What was the relationship between Amos and Jesus?
Amos announced that God would raise up the fallen hut of David. In Jerusalem, James quoted these words when he saw that the Gentiles were believing in Jesus. Amos 9:11-12; Acts 15:7-11, 15-17
What the Bible says
Amos 9:11
In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that is fallen: and I will close up the breaches of the walls thereof, and repair what was fallen: and I will rebuild it as in the days of old.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Did you know?
A note in the NAB explains that James reads this passage as an announcement of the Messiah. NAB note on Am 9, 11-12