Acts 15:16

“‘After these things I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen, and its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,”

Acts 15:16 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Amos 9:11-12

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James quotes Amos 9:11-12. Where the Hebrew says “so that they may possess the remnant of Edom,” Acts says “so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord.”

Formula: καθὼς γέγραπται “as it is written” (Acts 15:15)

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Greek of the New Testament: Μετὰ ταῦτα ἀναστρέψω καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω τὴν σκηνὴν Δαυὶδ τὴν πεπτωκυῖαν καὶ τὰ κατεσκαμμένα αὐτῆς ἀνοικοδομήσω καὶ ἀνορθώσω αὐτήν ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν κύριον καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐφ’ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ’ αὐτούς λέγει κύριος ποιῶν ταῦτα

Hebrew (Masoretic text): בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אָקִים אֶת סֻכַּת דָּוִיד הַנֹּפֶלֶת וְגָדַרְתִּי אֶת פִּרְצֵיהֶן וַהֲרִסֹתָיו אָקִים וּבְנִיתִיהָ כִּימֵי עוֹלָם לְמַעַן יִירְשׁוּ אֶת שְׁאֵרִית אֱדוֹם וְכָל הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עֲלֵיהֶם נְאֻם יְהוָה עֹשֶׂה זֹּאת

Septuagint (Amos 9:11-12 in the Septuagint numbering): Ἐν τῆ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀναστήσω τὴν σκηνὴν Δαυεὶδ τὴν πεπτωκυῖαν, καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω τὰ πεπτωκότα αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ κατεσκαμμένα αὐτῆς ἀναστήσω, καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω αὐτὴν καθὼς αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ αἰῶνος, ὅπως ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐφʼ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπʼ αὐτούς, λέγει Κύριος ὁ ποιῶν ταῦτα.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 5 consecutive words: “ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Acts 15:16, word by word

I will returnἀναστρέψωanastrepsō

return

To go back to the place one left.

Where else “anastrepsō” appears
I will rebuildἀνοικοδομήσωanoikodomēsō

rebuild

Rebuild, build again.

Where else “anoikodomēsō” appears
the tentσκηνὴνskēnēn

tent

A portable shelter of cloth or skins, or a hut of branches.

Where else “skēnēn” appears
of DavidΔαυὶδDauid

David

David, the king of Israel from whose line God promised a king forever (2 Samuel 7:12-16).

Where else “Dauid” appears
has fallenπεπτωκυῖανpeptōkuian

fail

To collapse, fail.

Where else “peptōkuian” appears
ruinsκατεσκαμμέναkateskammena

tear down

Tear down, destroy down to the foundations.

Where else “kateskammena” appears
I will restoreἀνορθώσωanorthōsō

straighten, restore

Straighten, make upright again; restore, rebuild.

Where else “anorthōsō” appears

Translation note

Amos 9:11-12, according to the Greek; compare Jeremiah 12:15 and Isaiah 45:21.

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Quotation · Amos 9:11-12

James quotes Amos 9:11-12. Where the Hebrew says “so that they may possess the remnant of Edom,” Acts says “so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord.”

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Acts 15:16

16‘After these things I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen, and its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

Amos 9:11-12

11On that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David, and wall up their breaches, and raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old;

The context

15And with this the words of the prophets agree, as it is written,

16 · This verse (above)

17so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, and all the nations on whom my name has been called, says the Lord, who does these things

Read all of Acts 15

To study Acts 15 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    What disagreement arose in Antioch, and whom did they send to Jerusalem to deal with it? (vv. 1-2)

  2. 2. What it means

    How did the apostles and elders reach a decision? Who spoke, and what weighed in it? (vv. 6-22)

  3. 3. How I live it

    They listened to everyone before deciding (vv. 7, 12). How can you listen better to someone you disagree with?

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