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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 ‘Aftera 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.  
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Acts 15:15

The words of the prophets - Amos 9:11-12. It was a very material point with them, as Jews, to inquire whether this was in accordance with the predictions of the Scriptures. The most powerful revivals of religion, and the most striking demonstrations of the divine presence, will be in accordance with the Bible, and should be tested by them. This habit was always manifested by the apostles and early Christians, and should be followed by Christians at all times. Unless a supposed work of grace accords with the Bible, and can be defended by it, it must be false, and should be opposed. Compare Isaiah 8:20.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Acts 15:15:

Matthew 18:19
Galatians 2:2

 

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