# Acts 15:18

> that have been known for ages.’

— Acts 15:18, 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

- Ephesians 1:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/1/4
- Ephesians 3:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/3/9
- Isaiah 46:9-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/46/9
- 1 Peter 1:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/1/20
- Ephesians 1:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/1/11
- Acts 17:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/26
- Numbers 23:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/23/19
- Matthew 13:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/13/35

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/18
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).