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What does Acts 15:14 mean?
"Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name."
— Acts 15:14 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.”
All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.
After they were silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me.
Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.
This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,
‘After these things I will return. I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up,
That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things.
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