Acts 15:13

"All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them."

Key Reflection

In Acts 15:13, the silence of the assembly underscores the profound impact of Barnabas and Paul's testimony. Their recounting of divine miracles and conversions among the Gentiles silenced the skeptics, allowing the message to be heard with attentiveness and reverence.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 13. James answered. James the Less, son of Alpheus. See Barnes "Ac 12:1". Hearken unto me. This whole transaction shows that Peter had no such authority in the church as the Papists pretend, for otherwise his opinion would have been followed without debate. James had an authority not less than that of Peter. It is possible that he might have been next in age, (comp. 1 Co 15:7;) and it seems morally certain that he remained for a considerable part of his life in Jerusalem, Ac 12:17; 21:18 Ga 1:19; 2:9,12.

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