Hechos 15:7

Listen to Hechos 15:7
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Hechos 15:7 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 15:7

And when there had been much disputing
Pro and con upon this subject; many had spoken; and much had been said, and a great deal of time had been taken up about the thing in controversy:

Peter rose up;
not only out of respect to this venerable assembly, but to signify that he had something to say; and he stood up that he might be the better heard. Beza's ancient copy reads, "rose up in spirit";

and said unto them, men and brethren:
an usual form of address with the Jews; ( Acts 7:2 )

ye know how that a good while ago;
or "from ancient days"; or "from the beginning", as the Ethiopic version renders it; from the beginning of the preaching of the Gospel, after the ascension of Christ; quickly after the effusion of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost: it is thought, by some, to be ten or eleven, and, by others, to be twenty years ago, or thereabout:

God made choice among us;
the apostles; the Alexandrian copy reads, "among you"; the sense is the same, for Peter must be supposed as directing his discourse chiefly to the apostles:

that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the Gospel,
and believe; referring to the case of Cornelius, and his family: and his sense is, that some years ago it pleased God, in his providence, to single him out from the rest of the apostles, and in a very extraordinary manner to call him to go to Caesarea, and preach the gospel to Cornelius, and those that were in his house, that hearing they might believe in Christ.

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Hechos 15:7 In-Context

5 Pero despu茅s algunos creyentes que pertenec铆an a la secta de los fariseos se pusieron de pie e insistieron: 芦Los convertidos gentiles deben ser circuncidados y hay que exigirles que sigan la ley de Mois茅s禄.
6 As铆 que los ap贸stoles y los ancianos se reunieron para resolver este asunto.
7 En la reuni贸n, despu茅s de una larga discusi贸n, Pedro se puso de pie y se dirigi贸 a ellos de la siguiente manera: 芦Hermanos, todos ustedes saben que hace tiempo Dios me eligi贸 de entre ustedes para que predicara a los gentiles a fin de que pudieran o铆r la Buena Noticia y creer.
8 Dios conoce el coraz贸n humano y 茅l confirm贸 que acepta a los gentiles al darles el Esp铆ritu Santo, tal como lo hizo con nosotros.
9 脡l no hizo ninguna distinci贸n entre nosotros y ellos, pues les limpi贸 el coraz贸n por medio de la fe.
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