Postulasagan 15:14

Heilögum Biblíunni

14 Símon hefur skýrt frá, hvernig Guð sá til þess í fyrstu, að hann eignaðist lýð meðal heiðinna þjóða, er bæri nafn hans.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Simeon: 2 Peter 1:1,*Gr.

declared: Acts 15:7-9, Luke 1:68, Luke 1:78, Luke 2:31, Luke 2:32

to take: Isaiah 43:21, Isaiah 55:11-13, Romans 1:5, Romans 11:36, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 Peter 2:10

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:16 - visited Psalms 48:13 - consider Psalms 106:4 - visit Song of Solomon 8:8 - a little Isaiah 14:1 - the strangers Isaiah 23:17 - visit Zechariah 8:20 - there Matthew 3:9 - God Luke 13:19 - and it John 10:16 - them Acts 2:39 - and to all Acts 13:47 - that thou Acts 18:10 - for Acts 28:28 - sent Romans 9:24 - not of the Jews Ephesians 2:13 - were Titus 2:14 - unto 1 Peter 2:12 - the day

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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, Luke 2:25 who had been dead long ago; but Simon Peter, who had spoken before. Simon and Simeon are one and the same name; the former is only a contraction of the latter in the Syriac language; Simeon was his pure Hebrew name, and James speaking to an assembly of Hebrews, uses it; and observes, that he had given a very clear and distinct narrative, how God at the first preaching of the Gospel, quickly after the day of Pentecost, was pleased to look upon the Gentiles, and show favour to them, and visit them in a way of grace and mercy, by sending the Gospel to them, and his Spirit to make it effectual: this was a gracious visit; he came and looked upon them, quickened them, and spoke comfortably to them, and bestowed special favours upon them; the set time for such a visit being come: the Arabic version renders it, "how God first promised"; referring to the promises concerning the calling of the Gentiles, which James afterwards confirms by citing a passage out of the prophets to the same purpose: the Syriac version, "how God began to choose out of the Gentiles": that is, by calling them by his grace; and the Ethiopic version, "how God first had mercy on the Gentiles"; who before had not obtained mercy:

to take out of them a people for his name; for himself, for his own glory, to call upon his name, and to be called by his name, to bear his name, and support his Gospel, cause and interest: the distinguishing grace of God may be seen herein; it was grace to visit them, to look upon them, when for many hundreds of years he had overlooked them, he had taken no notice of them; and it was distinguishing grace to take some out of them, to be a special and peculiar people to himself; to separate them from the rest by his powerful and efficacious grace, and form them into a church state, that they might show forth his praise and glorify him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Simeon - This is a Hebrew name. The Greek mode of writing it commonly was Simon. It was one of the names of Peter, Matthew 4:18.

To take out of them a people - To choose from among the Gentries those who should be his friends.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 15:14. Simeon hath declared — It is remarkable that James does not give him even the title which he received from our Lord at the time in which he is supposed to have been made head of the Church, and vicar of Christ upon earth; so that, it is evident, James did not understand our Lord as giving Peter any such pre-eminence; and, therefore, he does not even call him Peter, but simply Simeon. It is truly surprising that such a vast number of important pretensions should rest on such slight foundations! If tradition, no matter how interrupted or precarious, did not lend its support, feeble as that necessarily must be, the cause tried by plain Scripture would fall to the ground.

To take out of them a people for his name. — To form among the Gentiles, as he had among the Jews, a people called by his name and devoted to his honour.