Acts 15:14
Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!
15The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
Cross References
Isaiah 55:11so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
Acts 15:7After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
Romans 11:36For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
2 Peter 1:1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
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 →