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Acts 15:14

Simon
The stranger and outcast

12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

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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 an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

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  • Acts 15:7–9

    And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

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  • Luke 2:31–32

    Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

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  • 1 Peter 2:9–10

    But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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  • Isaiah 43:21

    This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

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  • Romans 1:5

    By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

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  • Isaiah 55:11–13

    So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

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