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Acts 15:6

The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 15:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The elders for elders, A.V.; were gathered for came, A.V.; to for for to, A.V. The question was too important, and, perhaps, the persons who advanced the objections too considerable, to allow of a decision to be taken on the spot.

A special meeting of the Church was called to consider the matter.

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