Act 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.
Rom 10:13 For whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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Act 15:17 So that the rest of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles
upon whom My name has been invoked,
Called=epikaleomai
ep-ee-kal-eh'-om-ahee
Middle voice from G1909 and G2564; to entitle; by implication to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.): - appeal (unto), call (on, upon), surname.
1Co 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
Act 3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
Act 16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
Jas 2:7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?
Called=epikaleomai
ep-ee-kal-eh'-om-ahee
Middle voice from G1909 and G2564; to entitle; by implication to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.): - appeal (unto), call (on, upon), surname.
NET bible commentary
Grk "that was invoked over you," referring to their baptism in which they confessed their faith in Christ and were pronounced to be his own. To have the Lord's name "named over them" is OT imagery for the Lord's ownership of his people (cf. 2Ch_7:14;
Amo_9:12;
Isa_63:19;
Jer_14:9;
Jer_15:16;
Dan_9:19;
Act_15:17).
Zodhaites
epikaléō; contracted epikalṓ; fut. epikalésō, from epí (G1909), upon, and kaléō (G2564), to call, to surname. To call upon.
(I) To call upon for aid. In the NT, only in the mid., to call upon for aid in one's own behalf, to invoke, trans.
(A) Particularly of invocation addressed to Christ for aid (
Act_7:59; see Sept.: 1Sa_12:17-18; 2Sa_22:7). Generally, to invoke, pray to, worship, spoken of God (
Rom_10:12,
Rom_10:14; 2Ti_2:22); followed by "the name" (
Act_2:21;
Act_9:14;
Rom_10:13; Sept.:
Gen_4:26;
Gen_26:25;
Deu_33:19;
Joe_2:32); of Christ, followed by "the name," implying the Lord Jesus Christ (
Act_9:21;
Act_22:16; 1Co_1:2).
(B) In adjurations, imprecations, to call upon, invoke, as a witness (2Co_1:23).
(C) In a judicial sense, to call upon, invoke a higher tribunal or judge, i.e., to appeal to, e.g., Caesar (
Act_25:11-12,
Act_25:25;
Act_26:32;
Act_28:19). Followed by an inf. (
Act_25:21, "demanding by appeal that" [a.t.]).
(II) To call a name upon, i.e., to name in addition, to surname with a duplicate acc. (
Mat_10:25, UBS; Sept.:
Num_21:3;
Jdg_6:32, the simple verb ekálesen). In the mid., in 1Pe_1:17, "if ye call him your Father" (a.t. [cf.
Jer_3:19]).
(A) Particularly in
Mat_10:3;
Luk_22:3;
Act_1:23;
Act_4:36;
Act_10:5,
Act_10:18,
Act_10:32;
Act_11:13;
Act_12:12,
Act_12:25;
Act_15:22;
Heb_11:16; Sept.:
Dan_10:1;
Mal_1:4.
(B) "Upon whom my name is called" (
Act_15:17, i.e., who are called or surnamed by my name, implying property, relation, quoted from
Amo_9:12;
Jam_2:7; see 2Sa_12:28, the simple verb klēthḗ,
Jer_14:9).
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Some people call it witch craft and magic...others see it as simply obeying the word and doing what the Apostles did...regardless, they DID call ON the name and they called the name ON others for blessings. That's biblical
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