Text -- Acts 15:16 (NET)

15:16 ‘After this I will return, and I will rebuild the fallen tent of David; I will rebuild its ruins and restore it,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 15:16

¹ tn Grk “After these things.”

² sn The first person pronoun I refers to God and his activity. It is God who is doing this.

³ tn Or more generally, “dwelling”; perhaps, “royal tent.” According to BDAG 928 s.v. σκηνή the word can mean “tent” or “hut,” or more generally “lodging” or “dwelling.” In this verse (a quotation from Amos 9:11) BDAG refers this to David’s ruined kingdom; it is possibly an allusion to a king’s tent (a royal tent). God is at work to reestablish David’s line (Acts 2:30-36; 13:32-39).

⁴ tn BDAG 86 s.v. ἀνορθόω places this verb under the meaning “to build someth. up again after it has fallen, rebuild, restore,” but since ἀνοικοδομέω (anoikodomew, “rebuild”) has occurred twice in this verse already, “restore” is used here.