Acts 15:8

15:8 And God, who knows the heart, ¹  has testified ²  to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, ³ 

Hebrews 11:4-5

11:4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith ⁴  he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith ⁵  he still speaks, though he is dead. 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.

[15:8]  ¹ sn The expression who knows the heart means “who knows what people think.”

[15:8]  ² tn Or “has borne witness.”

[15:8]  ³ sn By giving them…just as he did to us. The allusion is to the events of Acts 10-11, esp. 10:44-48 and Peter’s remarks in 11:15-18.

[11:4]  ⁴ tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through which.”

[11:4]  ⁵ tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through it.”