Acts 15:14
Simeon has declared how God, at the first, did visit the Gentiles, in order to take out from among them a people for his name.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
13And after they were silent, James answered and said: Brethren, hear me;
15And with this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
Cross References
Luke 1:78through the tender mercies of our God; by which the dawn from on high has visited us,
Acts 15:7And after there had been much disputing, Peter arose, and said to them: Brethren, you know that, at the beginning, God made choice among us, that, by my mouth, the Gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe.
Romans 11:36For from him, and by him, and for him, are all things. To him be glory through the ages! Amen.
2 Peter 1:1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained faith, equally as precious as our own, in the plan of justification revealed by our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
Matthew Henry on Acts 15:7-22
The Council at Jerusalem. 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 7 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. 8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by… Read the whole commentary →