Coverdale(i)
6 But the Apostles and Elders came together, to reason vpon this matter.
7 Now whan there was moch disputinge Peter rose vp, and sayde vnto the: Ye men and brethren, ye knowe that a good whyle agoo, God chose amonge vs, yt the Heythe by my mouth shulde heare the worde of the Gospell, and beleue.
8 And God the knower of hertes bare wytnesse ouer the, and gaue the the holy goost, like as vnto vs,
9 & put no dyfference betwixte vs & them, and purified their hertes thorow fayth.
10 Now therfore why tempte ye God, with layenge vpon ye disciples neckes the yocke, which nether or fathers ner we were able to beare?
11 But we beleue to be saued thorow the grace of the LORDE Iesu Christ, like as they also.
12 Then all ye multitude helde their peace, and gaue audience vnto Paul and Barnabas, which tolde how greate tokens and wonders God had done by the amoge the Heythen.
13 Afterwarde whan they helde their peace, Iames answered, and sayde: Ye men and brethren, herke vnto me,
14 Simo hath tolde, how God at the first vysited to receaue a people vnto his name from amonge the Heythen.
15 And vnto this agree ye wordes of the prophetes, as it is wrytte:
16 After this wyl I returne and wyl buylde agayne ye tabernacle of Dauid, that is fallen downe, and that which is fallen in decaye therof, wyl I buylde agayne, and wyl set it vp,
17 that the residue of men maye seke after the LORDE: & also the Heythen vpo whom my name is named, sayeth the LORDE, which doth all these thinges.
18 Knowne vnto God are all his workes from the begynnynge of ye worlde.
19 Wherfore my sentence is, that they which from amonge the Heythen are turned vnto God, be not disquyeted,
20 but to wryte vnto them, that they absteyne them selues from fylthynesse of Idols, from whordome, and from strangled, and bloude.
21 For Moses hath of olde tyme in euery cite them that preach him: and he is red in the synagoges euery Sabbath daye.