Acts 15:17

"‘After these things I will return. I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up"

Key Reflection

This passage suggests that after a period of decline or destruction, God will restore and re-establish His people, likening the nation to the rebuilt tabernacle of King David. This restoration symbolizes not just physical rebuilding but also spiritual renewal and the establishment of a renewed covenant community.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 17. That the residue of men. This verse is quoted literally from the Septuagint, and differs in some respects from the Hebrew. The phrase, "the residue of men," here is evidently understood, both by the Seventy and by James, as referring to others than the Jews-- to the Gentiles. The rest of the world--implying that many of them would be admitted to the friendship and favour of God. The Hebrew is, "that they may possess the remnant of Edom." This change is made in the Septuagint by a slight difference in the reading of two Hebrew words.

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