John Gill's Exposition on Acts 15:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And to this agree the words of the prophets, etc.] In several of the prophecies of the Old Testament, which plainly speak of the calling of the Gentiles; though James thought it sufficient to produce only one instead of many: as it is written; in (<300911>Amos 9:11,12) and this is agreeably to the Jewish way of citing Scriptures, as Surenhusius observes; so it is said f737, in twenty four places the priests are called Levites, and this is one of them, (<264415>Ezekiel 44:15) where only one place is mentioned, instead of the twenty four.

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