Acts 15:15

15 This agrees with the words of the prophets. 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 were silent, James answered, "Brothers, listen to me.

14 Simeon has reported how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

15 This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

16 'After these things I will return. I will again build the tent of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up:

17 That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.