Acts 15:4

15:4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.

Acts 15:12

15:12 The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.


tn BDAG 761 s.v. παραδέχομαι 2 has “receive, accept” for the meaning here.

tn Or “announced.”

tn “They reported all the things God had done with them” – an identical phrase occurs in Acts 14:27. God is always the agent.

tn BDAG 922 s.v. σιγάω 1.a lists this passage under the meaning “say nothing, keep still, keep silent.”

tn Here in connection with τέρατα (terata) the miraculous nature of these signs is indicated.