ACTS 15:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.”
The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them — the silence (siopao, to be quiet) suggests Peter's words commanded assent, with Barnabas and Paul's testimony providing empirical corroboration. The reiteration of signs and wonders as evidence of God's work parallels Peter's argument: divine action, not human argument, settles the matter.
Church Fathers on Acts 15:12
which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear. But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus we shall be saved, even as they. Acts 15:11 How full of power these words! The same that Paul says at large in the Epistle to the Romans, the same says Peter here. For if Abraham, says (Paul), was justified by works, he has whereof to glory, but not before God. Romans 4:2 Do you perceive that all this is more a lesson for them than apology for the Gentiles? However, if…
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