^15:14Simeon³⁹ has explained⁴⁰ how God first concerned himself⁴¹ to select⁴² from among the Gentiles⁴³ a people for his name. ^15:15The⁴⁴ words of the prophets agree⁴⁵ with this, as it is written,

^15:16‘After this⁴⁶ I⁴⁷ will return,

and I will rebuild the fallen tent⁴⁸ of David;

I will rebuild its ruins and restore⁴⁹ it,

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Footnotes

39 Simeon is a form of the apostle Peter’s Aramaic name. James uses Peter’s “Jewish” name here.
40 Or “reported,” “described.”
41 ἐπισκέπτομαι 3 translates this phrase in Acts 15:14, “God concerned himself about winning a people fr. among the nations.”
42 Grk “to take,” but in the sense of selecting or choosing (accompanied by the preposition ἐκ [ek] plus a genitive specifying the group selected from) see Heb 5:1; also λαμβάνω 6.
43 In the Greek text the expression “from among the Gentiles” is in emphatic position.
44 Grk “And the.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
45 The term agree means “match” or “harmonize with.” James’ point in the introduction argues that many of the OT prophets taught this. He gives one example (which follows).
46 Grk “After these things.”
47 The first person pronoun I refers to God and his activity. It is God who is doing this.
48 Or more generally, “dwelling”; perhaps, “royal tent.” According to σκηνή the word can mean “tent” or “hut,” or more generally “lodging” or “dwelling.” In this verse (a quotation from Amos 9:11) refers this to David’s ruined kingdom; it is possibly an allusion to a king’s tent (a royal tent). God is at work to reestablish David’s line (Acts 2:30–36; 13:32–39).
49 ἀνορθόω places this verb under the meaning “to build someth. up again after it has fallen, rebuild, restore,” but since ἀνοικοδομέω (anoikodomeō, “rebuild”) has occurred twice in this verse already, “restore” is used here.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name. And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written,

“ ‘After this I will return,

and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen;

I will rebuild its ruins,

and I will restore it,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Simon has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:

“ ‘After this I will return

and rebuild David’s fallen tent.

Its ruins I will rebuild,

and I will restore it,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for his name. And the words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

After these things I will return

and rebuild David’s fallen tent.

I will rebuild its ruins

and set it up again,

NLTNew Living Translation

Peter has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for himself. And this conversion of Gentiles is exactly what the prophets predicted. As it is written:

‘Afterward I will return

and restore the fallen house of David.

I will rebuild its ruins

and restore it,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Simeon has described how God first concerned himself to take from among the Gentiles a people for his name. And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:

‘After these things I will return

and build up again the tent of David that has fallen,

and the parts of it that had been torn down I will build up again

and will restore it,

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

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