• Acts 16:4
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 4 Ὡς As δὲ but διεπορεύοντο they were going through τὰς the πόλεις, cities, παρεδίδοσαν they were giving beside αὐτοῖς to them φυλάσσειν to be guarding τὰ the δόγματα decrees τὰ the κεκριμένα having been judged ὑπὸ by τῶν the ἀποστόλων apostles καὶ and πρεσβυτέρων older men τῶν the (ones) ἐν in Ἰεροσολύμοις. Jerusalem.

  • Acts 16:4
    American Standard Version

    • 4 And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep which had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.

  • Acts 16:4
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 4 And as they passed through the cities they were delivering unto them for observance the decrees which had been decided upon by the Apostles and Elders who were in Jerusalem.

  • Acts 16:4
    King James Version

    • 4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 16:4

      the apostles and the elders who were in Jerusalem: As shown in the study note on Ac 15:2, some elders in the nation of Israel served in positions of responsibility on a national level. Likewise, these elders in Jerusalem together with the apostles formed a governing body for all the Christian congregations in the first century C.E. After handling the issue of circumcision, these apostles and elders made their decision known to the congregations, and it was accepted as authoritative.