# Acts 15:17

> so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord,
and all the Gentiles who are called by My name,
says the Lord who does these things

— Acts 15:17, 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

- Zechariah 2:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/2/11
- Zechariah 8:20-23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8/20
- Isaiah 65:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/65/1
- Hosea 2:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/2/23
- Isaiah 66:18-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/66/18
- Jeremiah 16:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/16/19
- Malachi 1:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/malachi/1/11
- Isaiah 43:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/43/7

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/17
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).