Acts 15:15

15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:

Acts 15:15 in Other Translations

15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

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

15 And this conversion of Gentiles is exactly what the prophets predicted. As it is written:

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

15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

15 This agrees with what the prophets said. Scripture says,

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

15 The prophets' words agree with that. They say,

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Acts 15:15 In-Context

13 When they finished, James spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me.

14 Simon has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles.

15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:

16 “ ‘After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things’ —