Acts 15:14 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 15:14

Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

KJV

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

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Commentary

3 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book 3 (202)

This is shown in a still clearer light from the letter of the apostles, which they forwarded neither to the Jews nor to the Greeks, but to those who from the Gentiles believed in Christ, confirming their faith.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles,.... James begins with taking notice of Peter's speech, and agrees to it, and confirms it; for by Simeon is not meant, as some have thought, the Simeon that took Christ in his arms, Luk 2:25 who had been dead long ago; but Simon Peter, who had spoken before.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) that the glory of God was the end of it: it was to take out of them a people for his name, who should glorify him, and in whom he would be glorified. As of old he took the Jews, so now the Gentiles, to be to him for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory, Jer. xiii.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Συμεὼν	Sumeōn	Simeon	G4826 →
ἐξηγήσατο	exēgēsato	has related	G1834 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
πρῶτον	prōton	first	G4413 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
ἐπεσκέψατο	epeskepsato	visited	G1980 →
λαβεῖν	labein	to take	G2983 →
ἐξ	ex	out of	G1537 →
ἐθνῶν	ethnōn	[the] Gentiles	G1484 →
λαὸν	laon	a people	G2992 →
τῷ	tō	for the	G3588 →
ὀνόματι	onomati	name	G3686 →
αὐτοῦ·	autou	of Him;	G846 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 43:21
The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Hebrews 13:15
  Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Psalms 102:18
  Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
  Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
- Luke 1:74–75
  deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
Through
2 Peter 1:1
Simon 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:
leads to
- Titus 2:13
  as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
- Romans 3:21–26
  But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
- John 12:26
  If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.