Acts 15:17
So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
18Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.
Cross References
Genesis 48:16The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.
Numbers 6:27So they will put my name on the children of Israel, and I will give them my blessing.
Psalms 22:26\22:25\My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.
Psalms 72:17May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.
Isaiah 11:10And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.
Isaiah 24:15Give praise to the Lord in the east, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the sea-lands.
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 →