Presiding at a Christian assembly in Jerusalem, the Jewish disciple James spoke of God as having “turned his attention to the [non - Jewish] nations to take out of them a people for his name. ”
Māceklis Jēkabs, pēc tautības ebrejs, vadīdams kādu kristiešu sapulci Jeruzalemē, sacīja, ka Dievs ir ” apžēlojies, lai no pagāniem veidotu tautu savam vārdam ”.