Hechos 15:7

7 Después de una larga discusión, Pedro tomó la palabra:—Hermanos, ustedes saben que desde un principio Dios me escogió de entre ustedes para que por mi boca los gentiles oyeran el mensaje del evangelio y creyeran.

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.

Hechos 15:7 In-Context

5 Entonces intervinieron algunos creyentes que pertenecían a la secta de los fariseos y afirmaron:—Es necesario circuncidar a los gentiles y exigirles que obedezcan la ley de Moisés.

6 Los apóstoles y los ancianos se reunieron para examinar este asunto.

7 Después de una larga discusión, Pedro tomó la palabra:—Hermanos, ustedes saben que desde un principio Dios me escogió de entre ustedes para que por mi boca los gentiles oyeran el mensaje del evangelio y creyeran.

8 Dios, que conoce el corazón humano, mostró que los aceptaba dándoles el Espíritu Santo, lo mismo que a nosotros.

9 Sin hacer distinción alguna entre nosotros y ellos, purificó sus corazones por la fe.