Acts 15:17 (WEB)
that the rest of men may seek after the Lord: all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things.’
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“The reason why the Holy Spirit did, when the apostles at that time were consulting, relax the bond and yoke for us, was that we might be free to devote ourselves to the shunning of idolatry.” — editor's note: Acts xv. 1–31.
Read the whole comment“…consulted, determined, by the authority of the Holy Ghost, that “a yoke should not be put upon men’s necks which their fathers even had not been able to bear.”” — editor's note: See Gal. i. 11–24, compared with Acts xv. 5–29.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…up again as in the days of old: that the residue of men may inquire for me, and all the nations upon whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord that doeth this.”” — editor's note: Amos ix. 11, 12; Acts xv. 15–17.
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Cross-references · 3
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Quotes
Acts 15:17 takes up the words of Isaiah 45:7 (7 words in common).
Quoted from the Septuagint ('the rest of mankind may seek the Lord'), which differs from the Hebrew.