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I've wondered why for some time now who gave the authority to apostles to reinterpret old testament scriptures and take them out of context.
For instance, in Amos 9;11-12 the bible says:
However, in the new testament this passage in reinterpreted to mean something completely different by James in the book of Acts. Acts 15:16-18 reads:
As anyone can see the passage is taken completely out of context in certain bits and portions are even added. This isn't the only example of this in the NT but one of the more glaring examples I've come across recently that I just didn't notice much earlier in my Christianity.
So what is the answer for this? Were the apostles given the right to reinterpret scripture? If that's the case is it possible certain prophecies may be fulfilled in an unexpected way?
For instance, in Amos 9;11-12 the bible says:
However, in the new testament this passage in reinterpreted to mean something completely different by James in the book of Acts. Acts 15:16-18 reads:
13When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me! 14Simona has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own. 15The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
16‘After this I will return
and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
and I will restore it,
17so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord,
and all the Gentiles who bear My name,
says the Lord who does these things
18that have been known for ages.’b
As anyone can see the passage is taken completely out of context in certain bits and portions are even added. This isn't the only example of this in the NT but one of the more glaring examples I've come across recently that I just didn't notice much earlier in my Christianity.
So what is the answer for this? Were the apostles given the right to reinterpret scripture? If that's the case is it possible certain prophecies may be fulfilled in an unexpected way?