ACTS 15:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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:”
After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does all these things — the quotation (Amos 9:11-12 LXX) is applied to the current gentile conversion movement. The tent of David (skēnē Dauid) refers to the Davidic covenant and kingdom, here understood to encompass not merely Jews but gentiles. The phrase that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord uses the Gentiles' seeking (ekzēteō) as the purpose for the restored tent, suggesting the gentile mission is central to eschatological fulfillment.
Church Fathers on Acts 15:16
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. Acts 15:16 What? Was Jerusalem raised up? Was it not rather thrown down? What sort of raising up does he call that which took place after the return from Babylon?
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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