Acts 15:14 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 15:14

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;

17 So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name,
Says the¹ Lord who does all these things.’

18 ¹“Known to God from eternity are all His works.

19 Therefore ^aI judge that we should not trouble those from among the Gentiles who ^bare turning to God,

20 but that we ^awrite to them to abstain ^bfrom things polluted by idols, ^cfrom sexual immorality, ^dfrom things strangled, and from blood.

Verse Comparison: Acts 15:14

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American Standard Version
Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Amplified® Bible
Simeon [Peter] has rehearsed how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people [to bear and honor] His name.

Contemporary English Version
Simon Peter has told how God first came to the Gentiles and made some of them his own people.

Darby English Version
Simon has related how God first visited to take out of [the] nations a people for his name.

Good News Bible
Simon has just explained how God first showed his care for the Gentiles by taking from among them a people to belong to him.

International Standard Version
Simeon has explained how God first showed his concern for the gentiles by taking from among them a people for his name.

King James Version
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

New American Standard Bible
"Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

New International Version
Simon has described to us how God at first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for himself.

New King James Version
Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

Young's Literal Translation
Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,

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