“ Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. ”
Known unto God ... - See the notes on Acts 1:24 . The meaning of this verse, in this connection, is this. God sees everything future; he knows what he will accomplish; he has a plan; all his wor...
(h) Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. (h) And therefore nothing comes to pass by chance, but only by God's appointment.
Speech of James. Who is this James? In Galatians 2:9 Paul tells us of the agreement he made with James and Cephas and John. James and John in this account are prima facie to be taken as the two...
Known . Greek. gnostos. See note on Acts 1:19 . from the... world . from the age. Greek. ap' aionos. App-151.
− 18. Known from the beginning. This is a prevention, − (133) to put away the hatred which might have risen upon the novelty; for the sudden change might have been suspected, and therefore...
Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning - As if he had said, This is not a new counsel of God: he had purposed, from the...
Known unto God are all his works— The apostle plainly speaks here, not of God's works in the natural world, but of his dispensations towards the children of men: now he could not know those, withou...
Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. This is the reading of the majority of manuscripts; though...
The Question of Circumcision 1-35. The Council of Jerusalem, 49 a.d. The usual view is that Galatians 2:1-10 describes the visit of St. Paul to Jerusalem on the occasion of this Council. Adoptin...
Known unto God are all his works. — The better MSS. give “all His work” — i.e., the great work of the government and education of mankind. The words are an implicit answer to the charge of innova...
a Generous Conclusion Acts 15:12-21 When their turn came to speak, Paul and Barnabas contented themselves with emphasizing the signs and wonders by which God had set His seal on their words and...
In the work among Gentiles the question of circumcision very naturally arose, and its difficulty is revealed in the calling of a council. That council seems to have opened with much desultory discuss...
And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. (7) And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good whil...
Known unto God are all his works ,.... These are the words of James, and not of Amos; all the things which God does in the church and in the world, they were all foreknown and predetermined by him:...
Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Ver. 18. Known unto God, &c. ] And consequently the calling of the Gentiles is foreknown and foreappointed by him, as a thing...
Then all the multitude kept silence Having nothing further to object to what had been advanced; and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul Who confirmed Peter's reasoning, by declaring what miracles...
However, here at Antioch a matter arose of deeply serious significance, and it was clearly God's wisdom to have Paul and Barnabas there at the time. Men from Judea, professing the knowledge of Christ...
The Council at Jerusalem. 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been m...
This the apostle adds, that they might not be offended with the seeming novelty and surprise of the calling of the Gentiles, and abrogation of the ceremonies; for it was no other than what God had be...
“After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen, and I will build again its ruins, and I will set it up, that the residue of men may seek after the...
HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS .— Acts 15:6-21 The Council at Jerusalem; or, the Circumcision Controversy Settled I. The composition of the council .— 1. The apostles . The twelve; Paul not yet includ...
Acts 15:1 . Certain men which came down from Judea. Epiphanius says, Cerinthus the heretic was one of the principals in this dissension. But they were, no doubt, of the devil's sending, to disquie...
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised … ye cannot be saved. Disturbers of the Church I. Certain men came down from Judea. 1. Pro...
EXPOSITION Acts 15:1 Came down … and taught for which came down … taught, A.V.; saying for and said, A.V. ; custom (ἔθος) for manner, A.V. Except ye be circumcised , etc. Th...
The proposal of James:
1 Peter 1:20 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ; Acts 17:26 ; Ephesians 1:11 ; Ephesians 1:4 ; Ephesians 3:9 ; Isaiah 41:22 ; Isaiah 41:23 ; Isaiah 44:7 ; Isaiah 46:10 ; Isaiah 46:9 ; Matthew 13:35...
The Plan and Purpose of God Acts 15:13-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are once more back in Jerusalem in attendance at the council called by the Church at Jerusalem to consider the demands of certai...
Known unto God are all his works from eternity — Which the apostle infers from the prophecy itself, and the accomplishment of it. And this conversion of the Gentiles being known to him from eternit...