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Acts 15:14

Simon
The stranger and outcast

12 The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

13 When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!

Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

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

16 ‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
KJV
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
WEB
Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.
ASV
Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
DARBY
Simon has related how God first visited to take out of [the] nations a people for his name.
BLB
Simeon related how God first visited to take out of the Gentiles a people for His name.
ÅB
Simon har fortalt hvordan Gud fra først av dro omsorg for å få et folk av hedninger for sitt navn.
OTB
Simeon har forklart hvordan Gud først grep inn for å velge et folk for sitt navn blant hedningene.
B1930
Simeon har fortalt hvorledes Gud fra først av drog omsorg for å få et folk av hedninger for sitt navn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Peter 1:1

    Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:

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  • Acts 15:7–9

    After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

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  • Luke 2:31–32

    which You have prepared in the sight of all people,

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  • 1 Peter 2:9–10

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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  • Isaiah 43:21

    The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

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  • Romans 1:5

    Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

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  • Isaiah 55:11–13

    so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

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