Act 15:14 | KJV | STEP | Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles , to take out of them a people for his name .

Acts 15: 14

(KJV)

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

(NASB2020)

^aSimeon has described how God first concerned Himself about taking a people for His name from among the Gentiles.

(NET2full)

Simeon ^{▼▼sn Simeon is a form of the apostle Peter’s Aramaic name. James uses Peter’s “Jewish” name here.} has explained ^{▼▼tn Or “reported,” “described.”} how God first concerned himself ^{▼▼tn BDAG 378 s.v. ἐπισκέπτομαι 3 translates this phrase in Acts 15:14, “God concerned himself about winning a people fr. among the nations.”} to select ^{▼▼tn 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.} from among the Gentiles ^{▼▼sn In the Greek text the expression “from among the Gentiles” is in emphatic position.} a people for his name.