Acts 15:14

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¹⁴Simeon^[a] has explained^[b] how God first concerned himself^[c] to select^[d] from among the Gentiles^[e] a people for his name.

Acts 15:14 sn Simeon is a form of the apostle Peter’s Aramaic name. James uses Peter’s “Jewish” name here.
Acts 15:14 tn Or “reported,” “described.”
Acts 15:14 tn BDAG 378 s.v. ἐπισκέπτομαι 3 translates this phrase in Acts 15:14, “God concerned himself about winning a people fr. among the nations.”
Acts 15:14 tn 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 BDAG 584 s.v. λαμβάνω 6.
Acts 15:14 sn In the Greek text the expression “from among the Gentiles” is in emphatic position.

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