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Acts 15:14

NETBible	Simeon¹ has explained² how God first concerned himself³ to select⁴ from among the Gentiles⁵ a people for his name.
NIV © biblegateway Act 15:14	Simon has described to us how God at first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for himself.
NASB © biblegateway Act 15:14	"Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.
NLT © biblegateway Act 15:14	Peter has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for himself.
MSG © biblegateway Act 15:14	Simeon has told us the story of how God at the very outset made sure that racial outsiders were included.
BBE © SABDAweb Act 15:14	Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.
NRSV © bibleoremus Act 15:14	Simeon has related how God first looked favorably on the Gentiles, to take from among them a people for his name.
NKJV © biblegateway Act 15:14	"Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name.
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KJV	Simeon <4826> hath declared <1834> (5662) how <2531> God <2316> at the first <4412> did visit <1980> (5662) the Gentiles <1484>_, to take <2983> (5629) out of <1537> them a people <2992> for <1909> his <846> name <3686>_.
NASB © biblegateway Act 15:14	"Simeon <4826> has related <1834> how <2531> God <2316> first <4413> concerned <1980> Himself about <1980> taking <2983> from among <1537> the Gentiles <1484> a people <2992> for His name <3686> .
NET [draft] ITL	Simeon <4826> has explained <1834> how <2531> God <2316> first <4412> concerned <2983> himself to select <1980> from among <1537> the Gentiles <1484> a people <2992> for his <846> name <3686> .
GREEK	sumewn <4826> N-PRI exhghsato <1834> (5662) V-ADI-3S kaywv <2531> ADV prwton <4412> ADV o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM epeskeqato <1980> (5662) V-ADI-3S labein <2983> (5629) V-2AAN ex <1537> PREP eynwn <1484> N-GPN laon <2992> N-ASM tw <3588> T-DSN onomati <3686> N-DSN autou <846> P-GSM

NETBible

Simeon¹ has explained² how God first concerned himself³ to select⁴ from among the Gentiles⁵ a people for his name.

NET Notes

¹sn Simeon is a form of the apostle Peter’s Aramaic name. James uses Peter’s “Jewish” name here.

²tn Or “reported,” “described.”

³tn BDAG 378 s.v. ἐπισκέπτομαι 3 translates this phrase in Acts 15:14, “God concerned himself about winning a people fr. among the nations.”

⁴tn Grk “to take,” but in the sense of selecting or choosing (accompanied by the preposition ἐκ [ek] plus a genitive specifying the group selected from) see Heb 5:1; also BDAG 584 s.v. λαμβάνω 6.

⁵sn In the Greek text the expression “from among the Gentiles” is in emphatic position.