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JEAN (fils de Zébédée)

L'un des Douze, auteur présumé du quatrième évangile, des trois lettres désignées sous les noms de 1, 2 et 3 Jean et de l'Apocalypse. Le N.T. ne nous donne a son sujet que de brèves indications, et, même en s'appuyant sur le quatrième évangile, comme nous le ferons dans cette notice, on ne peut donner qu'une esquisse très sommaire de sa vie et de son activité.

I Les données du Nouveau Testament.

Originaire de Galilée, habitant Capernaüm (ou, de l'avis de quelques-uns, la bourgade voisine de Bethsaïda), Jean était fils de Zébédée, dont nous savons seulement qu'il était pêcheur et que, se faisant aider dans son travail de ses deux fils et de plusieurs ouvriers (Mr 1:20), il jouissait sans doute d'une certaine aisance. Il résulte de la comparaison de Mt 27:56 et de Mr 15:40 que sa mère s'appelait Salomé ; certains auteurs, se fondant sur Jn 19:25 et y trouvant l'énumération de quatre personnes : la mère de Jésus et la soeur de sa mère, Marie (femme) de Clopas (voir ce mot) et Marie de Magdala, ont cru pouvoir faire de Salomé une soeur de Marie, mère de Jésus (voir Marie). Salomé est mentionnée parmi les femmes qui accompagnaient Jésus et l'assistaient de leurs biens (Mt 27:66, cf. Lu 8:8) ; c'était une femme animée d'une foi ardente et courageuse ; sa présence au pied de la croix le prouve ; mais sa piété n'était point exempte d'ambition, sinon pour elle-même, du moins pour ses fils, comme le montre la requête que, d'accord avec eux, elle présenta à Jésus de les placer l'un à sa droite, l'autre à sa gauche lors de son avènement (Mt 20:20-28).

Des deux frères, fréquemment désignés comme les fils de Zébédée pour les distinguer d'autres jeunes gens portant les mêmes noms, Jacques, généralement mentionné le premier, était sans doute l'aîné ; ils avaient hérité tous deux du tempérament ardent et généreux de leur mère ; une étroite amitié les unissait et il fallut pour y mettre fin la mort violente de Jacques en 44 (Ac 12:2). D'après le récit de Jn 1:35-51, dont le caractère autobiographique a été relevé plus d'une fois, les deux jeunes gens seraient entrés en relation avec Jésus par l'entremise de Jean-Baptiste, qui comptait parmi ses disciples une assez forte proportion de Galiléens ; du moins semble-t-il que l'on ne fait pas violence au texte en admettant, malgré ses réticences, que les fils de Zébédée se trouvaient là aux côtés d'André et de Simon. Des liens étroits se formèrent dès ce moment entre Jésus et ses jeunes compatriotes, qui l'accompagnèrent en Galilée et ne le quittèrent plus (Jn 2:1-12). La tradition synoptique rapporte les choses un peu autrement : c'est en Galilée que Simon et André, d'abord, puis Jacques et Jean entendirent l'appel de Jésus et « qu'abandonnant tout, ils le suivirent » (Mr 1:16-20). Il a toujours paru assez facile de concilier ces deux versions en voyant dans le texte de Jean le récit de la première rencontre de Jésus avec ses futurs disciples et dans celui des Synoptiques le récit de leur vocation définitive.

On peut être certain, dans tous les cas, que les fils de Zébédée firent partie du premier groupe de disciples qui se forma autour de Jésus, et quand, un peu plus tard, fut constitué le cercle des Douze, nous les y retrouvons au premier rang dans la compagnie de Simon et d'André ; les catalogues apostoliques (Mt 10:2-4, Mr 3:13-19, Lu 6:13,16, Ac 1:13), qui diffèrent légèrement sur d'autres points, sont unanimes sur celui-ci. Mr 3:17 note à ce moment le fait que Jésus surnomma les fils de Zébédée Boanerges, enfants du tonnerre, mot que l'on met généralement en rapport avec leur tempérament, dont l'ardeur pouvait aller jusqu'à la violence. Mais il y a plus : les fils de Zébédée constituent, avec Simon Pierre, à l'intérieur du cercle des Douze, un groupe plus intime dont Jésus s'entoura dans les circonstances particulièrement solennelles où, écartant la foule, il désira cependant avoir quelqu'un auprès de lui (résurrection de la fille de Jaïrus, transfiguration, prière en Gethsémané, Mr 5:37 9:2 14:33). Il faut même faire un pas de plus. Le quatrième évangile, qui, fait assez curieux, ne mentionne nulle part (sauf dans l'appendice) les fils de Zébédée, relève à diverses reprises la présence auprès de Jésus d'un personnage qu'il appelle « le disciple que Jésus aimait » (Jn 13:23 19:26 20:2 21:7,20-25). Qui était ce disciple ? Évidemment l'un des Douze et, parmi ceux-ci, l'un de ceux qui jouissaient de l'intimité particulière de leur maître ; ce ne peut être Pierre, qui en est expressément distingué ; ni Jacques, disparu beaucoup trop tôt pour que se répandît dans l'Église le bruit qu'il ne mourrait point (Jn 21:23) et à qui nul n'attribua jamais la composition du quatrième évangile ; il faut donc que ce soit Jean. On arrive au même résultat par une autre voie ; dans Jn 21:2 est notée la présence de sept disciples lors de l'apparition de Jésus ressuscité sur la rive du lac de Génézareth : Simon Pierre, Thomas, Nathanaël, les fils de Zébédée et deux autres disciples ; parmi eux se trouvait (verset 20) le disciple que Jésus aimait ; il est bien difficile d'admettre que ce dernier fût l'un des deux dont l'écrivain n'a pas jugé nécessaire de nous conserver le nom ; c'est certainement l'un des fils de Zébédée et, entre les deux, nous venons de le voir, il n'y a pas à hésiter. Remarquons en passant que c'est sans raison précise que l'on a voulu reconnaître Jean dans l'autre disciple mentionné Jn 18:15 et suivant, et conclu de cette identification à l'existence de relations d'amitié ou d'affaires entre la famille de Zébédée et la maison du souverain sacrificateur.

Les évangiles, qui mentionnent d'assez nombreux incidents où Simon Pierre joua un rôle en vue, n'ont que fort peu de chose à raconter au sujet de Jean. La seule parole quelque peu caractéristique qu'ils lui attribuent en propre est la communication qu'il fait en ces termes à Jésus : « Maître, nous avons vu un homme qui chassait les démons en ton nom et nous l'en avons empêché parce qu'il ne te suit pas avec nous », communication qui lui valut cette réponse de Jésus, assez analogue à un blâme déguisé : « Ne l'en empêchez pas ; car celui qui n'est pas contre nous est pour nous » (Lu 9:49 et suivant). Dans deux autres occasions, Jean intervient en relation étroite avec Jacques, ou même avec Salomé ; c'est lorsque les deux frères proposent à Jésus de faire descendre le feu du ciel sur une bourgade de Samaritains où on avait refusé de les recevoir (Lu 9:51-56) et que, personnellement ou par l'entremise de leur mère, ils revendiquent la place d'honneur auprès de Jésus (Mr 10:35-46, Matthieu 20:20-28). Dans les deux cas leur violence et leurs visées ambitieuses déterminent, de la part de Jésus, une énergique protestation ; l'esprit qui les anime est précisément le contraire de celui dont il s'inspire lui-même et qu'il veut propager ici-bas.

C'est au moment de la catastrophe, alors que les disciples, effrayés, se sont enfuis, que Jean, sortant de sa réserve habituelle, fait le plus noble usage de l'énergie qu'il cachait d'ordinaire derrière une apparence méditative et affirme sa qualité de disciple en prenant place au pied de la croix avec les femmes. On sait que Jésus, mourant, confia sa mère à ses soins (Jn 19:25,27). Au matin de Pâques, quand Marie-Madeleine apporte la nouvelle que le corps de Jésus a disparu, Jean s'élance avec Pierre et, plus jeune de quelques années, le devance à la course. Arrivé au tombeau, il hésite à y pénétrer et se contente d'y plonger le regard ; mais, un instant plus tard, enhardi par l'exemple de Pierre, il y entre à son tour et une intuition subite lui révèle que son maître est ressuscité (Jn 20:1-10).

Pierre est incontestablement la figure dominante dans la première partie du livre des Actes ; il est, sous la conduite de l'Esprit, le chef de l'Église palestinienne ; non pas seul toutefois, car Jean lui est étroitement associé et fait auprès de lui l'office de second. Jean est aux côtés de Pierre lorsque celui-ci, guérit l'impotent de la Belle Porte (Ac 3) ; avec lui il est arrêté et conduit devant le sanhédrin (Ac 4) ; avec lui encore, quelque temps plus tard, il se rend en Samarie pour constater et apprécier les résultats de l'oeuvre d'évangélisation accomplie par Philippe (Ac 8:14). Il en est encore ainsi quand, treize à quatorze ans après la mort de Jésus, l'Église de Jérusalem délibère avec Paul et Barnabas sur les conditions à imposer aux païens qui acceptent l'Évangile (Ac 15, Ga 2:10). Pierre et Jean, auxquels il faut désormais ajouter Jacques, le frère du Seigneur, sont restés en Palestine les chefs ou, comme s'exprime Paul, les colonnes de l'Église (Ga 2:9), et leur attitude fraternelle à l'égard de Paul détermine celle de l'assemblée. Dès ce moment, toutefois, la scène change. L'historien sacré transporte ses lecteurs, à la suite de Paul, en pays païen ; et quand il les ramène à Jérusalem, ils n'y trouvent plus ni Pierre ni Jean, que la persécution a contraints de s'éloigner (Ac 12) et qui ont remis à Jacques la direction de l'Église. Que sont-ils devenus et où faut-il chercher leurs traces, et spécialement celles de Jean ?

II La tradition ecclésiastique.

Pour répondre à la question que nous venons de poser, il faut--chose assez étrange--franchir un espace de plus de cent ans et descendre jusque bien avant dans la seconde moitié du II° siècle. On trouve à cette époque une tradition assez généralement attestée, d'après laquelle Jean, après avoir travaillé à Éphèse pendant de longues années, y aurait achevé sa carrière à un âge très avancé. Obligé de s'éloigner de Jérusalem en 44, après le meurtre de son frère Jacques, il aurait quitté le territoire de la Palestine aux approches de la guerre qui se termina en 70 par la ruine de Jérusalem, et, sachant que, par la mort de Pierre et de Paul, les florissantes Églises d'Asie Mineure se trouvaient dépourvues de conducteurs, il se serait rendu dans ces régions, se serait fixé à Éphèse et y aurait vécu jusqu'aux environs de l'an 100, s'employant, aussi longtemps qu'il en eut la force, « à visiter les contrées avoisinantes, pour établir des évêques et organiser les Églises » (Clém. d'Alex.). Ce serait dans cette période de sa vie que, cédant aux instances de son entourage (Fragment de Muratori), il aurait recueilli ses souvenirs et composé le quatrième évangile, rédigé, en partie du moins, pour compléter et parfois rectifier le témoignage des Synoptiques ; alors aussi qu'il aurait écrit les épîtres qui portent son nom ; alors enfin qu'exilé dans l'île de Patmos vers la fin du règne de Domitien (96), il aurait écrit l'Apocalypse, destinée--les trois premiers chapitres le prouvent--aux Églises d'Asie Mineure, menacées par la persécution. Bien plus, certains traits tout à fait précis de son ministère se seraient gravés dans la mémoire de ceux qui l'entouraient. On avait gardé le souvenir de ses luttes avec l'hérétique Cérinthe, et il existait encore au temps d'Irénée (vers 185) des gens qui avaient entendu raconter à Polycarpe que Jean, étant entré dans une maison de bains à Éphèse et y ayant aperçu Cérinthe, s'éloigna brusquement sans s'être baigné, en disant : « Sortons, de peur que cette maison ne s'écroule, puisque là se trouve Cérinthe, l'ennemi de la vérité ! » Clément d'Alexandrie, à peu près à la même époque, raconte la touchante histoire d'un jeune homme, devenu chef de brigands, que l'apôtre, déjà nonagénaire, alla chercher jusque dans son repaire et décida par ses supplications à changer de vie. St Jérôme raconte à son tour que, devenu très vieux et infirme, Jean se faisait encore porter dans les assemblées, et qu'incapable de prononcer de longues exhortations, il se bornait à répéter : « Petits enfants, aimez-vous les uns les autres. »

Le principal témoin de cette tradition est Irénée, évêque de Lyon, qui était né en Asie Mineure et y avait connu dans sa première jeunesse des hommes qui avaient été en relation avec des chrétiens de la première génération, en particulier Polycarpe, évêque de Smyrne, qui subit le martyre en 155 à un âge très avancé. Le séjour de Jean à Éphèse ne fait pour lui l'objet d'aucun doute : « Tous les presbytres (anciens) qui se sont rencontrés en Asie avec Jean, le disciple du Seigneur, attestent qu'il leur a transmis ces choses, car il a vécu avec eux jusqu'au temps de Trajan » (cité par Eusèbe, H.E., III, 23:3). « Ensuite Jean, le disciple du Seigneur, celui qui a reposé sur son sein, publia l'évangile pendant qu'il demeurait à Éphèse, en Asie » (1bid., V, 8:4). Peut-être n'y a-t-il à cet égard rien de plus décisif dans ses écrits qu'un passage de sa lettre à Florinus, un de ses anciens condisciples, qui avait passé au gnosticisme : « Ce ne sont pas les enseignements que t'ont transmis les anciens qui nous ont précédés et qui ont vécu après les apôtres ; car je l'ai vu lorsque j'étais encore enfant (grec pals, mot qui peut encore désigner un garçon d'une quinzaine d'années) dans l'Asie inférieure, auprès de Polycarpe... Et je pourrais encore te montrer l'endroit où il était assis lorsqu'il enseignait et racontait ses relations avec Jean et avec les autres qui ont vu le Seigneur, et te rappeler comment il parlait de ce qu'il avait reçu d'eux sur le Seigneur, sur ses miracles, sur sa doctrine, et comment il transmettait, en plein accord avec les Écritures, tout ce qu'il avait reçu des témoins oculaires de la Parole de vie » (1bid., V, 20:4 - 7).

Un témoignage qui, semble-t-il, a au moins autant de poids que celui d'Irénée est celui de son contemporain Polycrate, évêque d'Éphèse, dont plusieurs parents avaient occupé avant lui la même charge, et qui, dans une lettre officielle adressée vers 190 à Victor de Rome à propos de la controverse pascale (on célébrait à Rome la Pâque un jour plus tôt qu'en Asie), s'exprimait comme suit : « Nous célébrons le vrai jour... Car quelques grandes lumières se sont éteintes en Asie et y ressusciteront au retour du Seigneur... Philippe, l'un des douze apôtres... et Jean, qui a reposé dans le sein du Seigneur, qui a été grand-prêtre et a porté la lame d'or et qui a été témoin (grec martyr) et docteur, et qui est enterré à Éphèse... Tous ceux-là ont célébré la Pâque le 14 (du mois de nisan), selon l'Évangile » (Eusèbe, H.E., Y, 24:3). Peut-être ne sera-t-il pas superflu de faire entendre un témoin un peu plus ancien et de rappeler que Justin martyr, dans le compte rendu publié vers 160 d'une controverse qu'il soutint à Éphèse avec le Juif Tryphon, attribue à l'un des apôtres du Christ la composition de l'Apocalypse ; comme ce livre vit incontestablement le jour en Asie, Justin se range par ce mot parmi ceux qui en font l'oeuvre de Jean et, indirectement, atteste le séjour de celui-ci à Éphèse.

Ces témoignages sont-ils décisifs ? On l'a cru longtemps ; mais au siècle dernier, de nombreux critiques, estimant que le quatrième évangile ne saurait être tenu pour l'oeuvre d'un témoin oculaire du ministère du Christ, les ont révoqués en doute. Au dire de ces savants, la tradition relative au séjour de Jean est née du besoin de fournir une base à l'opinion qui attribue à l'apôtre la composition des écrits considérés comme johanniques et elle est dépourvue de tout fondement historique. Ni le nombre, ni la précision des témoignages provenant de la fin du siècle ne sauraient contrebalancer le fait que ni la lettre d'Ignace aux Éphésiens, écrite aux environs de l'an 117, ni l'épître de Polycarpe aux Philippiens, de peu d'années postérieure aux lettres d'Ignace, ne font la plus lointaine allusion à un séjour de quelque durée de Jean à Éphèse. Ce silence, absolument inexplicable si Jean a réellement travaillé à Éphèse pendant trente ans, suffit à condamner la tradition. Mais alors cette tradition, d'où vient-elle ? Comment est-elle née et surtout comment se sont formées les indications si précises dont elle s'entoure chez des hommes comme Irénée et Polycrate ? On répond à cette objection en rappelant que, selon Papias, évêque de Hiérapolis, auteur d'un ouvrage intitulé Exégèses des sentences du Seigneur et dont il subsiste quelques fragments, il s'est bel et bien trouvé en Asie un personnage du nom de Jean, que Papias appelle « le presbytre Jean, disciple du Seigneur », qui peut fort bien avoir été d'origine palestinienne et s'être trouvé en mesure de donner sur les origines de l'Église d'autres renseignements que ceux qu'on lit dans les évangiles. Ne se peut-il pas que, trompée par la similitude des noms, la génération suivante ait, comme dit M. Goguel, élevé Jean le presbytre à la dignité d'apôtre (Introd. N.T., t. II, p. 178), que ce personnage ait été l'informateur de Polycarpe, et qu'Irénée qui, de son propre aveu, était très jeune lorsqu'il recevait les instructions de ce dernier, se soit figuré dès cette époque ou plus tard que son vénéré maître avait connu l'apôtre Jean, celui-là même qui avait reposé sur le sein du Seigneur ? Ainsi serait née la tradition selon laquelle Jean aurait achevé ses jours à Éphèse et y aurait composé les ouvrages auxquels son nom est demeuré associé.

Il ne nous est guère possible d'entrer ici dans les détails de cette controverse. Nous nous contenterons de noter que les défenseurs de l'authenticité du quatrième évangile, authenticité qui paraît liée à la tradition qui fait vivre Jean jusqu'à un âge très avancé, s'appliquent à ruiner cette argumentation en rappelant :

que les conclusions que l'on prétend tirer du silence d'un auteur ne sont jamais décisives ;

que le témoignage de Papias, qui mentionne les deux Jean, est parfaitement clair, et qu'Irénée, qui l'a eu sous les yeux, n'a pu s'y tromper ;

que ses souvenirs ainsi que ceux de Polycrate sont beaucoup trop précis pour que l'on puisse croire à un malentendu. Il y a tout lieu de penser que l'on se trouve ici en présence de l'un de ces débats qui ne s'éteignent jamais parce que, consciemment ou non, ceux qui y prennent part les abordent avec une opinion préconçue. Dans le cas particulier, c'est l'attitude que l'on prend à l'égard du quatrième évangile qui décide du jugement que l'on porte sur la tradition.

Si Jean n'est pas mort à Éphèse à la fin du I er siècle ou au commencement du II e, à quel moment faut-il placer sa fin et en quelle contrée se serait-elle produite ? Ceux qui ne peuvent admettre les données de la tradition estiment que la seule solution qui rende compte du silence pour ainsi dire total qui règne sur le compte de l'apôtre du milieu du I er siècle au 3 e tiers du siècle suivant est celle qui consiste à admettre que Jean est mort jeune, probablement martyr, comme son frère, et cela dans sa propre patrie. Ils appuient cette conjecture sur la réponse d'allure prophétique que fait Jésus à la demande des fils de Zébédée d'avoir place l'un à sa droite et l'autre à sa gauche : « Il est vrai que vous boirez la coupe que je dois boire et que vous serez baptisés du baptême dont je dois être baptisé ; mais pour ce qui est d'être assis à ma droite ou à ma gauche, cela ne dépend pas de moi et ne sera donné qu'à ceux à qui cela est réservé » (Mr 10:39 et suivant). L'évangéliste, dit-on, n'aurait pas reproduit sous cette forme la déclaration de Jésus s'il n'avait eu la certitude qu'elle était conforme au sort qui avait atteint les deux frères (voir Chronol. du N.T., II, 1).

Le jugement que l'on porte sur le caractère de l'apôtre, et surtout sur l'influence qu'il a exercée sur la vie de l'Église, est intimement lié, lui aussi, à l'idée que l'on se fait de sa carrière et de son oeuvre. Si Jean, né cinq ou dix ans après Jésus, est mort déjà avant l'an 50, s'il n'a rien écrit et si les brèves mentions que contiennent les Synoptiques constituent la somme de notre science en ce qui le concerne, il perd à peu près toute signification pour nous. Si, au contraire, il a présidé pendant trente ans aux destinées des Églises d'Orient, et surtout si les pages débordantes de sève chrétienne de l'évangile, de l'épître et même de l'Apocalypse nous apportent le témoignage qu'il rendait à Jésus au terme de sa longue carrière, il faut le placer hardiment au rang des plus grands chrétiens et voir dans ses écrits, à côté des évangiles synoptiques et des épîtres de Paul, l'une des sources principales auxquelles s'abreuvera notre foi jusqu'à la fin des siècles. Aug. Th. BIBLIOGRAPHIE. --Tous les Commentaires sur le quatrième évangile et toutes les Introd, au N.T. Voir, en particulier, M. Goguel, Introd. N.T., Paris 1924, t. II, pp. 7 à 80.

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      1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
      2 "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,
      3 and the priest shall go forth out of the camp. The priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,
      4 then the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
      5 The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.
      6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.
      7 He shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field.
      8 "He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.
      9 It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his body in water, then he shall be clean.
      10 "On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
      11 The priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed, and those things, before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
      12 "The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
      13 He shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary; for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering. It is most holy.
      14 The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
      15 The priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.
      16 The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh.
      17 The priest shall put some of the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.
      18 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh.
      19 "The priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering;
      20 and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meal offering on the altar. The priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
      21 "If he is poor, and can't afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;
      22 and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
      23 "On the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before Yahweh.
      24 The priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
      25 He shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering. The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
      26 The priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand;
      27 and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Yahweh.
      28 Then the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering.
      29 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Yahweh.
      30 He shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to afford,
      31 even such as he is able to afford, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering. The priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Yahweh."
      32 This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.
      33 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
      34 "When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in the land of your possession,
      35 then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'
      36 The priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
      37 He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall;
      38 then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
      39 The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of the house,
      40 then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city:
      41 and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped all over, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean place.
      42 They shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.
      43 "If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house, after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it was plastered;
      44 then the priest shall come in and look; and behold, if the plague has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew in the house. It is unclean.
      45 He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the house's mortar. He shall carry them out of the city into an unclean place.
      46 "Moreover he who goes into the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening.
      47 He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
      48 "If the priest shall come in, and examine it, and behold, the plague hasn't spread in the house, after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
      49 To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
      50 He shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.
      51 He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
      52 He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;
      53 but he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field. So shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean."
      54 This is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch,
      55 and for the destructive mildew of a garment, and for a house,
      56 and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;
      57 to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.

      Matthieu 10

      2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
      3 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
      4 Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

      Matthieu 20

      20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
      21 He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."
      22 But Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to him, "We are able."
      23 He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
      24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
      25 But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
      26 It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
      27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
      28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

      Matthieu 27

      56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
      66 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.

      Marc 1

      16 Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
      17 Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men."
      18 Immediately they left their nets, and followed him.
      19 Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.
      20 Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.

      Marc 3

      13 He went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.
      14 He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
      15 and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
      16 Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter;
      17 James the son of Zebedee; John, the brother of James, and he surnamed them Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder;
      18 Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;
      19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. He came into a house.

      Marc 5

      37 He allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

      Marc 9

      2 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.

      Marc 10

      35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."
      36 He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
      37 They said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory."
      38 But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
      39 They said to him, "We are able." Jesus said to them, "You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;
      40 but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared."
      41 When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John.
      42 Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
      43 But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
      44 Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.
      45 For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
      46 They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

      Marc 14

      33 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed.

      Marc 15

      40 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

      Luc 6

      13 When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:
      16 Judas the son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor.

      Luc 8

      8 Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

      Luc 9

      49 John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow with us."
      51 It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,
      52 and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
      53 They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.
      54 When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"
      55 But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind of spirit you are.
      56 For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives, but to save them." They went to another village.

      Jean 1

      35 Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,
      36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!"
      37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
      38 Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), "where are you staying?"
      39 He said to them, "Come, and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
      40 One of the two who heard John, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
      41 He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted, Christ ).
      42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).
      43 On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, "Follow me."
      44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
      45 Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
      46 Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
      47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"
      48 Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
      49 Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!"
      50 Jesus answered him, "Because I told you, 'I saw you underneath the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these!"
      51 He said to him, "Most certainly, I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

      Jean 2

      1 The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there.
      2 Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage.
      3 When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine."
      4 Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come."
      5 His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it."
      6 Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews' way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.
      7 Jesus said to them, "Fill the water pots with water." They filled them up to the brim.
      8 He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast." So they took it.
      9 When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn't know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom,
      10 and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!"
      11 This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
      12 After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

      Jean 13

      23 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus' breast.

      Jean 18

      15 Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;

      Jean 19

      25 But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
      26 Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold your son!"
      27 Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.

      Jean 20

      1 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.
      2 Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have laid him!"
      3 Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb.
      4 They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first.
      5 Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn't enter in.
      6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,
      7 and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.
      8 So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.
      9 For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
      10 So the disciples went away again to their own homes.

      Jean 21

      2 Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.
      7 That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It's the Lord!" So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.
      20 Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus' breast at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray You?"
      23 This saying therefore went out among the brothers , that this disciple wouldn't die. Yet Jesus didn't say to him that he wouldn't die, but, "If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?"

      Actes 1

      13 When they had come in, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

      Actes 3

      1 Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour .
      2 A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
      3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.
      4 Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, "Look at us."
      5 He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
      6 But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"
      7 He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
      8 Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
      9 All the people saw him walking and praising God.
      10 They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
      11 As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
      12 When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, "You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?
      13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
      14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
      15 and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
      16 By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
      17 "Now, brothers , I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
      18 But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
      19 "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
      20 and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,
      21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
      22 For Moses indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
      23 It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
      24 Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.
      25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.'
      26 God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness."

      Actes 4

      1 As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
      2 being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
      3 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.
      4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
      5 It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.
      6 Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
      7 When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"
      8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
      9 if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
      10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.
      11 He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'
      12 There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!"
      13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
      14 Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
      15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
      16 saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it.
      17 But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name."
      18 They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
      19 But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
      20 for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."
      21 When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
      22 For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
      23 Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
      24 When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, "O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
      25 who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
      26 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ .'
      27 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
      28 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
      29 Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
      30 while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus."
      31 When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
      32 The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
      33 With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.
      34 For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,
      35 and laid them at the apostles' feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.
      36 Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,
      37 having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

      Actes 8

      14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

      Actes 12

      1 Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.
      2 He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
      3 When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.
      4 When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
      5 Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.
      6 The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
      7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.
      8 The angel said to him, "Get dressed and put on your sandals." He did so. He said to him, "Put on your cloak, and follow me."
      9 And he went out and followed him. He didn't know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.
      10 When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
      11 When Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting."
      12 Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
      13 When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.
      14 When she recognized Peter's voice, she didn't open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
      15 They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."
      16 But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.
      17 But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to James, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another place.
      18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.
      19 When Herod had sought for him, and didn't find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
      20 Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king's personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.
      21 On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.
      22 The people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"
      23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
      24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
      25 Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John whose surname was Mark.

      Actes 15

      1 Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can't be saved."
      2 Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
      3 They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.
      4 When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.
      5 But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses."
      6 The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
      7 When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News, and believe.
      8 God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.
      9 He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
      10 Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
      11 But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."
      12 All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.
      13 After they were silent, James answered, "Brothers, listen to me.
      14 Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.
      15 This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,
      16 'After these things I will return. I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up,
      17 That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.
      18 All his works are known to God from eternity.'
      19 "Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,
      20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.
      21 For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
      22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.
      23 They wrote these things by their hand: "The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.
      24 Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment;
      25 it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
      26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
      27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
      28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things:
      29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell."
      30 So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.
      31 When they had read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement.
      32 Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them.
      33 After they had spent some time there, they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles.
      34
      35 But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
      36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."
      37 Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark, with them also.
      38 But Paul didn't think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn't go with them to do the work.
      39 Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away to Cyprus,
      40 but Paul chose Silas, and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.
      41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies.

      Galates 2

      9 and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
      10 They only asked us to remember the poor--which very thing I was also zealous to do.
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