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Acts 13:17 KJV
Acts · chapter 13 · verse 17
The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.Acts 13:17 · King James Version
Acts 13:17 in context
15And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
16Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
17The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
18And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- strangersparoikiaa dwelling near or with one, a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land, metaph. the life…G3940 →
- fatherspatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- exaltedhypsoōto lift up on high, to exalt, metaph., to raise to the very summit of opulence and…G5312 →
- peoplelaosa people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language…G2992 →
- IsraelisraēlIsrael = " he shall be a prince of God" , the name given to the patriarch Jacob…G2474 →
- choseeklegomaito pick out, choose, to pick or choose out for one's self, choosing one out of manyG1586 →
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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 (Act 13:13), and thence they departed, Act 13:14.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-41