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Acts 15:18
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things like he knew he would."
SAYS THE LORD, WHO MAKES THESE THINGS KNOWN FROM LONG AGO.
Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.
Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.
known from eternity.
"Known to God from eternity are all His works. [fn]
known from long ago.
All his works are known to God from eternity.'
Known unto God are all his works from eternity.
Says the Lord, who has been making these things known from ages long past.'
Knowen vnto God are all his workes fro the beginning of the world.
All His works are known to God from eternity.
Knowne vnto God are all his workes from the begynnynge of ye worlde.
he that does all these things, is the Lord himself that has said it." for the works of God are all known to him from the beginning of the world.
To Let Outsiders Inside It wasn't long before some Jews showed up from Judea insisting that everyone be circumcised: "If you're not circumcised in the Mosaic fashion, you can't be saved." Paul and Barnabas were up on their feet at once in fierce protest. The church decided to resolve the matter by sending Paul, Barnabas, and a few others to put it before the apostles and leaders in Jerusalem. After they were sent off and on their way, they told everyone they met as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria about the breakthrough to the non-Jewish outsiders. Everyone who heard the news cheered—it was terrific news! When they got to Jerusalem, Paul and Barnabas were graciously received by the whole church, including the apostles and leaders. They reported on their recent journey and how God had used them to open things up to the outsiders. Some Pharisees stood up to say their piece. They had become believers, but continued to hold to the hard party line of the Pharisees. "You have to circumcise the pagan converts," they said. "You must make them keep the Law of Moses." The apostles and leaders called a special meeting to consider the matter. The arguments went on and on, back and forth, getting more and more heated. Then Peter took the floor: "Friends, you well know that from early on God made it quite plain that he wanted the pagans to hear the Message of this good news and embrace it—and not in any secondhand or roundabout way, but firsthand, straight from my mouth. And God, who can't be fooled by any pretense on our part but always knows a person's thoughts, gave them the Holy Spirit exactly as he gave him to us. He treated the outsiders exactly as he treated us, beginning at the very center of who they were and working from that center outward, cleaning up their lives as they trusted and believed him. "So why are you now trying to out-god God, loading these new believers down with rules that crushed our ancestors and crushed us, too? Don't we believe that we are saved because the Master Jesus amazingly and out of sheer generosity moved to save us just as he did those from beyond our nation? So what are we arguing about?" There was dead silence. No one said a word. With the room quiet, Barnabas and Paul reported matter-of-factly on the miracles and wonders God had done among the other nations through their ministry. The silence deepened; you could hear a pin drop. James broke the silence. "Friends, listen. Simeon has told us the story of how God at the very outset made sure that racial outsiders were included. This is in perfect agreement with the words of the prophets: After this, I'm coming back; I'll rebuild David's ruined house; I'll put all the pieces together again; I'll make it look like new So outsiders who seek will find, so they'll have a place to come to, All the pagan peoples included in what I'm doing. "God said it and now he's doing it. It's no afterthought; he's always known he would do this.
SAYS THE LORD, WHO HAS BEEN MAKING THESE THINGS KNOWN FROM LONG AGO.
Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.
says the Lord, who has made these things known from of old.'
knowne vnto God are all his workes from the begynninge of the worlde.
known from of old."
Known to God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
`Known from the ages to God are all His works;
known from long ago.
I promised it long ago."
says Adonai , who is doing these things.' All this has been known for ages.
known from of old.'
From the beginning of the worlde, God knoweth all his workes.
The works of God are known from the very beginning.
All his works are known to God from eternity.'
Saith the Lord, who doeth all these. Known from eternity are the works of Aloha.
Known, from of old, are the works of God.
he who made these things known so long ago.'
God has made all His works known from the beginning of time.'
Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from the beginning of the world.
known from long ago.'
Known from age-past times.
To the Lord was his own work known from the beginning of the world.
Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
known from of old.'
Knowen vnto God are all his workes from the begynnyng of the worlde.
‘All this has been known from the beginning of time.'
SAYS THE LORD, WHO MAKES THESE THINGS known from long ago.
So says the Lord, who made this known long ago.'
Fro the world, the werk of the Lord is knowun to the Lord.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Acts 17:26, Numbers 23:19, Isaiah 41:22, Isaiah 41:23, Isaiah 44:7, Isaiah 46:9, Isaiah 46:10, Matthew 13:35, Matthew 25:34, Ephesians 1:4, Ephesians 1:11, Ephesians 3:9, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Peter 1:20, Revelation 13:8, Revelation 17:8
Reciprocal: Job 28:23 - General Psalms 33:11 - all generations Isaiah 41:4 - calling Isaiah 42:9 - new things Isaiah 48:5 - even Jeremiah 32:17 - there Daniel 5:26 - God Daniel 10:21 - I will Zechariah 8:20 - there Zechariah 14:7 - which Malachi 1:11 - my name John 6:64 - For Acts 2:23 - being Acts 18:10 - for Romans 3:25 - set forth Romans 4:17 - calleth Romans 11:2 - which he foreknew 2 Timothy 1:9 - before Titus 1:2 - before
Cross-References
The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring." So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
For all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."
But Abram replied, "O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Abram continued, "Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir."
Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir."
The LORD also told him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."
But Abram replied, "Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?"
Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own; they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Known unto God are all his works,.... These are the words of James, and not of Amos; all the things which God does in the church and in the world, they were all foreknown and predetermined by him: from the beginning of the world; or from eternity; even all his works of creation, providence and grace: the Alexandrian copy, and Beza's most ancient copy, and the Vulgate Latin version, read in the singular number, "his work"; the work of the conversion of the Gentiles; this was fixed and resolved on by God in eternity; he knew it would be, because he had determined it should be; and accordingly he foretold it, and spoke of it in various periods of time before it came to pass; and therefore it should not be looked upon as some new and strange thing, that was never known, spoken or heard of: and this holds true of every other work of God, and agrees with what the Jews sometimes say z, that
"every work which is renewed in the world, the holy blessed God has commanded (or ordered) it from the day the world was created.''
z Zohar in Exod. fol. 78. 2. Vid. ib. in Lev. fol. 25. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Known unto God ... - See the notes on Acts 1:24. The meaning of this verse, in this connection, is this. God sees everything future; he knows what he will accomplish; he has a plan; all his works are so arranged in his mind that he sees everything distinctly and clearly. As he foretold these, it was a part of his plan; and as it was a part of his plan long since foretold, it should not be opposed and resisted by us.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 15:18. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning — As if he had said, This is not a new counsel of God: he had purposed, from the time he called the Israelites, to make the Gentiles partakers of the same grace and mercy; and ultimately to destroy those rites and ceremonies which separated them from each other. He therefore has sent the Gospel of his Son, proclaiming equally peace to him that is afar off, the Gentiles, and to him that is nigh, the Jews.
The whole of this verse is very dubious: the principal part of it is omitted by the most ancient MSS., and Griesbach has left γνωϚα απ' αιωνος doubtful, and has thrown εϚι τῳ Θεῳ παντα τα εργα αὑτου out of the text. Of the former clause, Professor White, in his Crisews, says, "forsitan delenda," "probably these words should be blotted out." And of the latter clause he says, "certissime delenda," "most assuredly these should be blotted out." Supposing the whole to be genuine, critics have laboured to find out the sense. Some very learned men, and particularly Schleusner, contend that the word γνωϚα, from γινωσκειν, to know, should be understood here in the same sense in which ידא yada is in many parts of the Old Testament, which not only signifies to know, but to approve, love, c. They therefore would translate the passage thus: All the works of God are ever dear unto him. And, if so, consequently we might naturally expect him to be merciful to the Gentiles, as well as to the Jews and the evidence now afforded of the conversion of the Gentiles is an additional proof that all God's works are equally dear to him.
