ACTS 15:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.”
and all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does all these things — the continuation emphasizes that gentiles become part of God's people (bearing my name), not as proselytes to Judaism but as a new category of believers.
Church Fathers on Acts 15:17
That the residue of men, he says, may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles upon whom My Name is called. Acts 15:17 Then, what makes his word authoritative — Says the Lord, which does all these things: and, for that this is no new thing, but all was planned from the beginning, Known unto God are all His works from everlasting. Acts 15:18 And then again his authority (καὶ τὸ ἀξίωμα πάλιν) (as Bishop):
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