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Acts chapter 15 v 12-18:
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Acts chapter 15 v 12-18:
V12: All fall silent, as Barnabas and Paul ( an unusual return to the ” original order” in which they were first linked together ) tell how God has blessed and sealed their ministry to many Gentiles.
V13-14: After they speak, James, as leader of the Jerusalem church, sums up what they have all heard, repeating how Simeon ( Peter’s Jewish name in its full form ) has told them of God’s undoubted saving choice of Gentiles.
V15-18: He emphasises how this accords with, and was foretold in OT Scripture, quoting from Amos 9 v11-12. The quotation is slightly different from how those verses appear in our English versions of Amos, because he is quoting from the Greek version of the OT commonly in use even among the Jews at this time ( the Septuagint ) but there is no change of meaning – God declared through Amos how he would one day redeem not only Israel but chosen Gentiles too.