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 15:6
Context15:6 Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate 4 about this matter.
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 The translation for ἰδεῖν (idein) in this verse is given by BDAG 279-80 s.v. εἶδον 3 as “deliberate concerning this matter.” A contemporary idiom would be to “look into” a matter.
