# Acts 15:8

> And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

— Acts 15:8, 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

- Acts 1:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/24
- Acts 10:47 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/47
- Acts 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/4
- Acts 14:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/14/3
- Hebrews 4:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/4/13

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/8
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).