ACTS—NOTE ON Acts 15:16 James refers to “prophets” (v. Acts 15:15), showing that he could appeal to more than one OT text to defend the inclusion of Gentiles by faith alone. See the allusion to Isaiah 45:21 in Acts 15:18, and the context of the Isaiah prophecy. James concentrated on Amos 9:11, which anticipated the time when God would restore the house of David and claim a people for himself from among the Gentiles. James agreed with Peter that the time of including Gentiles in God’s people had arrived.

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