Acts 15:13 - Barnes' Notes

Acts 15:13

11 But ^awe believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus¹ Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they.”

12 Then all the multitude kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring how many miracles and wonders God had ^aworked through them among the Gentiles.

13 And after they had¹ become silent, ^aJames answered, saying, “Men and brethren, listen to me:

14 ^aSimon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name.

15 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:

16 ‘After^a this I will return
And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down;
I will rebuild its ruins,
And I will set it up;

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Acts 15:13

James answered - James the Less, son of Alpheus. See the notes on Acts 12:1.

Hearken unto me - This whole transaction shows that Peter had no such authority in the church as the papists pretend, for otherwise his opinion would have been followed without debate. James had an authority not less than that of Peter. It is possible that he might have been next in age (compare I Corinthians 15:7); and it seems morally certain that he remained for a considerable part of his life in Jerusalem, Acts 12:17; Acts 21:18; Galatians 1:19; Galatians 2:9, Galatians 2:12.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Acts 15:13:

Matthew 10:2
Matthew 18:19
Acts 21:18
Galatians 1:19
Galatians 2:2
Galatians 2:9

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