Acts 15:17

So that the she'erit (remnant) of anashim might seek Hashem and all the GOYIM who are called by my Name,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

In Context

16After these things I will return and AKIM ES SUKKAT DOVID HANOFELET VHARISOTAV AKIM U'VENITIHA (I will restore the tent of Dovid which has fallen and the things having been torn down of it I will rebuild and I will restore it),

18Says the L-rd, who makes these things known from long ago. + 15:18 Am 9:11f Targum HaShivim, 12; Jer 12:15; Isa 45:21

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Cross References

Genesis 48:16The Malach which redeemed me from kol rah, 1 may he make a brocha on the ne'arim, 1 and let my shem be named on them, 1 and the shem of my Avot Avraham and Yitzchak; 1 and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of ha'aretz.

Numbers 6:27And they shall put My Shem upon the Bnei Yisroel, and I will bless them.

Psalms 22:26My tehillah shall be from Thee in the Kahal Rav; 1 I will fulfill my nedar before them that fear Him. 1

Psalms 72:17Shmo (His Name) shall endure l'olam; 1 Shmo shall be continued as long as the shemesh; 1 and men shall be blessed in him; 1 kol Goyim shall call him blessed. 1

Isaiah 11:10And in Yom HaHu there shall be a Shoresh Yishai, which shall stand for a nes (banner) for the peoples; to Him + 11:10 Moshiach will the Goyim seek; and His menucha (resting place) shall be kavod.

Isaiah 24:15Therefore glorify ye Hashem in the Urim (east), 1 even the Shem Hashem Elohei Yisroel in the iyyim (islands) + 24:15 See Isa 42:4 of the yam. 1

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 →

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