World English Bible

Acts 15:14

“Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.”

Verse in context — Acts 15

All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

After they were silent, James answered, "Brothers, listen to me.

Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.

This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

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,

The birth and growth of the early church through the power of the Holy Spirit.