使徒行传 15:9-16 CUNPSS

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 15:16

After this I will return ,.... That is, after the Lord had destroyed the sinful kingdom from off the face of the earth, and had sifted the house of Israel among all nations, and the sinners of his people were slain with the sword; after all this he promises to return and show favour to them: this is the sense of the prophet which James gives; for these words are not at length in Amos; there it is only said, "in that day"; upon which Jarchi's note is, "after all these things shall have come... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:9

Put no difference between us and them - Giving them the Holy Spirit, though uncircumcised, just as he had given it to us who were circumcised: an evident proof that, in the judgment of God, circumcision was no preparation to receive the Gospel of Christ. And as the purification of the heart by the Holy Spirit was the grand object of the religion of God, and that alone by which the soul could be prepared for a blessed immortality, and the Gentiles had received that without circumcision,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:10

Now therefore why tempt ye God - A God, by giving the Holy Spirit to the Gentiles, evidently shows he does not design them to be circumcised, in order to become debtors to the law, to fulfill all its precepts, etc., why will ye provoke him to displeasure by doing what he evidently designs shall not be done? A yoke - which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? - This does not refer to the moral law - that was of eternal obligation - but to the ritual law, which, through the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:11

Through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved - This seems to be an answer to an objection, "Has not God designed to save us, the Jews, by an observance of the law; and them, the Gentiles, by the faith of the Gospel?" No: for we Jews can be saved no other way than through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ; and this is the way in which the Gentiles in question have been saved. There is but one way of salvation for Jews and Gentiles, the grace, mercy, or favor coming by and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:12

All the multitude kept silence - The strong facts stated by St. Peter could not be controverted. His speech may be thus analyzed: Circumcision is a sign of the purification of the heart. That purification can only be effected by the Holy Ghost. This Holy Spirit was hitherto supposed to be the portion of those only who had received circumcision. But the Gentiles, who were never circumcised, nor kept any part of the law of Moses, have had their hearts purified by faith in Christ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:13

James answered - He was evidently president of the council, and is generally called bishop of Jerusalem. The rest either argued on the subject, or gave their opinion; James alone pronounced the definitive sentence. Had Peter been prince and head of the apostles, and of the Church, he would have appeared here in the character of judge, not of mere counsellor or disputant. Thy popish writers say that "James presided because the council was held in his own church." These men forget that there... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:14

Simeon hath declared - It is remarkable that James does not give him even the title which he received from our Lord at the time in which he is supposed to have been made head of the Church, and vicar of Christ upon earth; so that, it is evident, James did not understand our Lord as giving Peter any such pre-eminence; and, therefore, he does not even call him Peter, but simply Simeon. It is truly surprising that such a vast number of important pretensions should rest on such slight... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:15

And to this agree the words of the prophets - Peter had asserted the fact of the conversion of the Gentiles; and James shows that that fact was the fulfillment of declarations made by the prophets. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:16

After this I will return, and will build again, etc. - These two verses, 16th and 17th, are quoted from Amos 9:11 , Amos 9:12 , nearly as they now stand in the best editions of the Septuagint, and evidently taken from that version, which differs considerably from the Hebrew text. As St. James quoted them as a prophecy of the calling of the Gentiles into the Church of God, it is evident the Jews must have understood them in that sense, otherwise they would have immediately disputed his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:9

Verse 9− 9.And he put no difference. There was indeed some difference, because the Gentiles who were uncircumcised were suddenly admitted unto the covenant of eternal life; whereas the Jews were prepared by circumcision unto faith. But Peter’s meaning is, that they were both chosen − (102) together by God unto the hope of the same inheritance, and that they were extolled into the like degree of honor, that they might be the children of God and members of Christ, and, finally, the holy seed of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 15:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 15:9

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