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Acts 15:17

That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

KJV

ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν κύριον, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐφ’ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ’ αὐτούς, λέγει κύριος ποιῶν ταῦτα

Greek NT

ut requirant ceteri hominum Dominum, et omnes gentes super quas invocatum est nomen meum, dicit Dominus faciens hæc.

Vulgate

That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,

ASV

That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all nations upon whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who doth these things.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατάλοιπος
kataloipos
adjective · 1×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκζητέω
ekzeteo
verb · 7×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπικαλέομαι
epikaleomai
verb · 30×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
o
article · 19778×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ὅπως
opos
adverb · 53×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: κύριος | WH/Treg/NIV: κύριος | RP: + ὁ
  • κύριοςSBLGNT
  • κύριοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὁRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ταῦτα | WH/Treg/NIV: ταῦτα | RP: + πάντα
  • ταῦταSBLGNT
  • ταῦταWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + πάνταRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 2:19 — Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
  • Acts 17:27 — That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
  • Acts 28:28 — Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
  • Amos 9:12 — That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
  • Amos 9:12 — That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
  • Col 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
  • Gen 22:18 — And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
  • Gen 48:16 — The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
  • Gen 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
  • Hos 2:23 — And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art m
  • Isa 11:10 — And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
  • Isa 43:7 — Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
  • Isa 60:3 — And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
  • Isa 63:19 — We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
  • Isa 65:1 — I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
  • Isa 66:18 — For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
  • Jer 14:9 — Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
  • Jer 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanit
  • Mal 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my nam
  • Mic 4:1 — But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow
  • Zech 2:11 — And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
  • Zech 8:20 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
  • Zech 14:16 — And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast