Acts 15:15

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

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 After they stopped speaking, James responded: "Brothers, listen to me!

14 Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.

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

16 After these things I will return and will rebuild David's tent, which has fallen down. I will rebuild its ruins and will set it up again,

17 so that those who are left of mankind may seek the Lord- even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things,