14 Simeon has described how God first concerned himself to take from among the Gentiles a people for his name. 15 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:

16 ‘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,

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14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles.(A) 15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:

16 “‘After this I will return
    and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
    and I will restore it,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:14 Greek Simeon, a variant of Simon; that is, Peter