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Acts 10–15
Scripture Central Videos
Watch videos from Gospel scholars and teachers to learn more about these New Testament passages. Scripture Central produces weekly videos from Tyler Griffin, Taylor Halverson, Clint Mortenson, John Hilton III, and Lynne Hilton Wilson.
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Commentary
The New Testament Minute is a commentary series made especially for the free ScripturePlus app, which features insights from New Testament scholars. many of the insights in the New Testament Minute are gleaned from the BYU New Testament Commentary series. Lynne Hilton Wilson has written a commentary to supplement her New Testament video series.
John W. Welch, General Editor
Reading Plan
Structure your personal scripture study by following a 15-minute, day-by-day plan. Each day's assignment includes the required scripture passages from the Come, Follow Me curriculum, as well as suggestions for additional resources to bring context and understanding to your study. For the best experience, use our Reading Plan in the free ScripturePlus app! You can track your progress and have access to the best resources.
Monday
- Verse of the Day: Acts 10:15
- Scripture: Acts 10:1-23
Tuesday
- Verse of the Day: Acts 10:34-35
- Scripture: Acts 10:24-48
Wednesday
- Verse of the Day: Acts 11:18
- Scripture: Acts 11:1-30
- Video: BibleProject - The Apostle Paul: Acts 8-12
Thursday
- Verse of the Day: Acts 12:11
- Scripture: Acts 12:1-25
- Scripture: Acts 13:1-12
- Video: BibleProject - Overview: Acts Ch. 13-28
Friday
- Verse of the Day: Acts 13:38-39
- Scripture: Acts 13:13-52
Saturday
- Verse of the Day: Acts 14:15
- Scripture: Acts 14:1-28
- Video: BibleProject - Paul's Missionary Journeys: Acts 13-20
Sunday
- Verse of the Day: Acts 15:18
- Scripture: Acts 15:1-41
Joseph Smith Translation Variants
Explore Joseph Smith's inspired translation of the bible by comparing his changes to the King James Version of the New Testament. To learn more, see Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible: The Joseph Smith Translation and the King James Translation in Parallel Columns.
Acts 12 JST Variants
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(7) And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. |
(7) And behold, the angel of the Lord came unto him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. |
Acts 13 JST Variants
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(36) For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: |
(36) For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: |
(48) And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. |
(48) And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as believed were ordained to eternal life. |
Acts 14 JST Variants
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(14) Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, |
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Acts 15 JST Variants
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(24) Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: |
(24) Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain men which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: |
Reading Resources
Acts 10–15
Lynne Hilton Wilson, "Acts 10–15," Come Follow Me: The New Testament, 2019.
J. Philip Schaelling, “The Western Text of the Book of Acts: a Mirror of the Doctrinal Struggles in the Early Christian Church,” in Apocryphal Writings and the Latter-day Saints, ed. C. Wilfred Griggs (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1986), 155–72.
The Jerusalem Council and Peter’s Revelation
- Taylor Halverson, “The Role and Purpose of Synagogues in the Days of Jesus and Paul,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 34 (2020): 41-52.Thomas A. Wayment, “Peter, Cornelius, and Cultural Boundaries,” in The Ministry of Peter, the Chief Apostle, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr., Eric D. Huntsman, and Shon D. Hopkin (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2014), 211–26.
- Frank F. Judd Jr., “The Jerusalem Conference: The First Council of the Christian Church,” Religious Educator 12, no. 1 (2011): 55–71.
- Jared W. Ludlow, “The Book of Acts: A Pattern for Modern Church Growth,” in Shedding Light on the New Testament: Acts–Revelation, ed. Ray L. Huntington, Frank F. Judd Jr., and David M. Whitchurch (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009), 1–29.
- Robert J. Matthews, “The Jerusalem Council,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 254–266.
- Spencer W. Kimball, “Always a Convert Church: Some Lessons to Learn and Apply This Year,” Ensign, September 1975.
- Edward L. Kimball, "Spencer W. Kimball and the Revelation on the Priesthood," BYU Studies, Vol. 47, no.2.
- Robert J. Matthews, “A Crisis, a Council, and Inspired Leadership,” Ensign, October 1995.
- Richard Lloyd Anderson, “The Church and the Roman Empire,” Ensign, September 1975.
- Spencer W. Kimball, “Always a Convert Church: Some Lessons to Learn and Apply This Year,” Ensign, September 1975.
Peter and Paul
- John Hilton III, “Peter as a Learner and Teacher,” Religious Educator 20, no. 2 (2019): 84–103.
- Ann N. Madsen, “Cameos: The Women of the New Testament,” Ensign, September 1975.
- Wilford C. Griggs, “Paul: The Long Road from Damascus,” Ensign, September 1975.
- Ted L. Gibbons, “Paul as a Witness of the Work of God,” in Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, 31st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 27–40.
- J. Peter Hansen, “Paul the Apostle: Champion of the Doctrine of the Resurrection,” in Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, 31st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 13–26.
- Andrew C. Skinner, “Peter—the Chief Apostle,” in Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, 31st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 187–219.