Discovery BoxActs 15:4 
Context15:4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received 1 by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported 2 all the things God had done with them. 3
Acts 15:12
Context15:12 The whole group kept quiet 4 and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs 5 and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
1 tn BDAG 761 s.v. παραδέχομαι 2 has “receive, accept” for the meaning here.
2 tn Or “announced.”
3 tn “They reported all the things God had done with them” – an identical phrase occurs in Acts 14:27. God is always the agent.
4 tn BDAG 922 s.v. σιγάω 1.a lists this passage under the meaning “say nothing, keep still, keep silent.”
5 tn Here in connection with τέρατα (terata) the miraculous nature of these signs is indicated.
