Acts 15:16-18

The Jerusalem Council

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
    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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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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