Acts 13:16-41 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:34

And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead ,.... This, as it is differently expressed from the raising him up, spoken of in the preceding verse, so seems to be a distinct article from it, and is supported by other passages of Scripture: the apostle having shown that God had fulfilled his promise to the fathers, concerning the raising up, or sending the Messiah into the world, who is no other than the eternal Son of God, proceeds to prove his resurrection from the dead, as man,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:35

Wherefore he saith also in another psalm ,.... Psalm 16:10 or "in another place", as the Syriac version supplies; or "in another section", as the Arabic version; or "elsewhere", as Beza's most ancient copy, the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, read: thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption ; which cannot be understood of David: the term "Holy One", is not so applicable to him, who was a man subject to infirmities; at least not in such sense as to Christ, who was holy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:36

Or the men of that age and generation in which he lived, the subjects of his kingdom; by governing them with wholesome laws, protecting them in their rights and properties, defending them against their enemies, and regulating and promoting the worship of God among them: by the will of God ; this clause may be read in connection with the preceding words, as it is in the Syriac version thus, "after he had in his own age served the will of God"; acted according to it, fulfilled it, and did... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:37

But he whom God raised again ,.... The Vulgate Latin version adds, "from the dead"; meaning the Lord Jesus Christ, who was raised from the dead by God the Father: and saw no corruption ; he did not lie so long in the grave as to corrupt and putrefy, but was raised from the dead the third day; wherefore the passage, before cited, is very applicable to him, and is a clear proof that the Messiah was to rise from the dead, as Jesus did. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:38

Be it known unto you, therefore, men and brethren ,.... The apostle having discoursed concerning the incarnation of Christ, his death and resurrection, proceeds to take notice of some particular benefits and blessings of grace arising from thence, which are published and made known to the sons of men in the everlasting Gospel, as were now to the Jews by Paul and Barnabas; such as forgiveness of sins through the blood of Christ, and justification by his righteousness; the former of them is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:39

And by him all that believe are justified from all things ,.... Christ, as God, is not only the justifier of his people, who pronounces them righteous in the sight of God; but his righteousness imputed to them is the matter of their justification, or that by which they are justified; and not the works of the law, or obedience to the Gospel, or internal holiness, either in whole or in part, or the grace of faith, but the object of it, Christ, and his righteousness: and justification by this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:40

Beware therefore ,.... Of rejecting the Gospel, and those excellent truths of it; since forgiveness of sin and a justifying righteousness are said to be had in no other way, but in and through Christ; take heed therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the Prophets : some think that the apostle refers to two places in the Prophets, which he puts together, and therefore uses the plural number; the one in Isaiah 28:14 from whence the character of the persons is taken, "ye... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:41

Behold, ye despisers ,.... In Habakkuk 1:5 from whence these words are taken: we render it with others, "behold ye among the Heathen"; as if the word בגוים , was compounded of ב "in", and גוים , "nations" or "Heathens"; and so reads the Chaldee paraphrase, "look among the people"; but the Septuagint version renders it, "behold, ye despisers"; which the apostle is thought to follow; wherefore some have imagined a different reading, and that the Septuagint, instead of בגוים reads ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:16

Men of Israel - Ye that are Jews by birth; and ye that fear God - ye that are proselytes to the Jewish religion. In this discourse Paul proves that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, sent from God, not only for the salvation of the Jews, but of the whole human race. And this he does, not with the rhetorician's arts, but in a plain, simple detail of the history of Christ, and the most remarkable transactions of the people of God, which referred to his manifestation in the flesh. Rosenmuller. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:17

The God of - our fathers - The apostle begins his discourse with the Egyptian bondage, and their deliverance from it, as points the most remarkable and striking in their history; in which the providence and mighty power of God, exerted so frequently in their behalf, were peculiarly conspicuous. Exalted the people - Even when they were strangers in the land, and greatly oppressed, God exalted them; made them a terror to their enemies, and multiplied them greatly. With a high arm - A... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:41

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:17

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