# Acts 15:14

> Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

— Acts 15:14, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## 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

- 2 Peter 1:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-peter/1/1
- Acts 15:7-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/7
- Luke 2:31-32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/31
- Isaiah 43:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/43/21
- 1 Peter 2:9-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/2/9

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/14
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).