Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us.

International Standard Version

God, who knows everyone's heart, showed them he approved by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.

A Conservative Version

And God, who knows the heart, testified to them, having given them the Holy Spirit, just as also to us.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

And God, who knows and understands the heart, testified to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;

An Understandable Version

And God, who knows [all people's] hearts, gave His testimony [to their acceptance] by giving them the Holy Spirit just as He did to us [See 11:15-17].

Anderson New Testament

And God, who knows the heart, became a witness for them, by giving them the Holy Spirit, as he gave it also to us;

Bible in Basic English

And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

Common New Testament

And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us;

Daniel Mace New Testament

God who knows their hearts has granted them a testimonial, by giving them the holy spirit, even as he did to us:

Godbey New Testament

And God, who knows the heart, witnessed to them, giving to them the Holy Ghost, as also to us;

Goodspeed New Testament

And God who knows men's hearts testified for them by giving them the holy Spirit just as he had done to us,

John Wesley New Testament

And God who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving the Holy Ghost to them, even as also to us.

Julia Smith Translation

And God the knower of hearts testified to them, having given them the Holy Spirit, as also us;

King James 2000

And God, who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;

Lexham Expanded Bible

And God, who knows the heart, testified to them [by] giving [them] the Holy Spirit, just as he also [did] to us.

Modern King James verseion

And God, who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit even as to us.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And God which knoweth the heart, bare them witness, and gave unto them the holy ghost, even as he did unto us;

Moffatt New Testament

The God who reads the hearts of all attested this by giving them the holy Spirit just as he gave it to us;

Montgomery New Testament

"And God, who knows the hearts of all, gave this testimony in their behalf, by bestowing upon them the Holy Spirit just as he did upon us;

NET Bible

And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

And God, who knoweth the heart, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, as he gave it to us;

Sawyer New Testament

And the heart-searching God testified to them, giving to them the Holy Spirit even as to us,

The Emphasized Bible

And, the heart-observing God, bare witness, - unto them, giving the Holy Spirit, just as, even unto us;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And God, who is the discerner of the heart, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as to us;

Twentieth Century New Testament

Now God, who reads all hearts, declared his acceptance of the Gentiles, by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

And God, who knows all hearts, gave His testimony in their favour by bestowing the Holy Spirit on them just as He did on us;

Williams New Testament

And God who knows men's hearts testifies for them by giving them the Holy Spirit, as He did us,

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

And God who knoweth the heart, bare witness to them, giving them the holy Spirit, as He had done also to us:

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

καρδιογνώστης 
Kardiognostes 
Usage: 2

μαρτυρέω 
Martureo 
Usage: 58




Usage: 0
Usage: 0

μαρτυρέω 
Martureo 
Usage: 58

δίδωμι 
Didomi 
Usage: 254

the Holy
G40
ἅγιος 
Hagios 
Usage: 209

πνεῦμα 
Pneuma 
Usage: 334


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

as
καθώς 
Kathos 
as, even as, according as, when, according to, how, as well as
Usage: 141

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Acts 15:8

References

Context Readings

The Jerusalem Council

7 And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, ye know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe. 8 And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit as to us also, 9 and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.


Cross References

Acts 1:24

And they prayed, and said, Thou Lord, knower of the hearts of all, shew which one of these two thou hast chosen,

Acts 2:4

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.

Acts 10:47

Can any one forbid water that these should not be baptised, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also did?

Acts 14:3

They stayed therefore a good while, speaking boldly, confiding in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace, giving signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

1 Samuel 16:7

But Jehovah said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth; for man looketh upon the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh upon the heart.

1 Kings 8:39

then hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou, thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men),

1 Chronicles 28:9

And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.

1 Chronicles 29:17

And I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart have I willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, offer willingly to thee.

Psalm 44:21

Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Psalm 139:1-2

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Jeremiah 11:20

But thou, Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

Jeremiah 17:10

I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 20:12

And thou, Jehovah of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

John 2:24-25

But Jesus himself did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men,

John 5:37

And the Father who has sent me himself has borne witness concerning me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor have seen his shape,

John 21:17

He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.

Acts 4:31

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.

Acts 10:44-45

While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were hearing the word.

Acts 11:15-17

And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning.

Hebrews 2:4

God bearing, besides, witness with them to it, both by signs and wonders, and various acts of power, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to his will?

Hebrews 4:13

And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things are naked and laid bare to his eyes, with whom we have to do.

Revelation 2:23

and her children will I kill with death; and all the assemblies shall know that I am he that searches the reins and the hearts; and I will give to you each according to your works.

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