Acts 13:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 13:19-20

Canaan for Chanaan, A.V.; he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years: and after these things he gave them judges, etc., for he divided their land unto them by lot: and after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, etc., A.V. and T.R. It is difficult to say what is the meaning of the R.T. in regard to the four hundred and fifty years, what is the terminus a quo or ad quem intended by it. The usual... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 13:20

He gave unto them judges - Men who were raised up in an extraordinary manner to administer the affairs of the nation, to defend it from enemies, etc. See Judges 2:16.About the space of four hundred and fifty years - This is a most difficult passage, and has exercised all the ingenuity of chronologists. The ancient versions agree with the present Greek text. The difficulty has been to reconcile it with what is said in 1 Kings 6:1, “And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 13:19-20

Acts 13:19-20. And when he had destroyed seven nations Enumerated Deuteronomy 7:1; in the land of Chanaan Where they had been long settled, and had erected many kingdoms, defended by fortifications of great strength, as well as by numerous forces of horse and foot; he divided their land Even the whole country; to them by lot Or, for an inheritance, as κατεκληρονομησεν αυτοις την γην , seems rather to signify, and supported them in it for many generations. After that he gave them... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 13:13-52

To Antioch in Pisidia (13:13-52)When the trio arrived at Perga on the mainland of Asia Minor, John Mark, for some unknown reason, left the other two and returned to Jerusalem. Paul considered this a serious failure on Mark’s part (13; see 15:38).From Perga, Paul and Barnabas moved north into the province of Galatia and came to the town of Antioch, often referred to as Pisidian Antioch to distinguish it from Antioch in Syria. There they preached in the synagogue just as they had done in the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 13:20

that = these things. the space of . Omit. four hundred and fifty years . See App-50 and App-86 . until . Greek. heos, i.e. the end of Samuel's ministry. Samuel . See note on Acts 3:24 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 13:20

And after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.They asked for a king ... This was secular Israel's formal rejection of God as their king (1 Samuel 8:7), and from this initial rejection the whole of their subsequent history was influenced, resulting finally in their total rejection of the promised Messiah.Forty years ... The Old... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 13:20

Acts 13:20. And after that, &c.— And after these things, which lasted about four hundred and fifty years, he gave them judges, until Samuel the prophet. Mill in Loc. Carpzov. Introd. part 1: p. 186, &c. According to this, the apostle begins his computation from the birth of Isaac, when Canaan was promised to Abraham and his seed, and carries it down to their getting possession of that land, and its being divided unto them by lot, which was about four hundred and fifty years; so that,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 13:20

20. after that he gave . . . judges . . . about the space of four hundred and fifty years—As this appears to contradict 1 Kings 6:1, various solutions have been proposed. Taking the words as they stand in the Greek, thus, "after that, by the space of four hundred fifty years, He gave judges," the meaning may be, that about four hundred fifty years elapsed from the time of the covenant with Abraham until the period of the judges; which is historically correct, the word "about" showing that... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 13:13-21

3. The mission to Asia Minor 13:13-14:21aHaving evangelized Barnabas’ homeland the missionaries next moved into southern Asia Minor (modern western Turkey)."The contact with Sergius Paulus is the key to the subsequent ininerary of the first missionary journey. From Cyprus Paul and Barnabas struck east to the newly founded colony of Pisiddian Antioch, miles away from any Cypriot’s normal route. Modern scholars have invoked Paul’s wish to reach the uplands of Asia and recover from a passing... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 13:14-52

Ministry in Antioch of Pisidia 13:14-52Paul and Barnabas proceeded north from the coast about 100 miles to Antioch of Pisidia. The road took them from sea level to 3,600 feet elevation through bandit-infested country. [Note: Blaiklock, p. 105.] They arrived on a lake-filled plateau. Paul later wrote to the Galatians that he had preached the gospel to them at first because of a weakness of the flesh (Galatians 4:13). This seems to indicate that Paul was not in good health when he ministered in... read more

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