Acts 15:4

15:4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received ¹  by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported ²  all the things God had done with them. ³ 

Acts 15:12

15:12 The whole group kept quiet ⁴  and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs ⁵  and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

[15:4]  ¹ tn BDAG 761 s.v. παραδέχομαι 2 has “receive, accept” for the meaning here.

[15:4]  ² tn Or “announced.”

[15:4]  ³ tn “They reported all the things God had done with them” – an identical phrase occurs in Acts 14:27. God is always the agent.

[15:12]  ⁴ tn BDAG 922 s.v. σιγάω 1.a lists this passage under the meaning “say nothing, keep still, keep silent.”

[15:12]  ⁵ tn Here in connection with τέρατα (terata) the miraculous nature of these signs is indicated.