Acts 15:16

“After this I will return, etc.] That is, after the Lord had destroyed the sinful kingdom from off the face of the earth, and had sifted the house of Israel among all nations, and the sinners of his people were slain with the sword; after all this he promises to return and show favour to them: this is the sense of the prophet which James gives; for these words are not at length in Amos; there it is only said, “in that day”; upon which Jarchi’s note is, “after all these things shall have come upon them, that day shall come which is appointed for redemption;” which well agrees with James here, and the manner in which he introduces this passage: and will build again the tabernacle of David, that…”

“After this - This quotation is not made literally either from the Hebrew or the Septuagint, which differs also from the Hebrew. The 17th verse is quoted literally from the Septuagint, but in the 16th the general sense only of the passage is retained. The main point of the quotation, as made by James, was to show that, according to the prophets, it was contemplated that the Gentiles should be introduced to the privileges of the children of God; and on this point the passage has a direct bearing. The prophet Amos Amos 9:8-10 had described the calamities which would come upon the nation of the Jews by their being scattered and driven away. This implied that the city of Jerusalem, the temple,…”

“After this - After the Jewish dispensation expires. I will build again the fallen tabernacle of David - By raising from his seed the Christ, who shall build on the ruins of his fallen tabernacle a spiritual and eternal kingdom. Amo 9:11. Acts 15:17”

“this: Amo 9:11, Amo 9:12 build again the tabernacle: Sa2 7:11-16; Kg1 12:16; Psa 89:35-49; Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7; Jer 33:24-26; Eze 17:22-24; Zac 13:8; Mat 1:20-25; Luk 1:31-33, Luk 1:69, Luk 1:70 Acts 15:17”