# Acts 15:16

> ‘After this I will return and rebuild
the fallen tent of David.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
and I will restore it,

— Acts 15:16, 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

- Amos 9:11-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/9/11
- Luke 1:31-33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/1/31
- Psalms 89:35-49 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/89/35
- Ezekiel 17:22-24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/17/22
- 1 Kings 12:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/12/16
- Isaiah 9:6-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/9/6
- Jeremiah 12:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/12/15

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/16
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).