to a Greek word meaning “to seek” (ze·teʹo).​—See study note on Ac 15:7.