Matthew Poole Commentary - Acts 15:17 - 15:17

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Acts 15:17 - 15:17


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In the prophet it is the remnant of Edom, Amo_9:12, which is here called the residue of men; for as Jacob, or Israel, shadowed out the church, so Edom, or Esau, (the other son of Isaac), represented those who were rejected, Rom_9:13. The prophet also adds, by way of explication, all the heathen; as the apostle does here,



all the Gentiles. Upon whom my name is called; who shall be mine, or appropriated unto me; also called by his name, they being called Christians from Christ, whom they believed in.



Saith the Lord, who doeth all these things; the calling of the Gentiles was God’s work, and therefore so far from being excepted against, that it ought to be marvellous in our eyes.