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Act 15:16. Μετὰ ταῦτα ἀναστρέψω καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω τὴν σκηνὴν Δαυὶδ τὴν πεπτωκυῖαν, καὶ τὰ κατεσκαμμένα αὐτῆς ἀνοικοδομήσω καὶ ἀνορθώσω αὐτήν· ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν Κύριον, καὶ-τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς-ταῦτα) Amo 9:11-12, LXX., ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀναστήσω τὴν σκηνὴν Δαυὶδ τὴν πεπτωκυῖαν, καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω τὰ πεπτωκότα αὐτῆς καὶ τὰ κατεσκαμμένα αὐτῆς ἀναστήσω· καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω αὐτὴν, καθὼς αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ αἰῶνος· ὅπως ἐκζητήσωσί με οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ-τὸ ὄνομά μου, λέγει-ταῦτα.-μετὰ ταῦτα, after these things) In the Hebrew, in that day. Both expressions are to be referred to the New Testament.-ἀναστρέψω) אשוב, I will return: the verb for the adverb, “I will again build up.”-τὴν σκηνὴν Δαυὶδ, the tabernacle of David) It is otherwise (elsewhere) called the house of David, the throne of David; but here the tent of David, because his concerns had been reduced to great lowness of condition. Often the Church of the New Testament, which was to be built up even of Gentiles, is described under the allegory of architecture: Psa 102:14-16; Eph 2:20. The tabernacle of David, that is, of Christ. [The Church, in which Christ, the antitype of David, dwells and reigns.-V. g.]