Acts 13:16-41 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 13:14-41

Perga in Pamphylia was a noted place, especially for a temple there erected to the goddess Diana, yet nothing at all is related of what Paul and Barnabas did there, only that thither they came (Acts 13:13), and thence they departed, Acts 13:14. But the history of the apostles? travels, as that of Christ?s, passes by many things worthy to have been recorded, because, if all had been written, the world could not have contained the books. But the next place we find them in is another Antioch,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 13:16-41

13:16-41 Then Paul stood up and made a gesture with his hand and said, "You Israelites, and you who are God-fearers, listen to this. The God of this people Israel chose out our fathers and he exalted the people when they lived as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a lofty arm he brought them forth from it. For forty years he bore with their ways in the wilderness. He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave them possession of their land, for about four hundred and fifty... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:16

Then Paul stood up ,.... Not so much that he might be heard; or merely out of reverence and respect to the rulers, and the people; but to show that he accepted the invitation; as also in order to take his proper place in the synagogue, and sit down and teach, as was their custom: and beckoning with his hand ; to the people to be silent, and attend to what he had to say: said, men of Israel ; by whom are meant the proper Jews, the natural descendants of Jacob, whose name was Israel;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:17

The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers ,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their seed after them, to be a peculiar people to himself; wherefore he is often, as here, styled their God, and whom he distinguished and blessed with many blessings, civil and religious, above all people upon the face of the earth. The apostle seems particularly to address himself to the Gentiles, the inhabitants of Antioch, and the proselytes of righteousness, now in the synagogue, Acts 13:42 and, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:18

And about the time of forty years ,.... From their coming out of Egypt, to their entrance into the land of Canaan: suffered he their manners in the wilderness ; which were very perverse and provoking; as their murmuring for water, their rebellion against Moses and Aaron, their idolatry and the ill report brought on the good land by their spies; and yet the Lord fed them, and led them, and kept them as the apple of his eye: some think the true reading is ετροφοφορησεν , "he bore", or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:19

And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan ,.... The Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites, and Girgashites; and the name of seven nations is what they are usually called by in Jewish writings; and though they were not utterly destroyed, or everyone of them put to death, or driven out, for some remained to be thorns in the sides of the Israelites; yet they were so wasted and conquered, that they could never recover any more: he divided their land... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:20

And after that he gave unto them judges ,.... As Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Abimelech, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, Samson, and Eli: about the space of four hundred and fifty years ; not that from the division of the land of Canaan among the tribes, to Samuel the prophet, was such a space of years; for from the coming of the children of Israel out of Egypt, to the year that Solomon began to build the temple, were but four hundred and fourscore years, 1 Kings 6:1 and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:21

And afterward they desired a king ,.... 1 Samuel 8:5 which the Jews F23 T. Bab. Nazir, fol. 5. 1. & Temura, fol. 14. 2. say, was in the tenth year of Samuel; that is, of his government over Israel, or of his judging them: and God gave unto them Saul ; whose name signifies one that is asked; he was the son of Cis ; so the Septuagint read and pronounce the word "Kish", the name of Saul's father, 1 Samuel 9:1 a man of the tribe of Benjamin; not of Judah, from whence the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:22

And when he had removed him ,.... Either by death, or rejected him from being king while he was living; 1 Samuel 15:23 he raised up unto them David to be their king ; who was of the tribe of Judah, and who was raised from a very mean condition, from keeping of sheep, to sit upon the throne of Israel: to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David ; a type of the Messiah; he chose him to be king, sent Samuel to anoint him, and at length set him on the throne: the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:23

Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise ,.... In 2 Samuel 7:12 raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus; even Jesus of Nazareth, whose name signifies a Saviour, who is the son of David, according to the flesh; the word "Jesus" is left out in some copies, and so it is in the Syriac and Ethiopic versions, which only read, "salvation" or "redemption"; the Alexandrian copy, and the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, read, "he hath brought forth unto Israel", &c.; the sense is,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 13:14-41

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 13:16-41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 13:23

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