18 occurrences in 13 translations

'Decision' in the Bible

And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

Verse ConceptsApostles, DescriptionGuidance, Receiving God'sCasting LotsElevenDispensations

The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristJacob, The PatriarchMoses, Significance OfPeter, Preacher And TeacherRenunciationHanding Over ChristPeople Set Free By People

And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsBenevolencePeople HelpingAccording To Things

And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

Verse ConceptsGuardiansSuperstitionAngels Interacting With PeopleReckoned InsaneAngelic Guardianship

And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.

Verse Conceptselders, in the churchBelieversVisitingDissensionDisputesMan AppointingThe Apostles In ActionResolving Conflict

For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;

Verse ConceptsdiscouragementConverts To ChristianityTurning To GodTroubling Groups Of PeopleGentilesDecision Making

it seemed best to us, {having reached a unanimous decision}, [and] having chosen men, to send [them] to you together with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

Verse ConceptsChoosing PeoplePeople Sending People

And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

Verse ConceptsEvangelismevangelizing

Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.

Verse ConceptsempiresNecessityRomeVisitingLed By The Spirit

and stayed three months. When he was about to set sail for Syria, a plot was devised against him by the Jews, so a decision was made to go back through Macedonia.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesSeafaringSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfTrapTwo To Four MonthsIsrael Hardened

With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.”

Verse ConceptsFoodPeople Consuming BloodChokingAvoiding EvilForeigners Saved By FaithAvoid ImmoralityCreatures ChokedFood Offered To IdolsSexual Immorality

about whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision against him,

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersPeople Accusing People

But Paul appealed his case and asked to be held in prison until the decision of his Majesty. So I ordered him to be held in custody until I could send him to the emperor."

Verse ConceptsCaesarRoman EmperorsPeople Involved In Judgement

And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSaintsShutting SecurelyKilling DisciplesAuthority Delegated To People

And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band.

Verse ConceptsCenturionRoman Emperorssailing

Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

Verse ConceptsWinterHarborsCompassessailing

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