Acts 13:18-21

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 13:18

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:18

About the time of forty years - The space of time between their coming out of Egypt, and going into the promised land. Suffered he their manners - Ετροποφορησεν αυτους ; He dealt indulgently with them: howsoever they behaved towards him, he mercifully bore with, and kindly treated them. But instead of ετροποφορησεν , ACE, some others, with the Syriac, Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopic, and some of the fathers, read ετροφοφορησεν , which signifies, he nourished and fed them, or bore them... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:19

Destroyed seven nations - The Canaanites, Hittites, Girgasites, Amorites, Hivites, Peresites, and Jebusites. The rabbins frequently call them אומות שבעה Shebaah Omoth , the Seven Nations. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:20

And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years - This is a most difficult passage, and has been termed by Scaliger, Crux Chronologorum . The apostle seems here to contradict the account in 1 Kings 6:1 ; : And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign, he began to build the house of the Lord. Sir Norton Knatchbull, in his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:21

Saul the son of Cis - In all proper names quoted from the Old Testament, we should undoubtedly follow, as nearly as possible, the same orthography: קיש Kish , was the name of this king's father, and so we spell it in the Old Testament, and yet have transformed it into Cis in the New, where the orthography is almost entirely lost. The space of forty years - Reckoning from the time of his anointing by Samuel to the time of his death, from a.m. 2909 to 2949. read more

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