Acts 15:14-18 Symeon has told how God first showed an interest in taking from among the heathen a people to bear his name.

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁴ Symeon has told how God first showed an interest in taking from among the heathen a people to bear his name. ¹⁵ And this agrees with the predictions of the prophets which say, ¹⁶ " 'Afterward I will return, and rebuild David's fallen dwelling. I will rebuild its very ruins, and set it up again, ¹⁷ So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, And all the heathen who are called by my name, Says the Lord, ¹⁸ who has been making this known from of old.'