Acts 15:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And this is in agreement with the words of the prophets, as it is said,

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  • Acts 13:47 : 47 For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
  • Rom 15:8-9 : 8 Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers, 9 And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name. 10 And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people. 11 And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him. 12 And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.

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    16 After these things I will come back, and will put up the tent of David which has been broken down, building up again its broken parts and making it complete:

    17 So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,

    18 Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.

  • 14 Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.

  • Rom 15:8-13
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    8 Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,

    9 And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.

    10 And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people.

    11 And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him.

    12 And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.

    13 Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 3:24-25
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    24 And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.

    25 You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

  • Amos 9:11-12
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    11 In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past;

    12 So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this.

  • 16 But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel;

  • 21 But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

  • 16 My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,

  • 32 And we are giving you the good news of the undertaking made to the fathers,

  • 2 Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,

  • 40 So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;

  • 23 From this man's seed has God given to Israel a Saviour, even Jesus, as he gave his word;

  • 15 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 21 Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.

  • 18 But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.

  • Rom 11:26-27
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    26 And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:

    27 And this is my agreement with them, when I will take away their sins.

  • 25 And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

  • 15 And numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net.

  • 15 But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:

  • 10 For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;

  • 17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • 8 And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

  • 70 (As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)

  • 33 As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

  • 6 Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

  • 27 And Isaiah says about Israel, Even if the number of the children of Israel is as the sand of the sea, only a small part will get salvation:

  • 6 And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.

  • 2 So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.

  • 26 But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;

  • 1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 45 Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,

  • 15 And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

  • 15 And the Holy Spirit is a witness for us: for after he had said,

  • 8 As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.

  • 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

  • 30 But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,

  • 29 And, as Isaiah had said before, If the Lord of armies had not given us a seed, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.

  • 4 Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

  • 4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

  • 21 In the law it is said, By men of other tongues and by strange lips will my words come to this people; and not even so will they give ear to me, says the Lord.