Acts 15:17 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 15:17

so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

That the residue of men - This verse is quoted literally from the Septuagint, and differs in some respects from the Hebrew. The phrase, “the residue of men,” here is evidently understood, both by the Septuagint and by James, as referring to others than Jews, to the Gentiles the rest of the world - implying that many of them would be admitted to the friendship and favor of God. The Hebrew is, “that they may possess the remnant of Edom.” This change is made in the Septuagint by a slight difference in the reading of two Hebrew words.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Then Israel shall possess the remnant of Edom (so it is in the Hebrew); but the Jews called all the Gentiles Edomites, and therefore the Septuagint leave out the particular mention of Edom, and read it just as it is here, that the residue of men might seek (James here adds, after the Lord), and all the Gentiles, or heathen, upon whom my name is called.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅπως	hopōs	so that	G3704 →
ἂν	an	when	G302 →
ἐκζητήσωσιν	ekzētēsōsin	may seek out	G1567 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
κατάλοιποι	kataloipoi	remnant	G2645 →
τῶν	tōn	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπων	anthrōpōn	of men	G444 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
κύριον	kurion	Lord	G2962 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἔθνη,	ethnē	Gentiles,	G1484 →
ἐφ᾽	eph᾽	upon	G1909 →
οὓς	hous	whom	G3739 →
ἐπικέκληται	epikeklētai	has been called	G1941 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὄνομά	onoma	name	G3686 →
μου	mou	of Me	G3165 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	upon	G1909 →
αὐτούς,	autous	them,	G846 →
λέγει	legei	says	G3004 →
κύριος	kurios	[the] Lord	G2962 →
ποιῶν	poiōn	is doing	G4160 →
ταῦτα	tauta	these things	G3778 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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
Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they…
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:9–10
  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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 9:25–26
  As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
- Zechariah 13:9
  This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…
- Hosea 1:9–10
  And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
- Romans 3:29
  Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
Through
Isaiah 65:1
“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I…
leads to
- Romans 10:20
  And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
- Romans 9:24–26
  including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
- 1 Peter 2:10
  Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.