Acts 15:14
Simon hath related to you, how God hath begun to elect a people for his name from among the Gentiles.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
13And after they ceased, James arose and said: Men, brethren, hearken to me.
15And with this the words of the prophets accord, as it is written:
Cross References
Luke 1:78through the compassion of the mercy of our God; whereby the day-spring from on high will visit us,
Acts 15:7And when there had been much discussion, Simon arose and said to them: Men, brethren, ye know that, from the earlier days, God chose that from my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and should believe.
Romans 11:36Because, all is from him, and all by him, and all through him: to whom be praises and benedictions, for ever and ever: Amen.
2 Peter 1:1SIMON PETER, a servant and legate of Jesus the Messiah, to those who have obtained equally precious faith with us, through the righteousness of Our Lord and Redeemer, Jesus the Messiah;
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 →