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Mark Dunagan Commentaries

Acts 15:17

"So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord": When David finally has. descendant once again ruling on his throne at the same time the Gentiles will be offered salvation. Clearly the prophets had predicted that when the Messiah reigns as king, when His kingdom is established, then salvation will be offered to the Gentiles (see Isaiah 2:10 ff; Isaiah 2:2) as well. There is. powerful argument here against the premillennial idea that Jesus is not reigning as king and that the kingdom is not the church. If that is the case, then according to the prophets no Gentiles presently had. right to seek the Lord! The gospel being sent to the Gentiles and the Messiah reigning over His kingdom are events that happen at the same time!

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    ACTS 15:17-18 tau/ta gnwsta. avpV aivw/noj {B} Since the quotation from Amos 9:12 ends with tau/ta, the concluding words are James’s comment. The reading gnwsta. avpV aivw...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 15:17. _THAT THE RESIDUE OF MEN MIGHT SEEK_] Instead of this, the Hebrew has, _That they may possess the remnant of Edom_. Now it is evident that, in the copy from which the Seventy transl...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THAT THE RESIDUE OF MEN - This verse is quoted literally from the Septuagint, and differs in some respects from the Hebrew. The phrase, “the residue of men,” here is evidently understood, both by the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The false teachers from Judea. Paul and Barnabas sent to Jerusalem (Acts 15:1)._ 2. The Council in Jerusalem (Acts 15:6). 3. The Result made known (Acts 15:22). 4. The Consolation b...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SPEECH OF JAMES. Who is this James? In Galatians 2:9 Paul tells us of the agreement he made with James and Cephas and John. James and John in this account are _prima facie_ to be taken as the two sons...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE CRUCIAL PROBLEM (Acts 15:1-5) The influx of Gentiles into the Church produced a problem which had to be solved. The mental background of the Jew was founded on the fact that he belonged to the ch...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    After they had been silent James replied, "Brothers, listen to me. Symeon has told you how God first made provision for the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name, With this the words of th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE RESIDUE. Greek. _kataloipos._ Only here. It is the faithful remnant. MEN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123. The Hebrew would be _adam,_ while the Authorized Version text of Amos 9:12 is Edom (Hebr. _ed...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _might seek after the Lord_ The Hebrew of Amos differs widely here; and in the LXX. "the Lord" is not expressed. But the Spirit enabled St James to give the full interpretation of the prophetic words....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    17, 18. ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ΠΟΙΩ͂Ν ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ ΓΝΩΣΤᾺ�' ΑἸΩ͂ΝΟΣ. ΔΙῸ … with אBC. The _Vulg_. gives ‘Dominus faciens hæc. Notum a sæculo est Domino opus suum. Propter quod …’ But on the verses see notes....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ὍΠΩΣ ἊΝ ἘΚΖΗΤΉΣΩΣΙΝ … ΤῸΝ ΚΎΡΙΟΝ, _they might seek after the Lord_. The Hebrew of Amos (see A.V.) differs widely here; and in the LXX. τὸν κύριον is not expressed. But the Spirit enabled St James to g...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes on verse 13...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητ. οἱ κ. τῶν ἀνθρώπων τόν Κ.: LXX and Hebrew are here considerably at variance. Hebrew: “that they may possess the remnant of Edom”. In LXX: “that the rest of men may seek after (the Lord)...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ACTS 15:1 _Came down … and taught _for _which came down_ …_ taught, _A.V.; _saying _for _and said, _A.V._; custom _(ἔθος) for _manner, _A.V. EXCEPT YE BE CIRCUMCISED, etc. The question t...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And certain men which came down from Judea [to the church in Antioch] taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved (Acts 15:1). Unfortunately,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 4:35; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 48:16; Genesis 49:10; Hosea 2:23;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE PLAN AND PURPOSE OF GOD Acts 15:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are once more back in Jerusalem in attendance at the council called by the Church at Jerusalem to consider the demands of certain from t...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The Gentiles on whom my name is called — That is, who are called by my name; who are my people....

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