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Postulasagan 15:15
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Acts 13:47, Romans 15:8-12
Reciprocal: Daniel 10:21 - I will Amos 9:11 - that day Galatians 3:8 - foreseeing 1 John 5:8 - and these
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And to this agree the words of the prophets,.... In several of the prophecies of the Old Testament, which plainly speak of the calling of the Gentiles; though James thought it sufficient to produce only one instead of many:
as it is written; in Amos 9:11 and this is agreeably to the Jewish way of citing Scriptures, as Surenhusius observes; so it is said q, in twenty four places the priests are called Levites, and this is one of them, Ezekiel 44:15 where only one place is mentioned, instead of the twenty four.
q T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 86, 2. & Beracot, fol. 4. 1, 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The words of the prophets - Amos 9:11-12. It was a very material point with them, as Jews, to inquire whether this was in accordance with the predictions of the Scriptures. The most powerful revivals of religion, and the most striking demonstrations of the divine presence, will be in accordance with the Bible, and should be tested by them. This habit was always manifested by the apostles and early Christians, and should be followed by Christians at all times. Unless a supposed work of grace accords with the Bible, and can be defended by it, it must be false, and should be opposed. Compare Isaiah 8:20.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 15:15. And to this agree the words of the prophets — Peter had asserted the fact of the conversion of the Gentiles; and James shows that that fact was the fulfilment of declarations made by the prophets.
