Acts 15:15

15 This is in perfect agreement with the words of the prophets:

Acts 15:15 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 15:15

And to this agree the words of the prophets
In several of the prophecies of the Old Testament, which plainly speak of the calling of the Gentiles; though James thought it sufficient to produce only one instead of many:

as it is written;
in ( Amos 9:11 Amos 9:12 ) and this is agreeably to the Jewish way of citing Scriptures, as Surenhusius observes; so it is said F17, in twenty four places the priests are called Levites, and this is one of them, ( Ezekiel 44:15 ) where only one place is mentioned, instead of the twenty four.


FOOTNOTES:

F17 T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 86, 2. & Beracot, fol. 4. 1, 2.

Acts 15:15 In-Context

13 The silence deepened; you could hear a pin drop.
14 Simeon has told us the story of how God at the very outset made sure that racial outsiders were included.
15 This is in perfect agreement with the words of the prophets:
16 After this, I'm coming back; I'll rebuild David's ruined house; I'll put all the pieces together again; I'll make it look like new
17 So outsiders who seek will find, so they'll have a place to come to, All the pagan peoples included in what I'm doing.
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