ACTS 15:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:”
When they finished, James spoke up: 'Brothers, listen to me — James's intervention as the decisive voice suggests his role as leader of the Jerusalem church. His request for attention (akouō, hear/listen) indicates he will provide the authoritative resolution.
Church Fathers on Acts 15:13
This (James) was bishop, as they say, and therefore he speaks last, and herein is fulfilled that saying, In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. Deuteronomy 17:6; Matthew 18:16 But observe the discretion shown by him also, in making his argument good from the prophets, both new and old. For he had no acts of his own to declare, as Peter had and Paul. And indeed it is wisely ordered that this (the active) part is assigned to those, as not…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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