Translation | Verse | Text |
King James | Ac 5:41 | And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. |
Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
COUNCIL | Is occasionally taken for any kind of assembly; sometimes for that of the Sanhedrin; at others, for a convention of pastors met to regulate ecclesiastical affairs. Thus the assembly of the apostles, etc., at Jerusalem, Ac 15:1-41, to determine whether the yoke of the law should be imposed on gentile converts, is commonly reputed to be the first council of the Christian church. See SANHEDRIN. |