Topic

Council

Passages from across the Bible

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Apostolic

  • Acts 15:1–29 Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers , to go up to Jerusalem to see the a…

Of War

  • 2 Samuel 16:20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
  • 2 Samuel 17:1–15 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king and bring all the people back to…

Word study: the Hebrew and Greek words behind “council” →

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.