Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
Symeon has explained how it was God's original concern to secure a People from among the Gentiles to bear his Name.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Holman Bible
Simeon
International Standard Version
Simeon has explained how God first showed his concern for the gentiles by taking from among them a people for his name.
A Conservative Version
Simeon described how God first came to help, to take from the Gentiles a people for his name.
American Standard Version
Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Symeon [i.e., Peter] reported how God first sent [someone to preach] to the Gentiles in order to reach a group of them [with the Gospel message] for His name.
Anderson New Testament
Simeon has declared how God, at the first, did visit the Gentiles, in order to take out from among them a people for his name.
Bible in Basic English
Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.
Common New Testament
Simeon has related how God first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for his name.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Simon has related how God began to visit the Gentiles, to chuse from among them a people consecrated to his name.
Darby Translation
Simon has related how God first visited to take out of the nations a people for his name.
Godbey New Testament
Symeon hath related how God in the first place interposed to take a people from the Gentiles, in His name.
Goodspeed New Testament
Symeon has told how God first showed an interest in taking from among the heathen a people to bear his name.
John Wesley New Testament
Simon hath declared, how God at first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Julia Smith Translation
Simeon related how God first reviewed to take from the nations a people for his name.
King James 2000
Simeon has declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Simeon has described how God first concerned himself to take from among the Gentiles a people for his name.
Modern King James verseion
Even as Simon has declared how God at the first visited the nations to take out of them a people for His name.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Simeon told how God at the beginning did visit the gentiles, and received of them people unto his name.
Montgomery New Testament
"Brothers, listen to me. Symeon has told how God first looked graciously upon the Gentiles, to take out from among them a people to be called by his name.
NET Bible
Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.
New Heart English Bible
Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.
Noyes New Testament
Simeon hath related how God first visited the gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Sawyer New Testament
Simeon has related how God first visited the gentiles to take a people for his name.
The Emphasized Bible
Symeon, hath fully told how God, first visited, to take out of the nations, a people for his name.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Simon hath fully related, how at first God graciously looked upon [the Gentiles], to take from them a people for his name.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Simon has described the manner in which God first visited the Gentiles, in order to take from among them a people to bear his Name.
Webster
Simeon hath declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take from among them a people for his name.
Weymouth New Testament
Symeon has related how God first looked graciously on the Gentiles to take from among them a People to be called by His name.
Williams New Testament
Symeon has told how God at first graciously visited the heathen to take from among them a people to bear His name.
World English Bible
Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.
Worrell New Testament
Simeon declared how God first visited the gentiles, to take out of them a people for His name.
Worsley New Testament
---Simeon hath related, how God at first condescended to take out of the Gentiles a people to his name.
Youngs Literal Translation
Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,
Themes
Antioch » A city » A city of syria » Dissension within the congregation of
Doctrines » Guidelines set forth from the leaders in jerusalem
Elder » In the Christian church
Gentiles » First special introduction of the gospel to
God » People of general references to » Prepared for service
Jews, the » Called God's people » Prepared for service
Justification before God » Under the gospel » Is not of faith and works united
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 15:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Jerusalem Council
13 When they had finished speaking, James spoke. "Brothers," he said, "listen to me. 14 Symeon has explained how it was God's original concern to secure a People from among the Gentiles to bear his Name. 15 This agrees with the words of the prophets; as it is written,
Cross References
2 Peter 1:1
Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted a faith of equal privilege with ours, by the equity of our God and saviour Jesus Christ:
Luke 1:68
"Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, for he has cared for his people and wrought them redemption;
Luke 1:78
by the tender mercy of our God, who will make the Dawn visit us from on high,
Luke 2:31-32
which thou hast prepared before the face of all the peoples,
Acts 15:7-9
and a keen controversy sprang up; but Peter rose and said to them, "Brothers, you are well aware that from the earliest days God chose that of you all I should be the one by whom the Gentiles were to hear the word of the gospel and believe it.
Romans 1:5
through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,
Romans 11:36
All comes from him, all lives by him, all ends in him. Glory to him for ever, Amen!
1 Peter 2:9-10
But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light ??10 you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.