# Acts 15:1

> Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

— Acts 15:1, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Antioch** (Syria · today Antakya) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/antioch
- **Judea 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/judea-1

## When

- c. AD 49 (counted from the text)
- Date source: The Council of Jerusalem, fourteen years after the conversion by the count of Galatians 2:1.

## Who ruled

- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII

## What happened

- **The Council of Jerusalem** (AD 49)
  The question is whether a Gentile has to become a Jew to follow Jesus. The answer is no, and it defines Christianity as a separate religion.

## See also

- Galatians 5:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/5/6
- Acts 15:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/5
- Colossians 2:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/colossians/2/8
- Leviticus 12:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/12/3
- 1 Corinthians 7:18-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/7/18
- Galatians 2:11-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/2/11
- Romans 4:8-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/4/8
- Galatians 5:1-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/5/1

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/1
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).