# Acts 15:7

> After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

— Acts 15:7, 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

- Romans 10:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/10/17
- Galatians 2:7-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/2/7
- 1 Chronicles 28:4-5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/28/4
- Acts 15:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/2
- Acts 10:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/20
- Acts 10:32-48 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/32
- Acts 20:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/24

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).