Acts 15:8

And God, who knows the heart, ¹  has testified ²  to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, ³ 

1Sa 16:7; 1Ki 8:39; 1Ch 28:9; 1Ch 29:17; Ps 44:21; Ps 139:1,2; Jer 11:20; Jer 17:10; Jer 20:12; Joh 2:24,25; Joh 5:37; Joh 21:17; Ac 1:24; Ac 2:4; Ac 4:31; Ac 10:44,45; Ac 11:15-17; Ac 14:3; Heb 2:4; Heb 4:13; Re 2:23

¹ sn The expression who knows the heart means “who knows what people think.”

² tn Or “has borne witness.”

³ sn By giving them…just as he did to us. The allusion is to the events of Acts 10-11, esp. 10:44-48 and Peter’s remarks in 11:15-18.