Acts 15:13-18

The Jerusalem Council

13 After they finished speaking, g James replied, "Brothers, listen to me. 14 h Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them i a people for his name. 15 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written,

16 j "'After this I will return,
and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen;
I will rebuild its ruins,
and I will restore it,
 17 that the remnant 1 of mankind k may seek the Lord,
and all the Gentiles l who are called by my name,
says the Lord, who makes these things 18 m known from of old.'

  1. Cross References
    Acts 12:17
    But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.
  2. Cross References
    Acts 15:7
    And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
  3. Cross References
    Acts 18:10
    For I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.
    Deuteronomy 7:6
    For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
    Isaiah 43:21
    The people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.
    Romans 9:24 - 26
    Even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?
  4. Cross References
    Amos 9:11 - 12
    In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old.
    Jeremiah 12:15
    And after I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them, and I will bring them again each to his heritage and each to his land.
  5. Cross References
    Amos 9:11 - 12
    In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old.
  6. Cross References
    Acts 17:27
    That they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:7
    Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.
    Jeremiah 14:9
    Why should you be like a man confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us.
    Daniel 9:19
    O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 45:21
    Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord ? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.
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