Hearken unto me (ακουσατε μου). Usual appeal for attention. James was termed James the Just and was considered a representative of…

Simeon. This is a Hebrew name. The Greek mode of writing it commonly was Simon. It was one of the names of Peter ([Reference Matt…

Simeon has declared . . .—The Greek form is Symeon, as in 2 Peter 1:1. The use of the old Hebrew form of the Apostle’…

In summing up, James made no reference to Paul and Barnabas’s report, probably more for political reasons than any of principle. After all, it was …

Simeon has declared how God at the first did visit the
Gentiles
James begins with tak…

We see from the words purifying their hearts by faith, and the address of Saint Peter, that justification by faith and sanctification by t…