What happened after Peter stood up and spoke?
The multitude kept silence once Peter finished his speech, and they gave audience. They all became quiet and listened to the Gentiles by them. The assembly stopped speaking and turned its attention to the testimony concerning the Gentiles. This silence followed Peter's address and allowed the gathering to hear the report.
Les teaches that after Peter stood up and made his little spiel, the multitude kept silence—they all shut up—and they gave audience to the Gentiles by them. Les calls this the secret to the whole thing. He then goes to Galatians chapter 2 to see what Paul says about this situation, noting it is the same event and helps figure out the chronology. Peter's preceding message had emphasized that God gave the Holy Spirit to Gentiles as well as Jews, purifying their hearts by faith, and that both are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
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What happened after Peter's speech at the Jerusalem council?
After Peter's speech in Acts 15, the whole assembly kept quiet and listened to the report about what God had done among the Gentiles through them.