8God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.


In Context

5 Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses."

6 The apostles and elders met to consider this question.

7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: "Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

8 God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.

9 He made no distinction between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.

10 Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

Acts 15:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And God, who knoweth the hearts, gave testimony, giving unto them the Holy Ghost, as well as to us;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit as to us also,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And God, which knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8And God, who knoweth the hearts, bore them witness, giving to them the Holy Spirit, even as he did to us:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8and the heart-knowing God did bare them testimony, having given to them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And God, which knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did to us;