After the council at Jerusalem (Acts xv.), and after the dissension between Paul and Barnabas (ver. 39), the Apostle of the Gentiles, accompanied by Silas, took his journey through Syria and Cilicia.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Philippians by Robert Rainy
The bishops of a country found it desirable to meet sometimes, that they might consult with each other, as we are told that the Apostles did at Jerusalem ( Acts xv.); and in most countries these meetings (which were called synods or councils ) came to be regularly held once or twice a year.
— from Sketches of Church History, from A.D. 33 to the Reformation by James Craigie Robertson
A JINKS AUCTION XVIII.
— from Marjorie's New Friend by Carolyn Wells
144 The “refugees from the tetrarchy of Philippus,” who serve in the army of Herodes Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, and pass over to the enemy in the battle with Aretas the Arabian (Josephus, Arch. xviii. 5, 1), are beyond doubt Arabians driven out from the Trachonitis.
— from The Provinces of the Roman Empire, from Caesar to Diocletian. v. 2 by Theodor Mommsen
And the laste daye of June for his wages for ij monethes then ended that is to say for May and June after xv s̃. a monethe iij ƚi. xv.
— from The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir
See also Hilprecht, 'Assyriaca,' pp. 76-78, and Jastrow, AJSL XII.
— from The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
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